The items, which were intended to be part of a permanent collection at the Lincoln Presidential Foundation in Illinois, were sold to help reduce the foundation’s debt.

Following the Civil War and the assassination of the president, Douglas penned a letter that was republished in newspapers of ...

The blood-stained leather gloves that were in Lincoln’s pocket the night he was assassinated were among the 144 items up for ...

A massive Abraham Lincoln auction, the most extensive sale of items from America's 16th president, yielded big prices ...

On May 20, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, which was intended to encourage settlements west of the Mississippi River by making federal land available for private ownership ...

Liam Neeson was once set to star under Steven Spielberg's direction as the iconic American president Abraham Lincoln, but ended up dropping out.

Republican National Convention provided the young, burgeoning Chicago with perhaps its first real national recognition.

Lawmakers rejected a last-minute amendment to keep Lincoln city elections in off years, rather than with statewide elections.

The 7,712 early-vote ballots that still need to be counted are unlikely to change the outcome of Monday’s election — even ... the school board races, like Lincoln Airport Authority and ...

Seats in districts 1, 3, 5 and 7 were up for election on the seven-member board representing Lincoln Public Schools on Tuesday. Board members each represent a different district of the city based ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Although Lincoln’s city election is officially nonpartisan, Democratic leaders are claiming victory after several registered Democrats appeared to win key races ...