Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia that day to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at a home in ...

There are disasters you remember because they are too big, too loud, too public to forget. Then there are the ones that ...

Robert Wadlow, the tallest man in history, played at W.J. Reeder & Son's shoe repair shop in Upper Alton as a child.

In our previous history article we explained how it happened that three Nevada County pioneers were among the final people to talk to Abraham Lincoln before the president and first ...

One hundred sixty years ago this week, the nation was in mourning following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Twelve days after President Lincoln's historic visit to Richmond, his assassin's journey ended in the small town of Port ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access information on a device and to provide personalised ads and content, ad and ...

Jasmine Crockett accuses the GOP, Donald Trump, or GOP lawmakers of racism, seemingly every other time she speaks. Moreover, ...

One of the turning points in history took place on April 26, 1986, when one of the reactors at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power ...

John Reid, Republican nominee for Virginia lieutenant governor, claims he received threats two weeks ago demanding he drop ...

For Jimmy Sabatino announcing that Vesuvio’s Restaurant will close for good on Saturday was harder than squeezing into a ...

1966: An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 destroys Tashkent, Uzbekistan. On the same day, the International Olympic Committee votes to award German city of Munich the right to host the 1972 Summer Olympic ...