In 1865, two dozen Union soldiers, all formerly enslaved, were ambushed and killed along a road in Kentucky. Archaeologists ...

After a long treatise on the illegality of secession, Lincoln closed with a single flourish. His plea to the “better angels of our nature” is so familiar that we can miss the very particular ...

A former defense secretary and congressman, he held the nation’s No. 2 job under President George W. Bush and was an ...

Dick Cheney, America’s most powerful modern vice president and chief architect of the “war on terror,” who helped lead the ...

Tracy Borman is chief historian of Historic Royal Palaces and chancellor and professor of Tudor history at Lincoln Bishop ...

The integrity of a 4,000-year-old burial ground will be protected as part of the development of the East West Rail line. The ...

The 12,000-pound trucks take over Philadelphia on April 18, 2026, for an afternoon of racing, tricks and freestyle ...

In 1832, Tatsu Takayama made a defiant climb up to the top of Mount Fuji dressed as a man. This is the story of her historic ...

Every year since 2021 during spooky season, CBS Chicago has been exploring tales of ghosts, hauntings and the paranormal ...