The 'Titanic' sinking became the most infamous shipwreck in history—but what really happened on that unusually calm night in ...

In 1925, the Manistee basketball team was set to play undefeated Reed City, a much-anticpated event that was expected to draw ...

For all his modesty and wartime preoccupation, the 16th president was one of the most photographed men of his time, with a ...

Today is Lincoln's birthday, an appropriate day to talk about a man many consider to be our greatest president. There is a ...

President Lincoln, regarded by historians as one of the best presidents in history, was born on this day in 1809. He is frequently invoked by Trump.

Released in 1915, the film was directed by Francis Ford, the brother of famed filmmaker John Ford. It had been listed in a record of 7,200 silent films classified as "lost" ...

PONTIAC — Within its first decade of operation, the Underground Railroad was estimated to have helped about 100,000 enslaved ...

In the new biography Abraham: The First Jew, Anthony Julius makes the case for the patriarch as the first “self-authored human being.” As related in midrash, Abraham was a man who, through his ...

Port Huron (Mich.) Northern tight end Lincoln Watkins released a top six of NC State, Penn State, Miami, Duke, Indiana and Nebraska. The 6-foot-4, 225-pound Watkins is a high three-star at an 88 ...

Jacobi’s ‘Lincoln and Douglas,’ young readers will connect with a determined Abraham Lincoln as he faces setbacks, rivalries, ...

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Breathing Room” has a highly anticipated new book centered around a wedding. Gail Baines struggles to navigate her relationship with her ex-husband ...

By A.O. Scott These refreshingly authentic and playful picture books celebrate the many kinds of love that can fill kids’ lives. By Travis Jonker The writer Kelsey McKinney tries to wrestle ...