In Andersonville and elsewhere, captured soldiers in the Civil War faced disease and hunger.

The USS Gerald R. Ford will join another aircraft carrier and nine other warships in the region.

Long a staple of the fall cultural calendar, the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival is returning in a new, permanent ...

Tim Wiltman is a longtime disciple of Kenosha’s performance machines. He’s owned a 1969 Hurst SC/Rambler—one of 1,512—and a 1973 Javelin AMX, but somehow AMC’s first-generation Javelin eluded him.

As the early post-war period gave way to the 1950s, the interstate highways and parking lots of middle America were still populated by the stuffy, serious and ordinary designs of an earlier generation ...

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Hanks has played a number of characters in period movies, and real-life personalities including pilot Chesley ...

Today, our Nation celebrates the 217th birthday of President Abraham Lincoln—one of the most legendary leaders in American history whose fearless leadership in the Civil War saved our Nation from ...

As America turns 250 years old in 2026, CBS News Chicago is looking back at two presidents who called Illinois home.

Americans overwhelmingly view former President Abraham Lincoln as an “outstanding” leader, while President Trump ranks near the bottom, according to a new poll. The YouGov survey, released Friday, ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - Curt Oldfield, Ed.D., has been chosen as the next president of Lincoln Land Community College. The LLCC Board of Trustees voted to select him. Confirmation of his employment ...

The president is eyeing a plot of land near Memorial Bridge. The art critic who proposed the idea called for a smaller arch or for Trump to pick a new site. The White House stands about 70 feet tall.