A rare American flag that draped President Abraham Lincoln's casket during his 1865 funeral procession has found a new home at a Manhattan steakhouse.

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon, two-time Democratic presidential candidate and Greenville native, has died at the ...

Sloan, who lives in Massapequa, New York, said Morgan was never on any list he saw regarding persons on the Lincoln funeral ...

Illinois residents may have noticed U.S. and state flags lowered across government buildings this week.

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The death of civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson is being felt across the country, and in the Ozarks, where community members say his message shaped their lives. Jackson, a ...

The battle for the Chicago Bears' new stadium home continues to heat up after Portage, Indiana, and Iowa threw their hats in the race with incentives to try to lure the team out of Illinois. Now, ...

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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WKRN) — The sprawling city Murfreesboro was once a tiny town of about 3,000 people during one of the most consequential battles of the Civil War: the Battle of Stones River. The ...