In 1864, amid the U.S. Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was elected to his second term as president. He was assassinated five ...

Here are the states that passed measures for reproductive healthcare and LGBTQ+ rights during the 2024 election.

It’s named 1864, in honor of the Napa rail line’s founding year. Now three more of the low-emission engines are planned to join the collection of trains, or “consist” in railroad lingo.

The 2024 presidential election is over, but the path to Inauguration Day on Jan. 20 is just beginning. The votes have to be ...

This year marked the first reelection campaign for Amo, the son of West African immigrants who became the first person of ...

Proposition 139, the “Right to Abortion” initiative, now allows abortions up until the point of “fetal viability” — the point at which a fetus can survive outside the uterus.

Early returns show voters narrowly agreeing to give full six-year terms to Justices Clint Bolick and Kathryn King.

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Virginia did not allow Black residents to vote until after the Civil War. But during the war, a group of Black soldiers in ...

Democrats and Republicans are engaged in a fierce battle for control of key state legislatures, including several in ...

After the American Civil War Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3 1863), taken in conjunction with Grant’s capture of Vicksburg on ...