Robert De Niro delivers Lincoln’s civility warning at a Carnegie Hall benefit

Robert De Niro was a featured guest Tuesday night at Carnegie Hall, where he recited Abraham Lincoln’s warning against mob ...

USS Gerald R. Ford moving to Middle East, but its toilets are clogged

As the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford steams from Venezuela to the Middle East to join the USS Abraham Lincoln, the long deployment is reportedly taking its toll on the sailors aboard. Not only ...

Lincoln and Obama, linked by Illinois roots, shaped U.S. history 150 years apart

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

Abe Lincoln's rare funeral flag finds new home at Manhattan steakhouse

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. Keens Steakhouse, a 141-year-old Midtown ...
New York Post

$525K flag that covered Abraham Lincoln’s casket finds home — in NYC steakhouse

A one-of-its-kind flag that draped former President Abraham Lincoln’s casket during his funeral procession has found a new home in the Big Apple — at a Midtown steakhouse. Keens Steakhouse, the ...
Chicago Tribune

Erin Carlson Mast and Shawn Healy: On Presidents Day, we should consider our civic legacy

In 1838, at age 28, Abraham Lincoln delivered a public speech responding to a rise in mob violence and warning that it could erode trust in public institutions. He asserted that the greatest risk to ...