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Springfield airport looks to rezone land around airport from residential to industrial
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 5 days agoEditor's note: A previous version of this story has been updated to correct information that was reported in error. The Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport ...
The limits of comparisons to 1968 - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 23 hours agoThe ’60s were themselves a kind of rhyme with the 1930s; at times, even with the 1860s. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech was...
Today in History: Charles Lindbergh takes off on solo flight to France
The Mining Journal· 8 hours agoToday is Monday, May 20, the 141st day of 2024. On May 20, 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from...
A portrait, a phone call and a Black Sacramento family’s fight for land and legacy
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe telephone call that November day was as random as the discovery that prompted it. A long-lost...
Louis Gossett Jr.'s Sons File To Be Co-Trustees Of His Estate
The Blast· 3 days agoLate Hollywood star Louis Gossett Jr.'s sons, Satie Gossett and Sharron Gossett, have filed to be...
Lincoln’s murder and its aftermath - Maryland Daily Record
The Daily Record· 5 days agoOne group, led by John Wilkes Booth, planned to kidnap President Abraham Lincoln. On the evening of April 25, to the horror of the country, Booth murdered ...
Tallahassee celebrates Emancipation Day with bells, dramatic reading
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoThat was when the enslaved in Florida learned they were free – two years after the document was...
'An insult': Rev. Al slams Trump for saying he's done more for Black people than Lincoln
MSNBC· 18 hours agoFormer President Donald Trump told an NRA conference that he has 'done more for the Black...
Rochester's inventive streak is changing as IBM patents drop and Mayo Clinic's grow
Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn. via Yahoo News· 3 days agoMay 18—ROCHESTER — President Abraham Lincoln described patents as adding "the fuel of interest to the fire of genius." If that's accurate, then local inventors ...
10 Most Valuable Rare Pennies & Their Fascinating Stories
LOVE to KNOW via Yahoo News· 7 days agoA penny with a different color (or, in this case, a copper-colored penny from a year when it should...