When John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in 1865, history quickly fixed its attention on Booth himself.

Samuel J. Seymour was just five years old when he sat in the balcony at Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865 and heard the ...

As Abraham Lincoln watched the theatre stage, John Wilkes Booth crept from the shadows behind, drew his derringer pistol, and ...

Whether an assassin wants to silence someone over mysterious secrets, act for a cause, or eliminate a rival, the concept ...

On Good Friday, 1865, a man entered his room in Washington’s National Hotel. He’d be leaving on a one-way trip in a few hours. He filled one pocket with things you’d expect: a ring of keys, a compass, ...

Johnathan “John John” Boley, the 4-year-old boy who went missing on New Year’s Eve, was found dead today in a wooded area near his father’s home in Walker County. Sheriff Nick Smith said there were no ...

John J. Jack Ruane, 80, of Harding, passed away Thursday, December 18th, 2025 in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Tuesday morning, December 23, 2025 in Corpus ...

WILKESBORO — Brittany Nicholson, a first-generation college student and sophomore in WCC’s Radiography program, has been named the 2025–2026 recipient of the John N. Bennett Scholarship. Nicholson, ...

Netflix’s new mini-series "Death by Lightning" revisits the assassination of President James Garfield, but leaves out a key setting: Long Branch, the Jersey Shore town where he spent his final days.

Sixty-two years ago, on Nov. 22, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. The event changed America — not only the course of history, but the nation’s character and outlook. Americans still wonder ...

Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...

John Wilkes Booth, holding a cane, shown sometime between 1860 and 1865, location unknown. Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, Washington D.C., on April 14, 1865. (AP Photo ...