The actor and musician Jeff Bridges discusses how to “let it do you,” why almost dying was a gift, and his new album, “Slow Magic,” in an interview with Amanda Petrusich. The danger behind ...

Abraham Lincoln was our tallest president. At 6-foot-4, he would stand out even today, and he certainly towered over the men and women of his era. The top hat he habitually wore in public made him ...

On May 30, Abraham Lincoln signed a law awarding prize ... to keep the jewel of liberty within the family of freedom.” The White House, pictured at the time of Lincoln’s first inauguration.