Reasearchers Uncover Stash of Lincoln Papers
- Share via
EUREKA, Ill. — Researchers say they have found 19 papers written or signed by Abraham Lincoln, the latest milestone in a project to piece together the legal career of the 16th President. The discovery was made in central Illinois’ Woodford County just a few months after state historians found 48 documents at the courthouse in neighboring Tazewell County.
More From the Los Angeles Times
Podcasts
The latest effort is coming from the L.A. County Board of Supervisors. They just announced a $3 million program in conjunction with some nonprofits groups to test and clean the soil at homes still standing in the areas impacted by the Eaton Fire.
California once bet big on offshore wind to help power its clean-energy future, but the Trump administration is now paying developers billions to walk away from their projects. As California’s remaining offshore-wind leases hang in the balance, the state is fighting back in court.
The Hillside Strangler murders terrorized Los Angeles in the late 1970s. The killers were a pair of sadistic cousins. One confessed. The other was set to stand trial—until L.A. prosecutors flinched.
