President William McKinley’s assassin, Leon Czolgosz, was executed in the electric chair at Auburn Prison in New York on this day in 1901. Thomas Edison filmed the execution. Czolgosz had shot ...

A new book by Amy Piper uncovers strange history and folklore in Michigan’s small towns, from legendary creatures to roadside ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A former president from Ohio could play a big role in shaping President Donald Trump's policies. Trump's a fan of President ...

One of President Trump's first executive orders in his second term was reverting the name of Alaska's highest peak, Denali, to Mount McKinley. But there's already a Mount McKinley of sorts, in Canton, ...

On this day in history, April 20, 1898, President William McKinley asked Congress to declare war on Spain. The declaration requested by the 25th U.S. president was in response to an ongoing conflict ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Now to the “Idol of Ohio” - William McKinley. Before becoming the 25th president - McKinley taught at a school in Ohio when the Civil War began. In 1861, an ...

Donald Trump has spent considerable time on the campaign trail this year invoking a president who has been dead for more than 123 years: William McKinley. The reason: McKinley and Trump's shared ...

Canton paid tribute to its most famous resident over the weekend. Monday, Jan. 29 marks President William McKinley’s 181 st birthday. On Saturday, dignitaries converged at the McKinley Presidential ...

President William McKinley had collapsed into the arms of Buffalo detective John Geary after he had been shot by assassin Leon Czolgosz while greeting visitors in the Temple of Music at the ...