Today in History for Feb. 12: ...

Illinois citizens and retailers grapple with the slow disappearance of the penny.

With major uncertainty in the U.S. economy over the past year, there’s been much higher forecasts for the spot prices of gold and silver, with the former nearly doubling since February 2025.

This story originally published on Dec. 24, 2025. The 68th running of the Daytona 500 takes place on Sunday. ON NOV. 12, the United States Treasury Department shut down its 232-year run of producing ...