It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed - after the Civil War's end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.

While a lone woman stood on the steps of Clayton’s Town Hall reading her Bible and praying for her town, a pickup truck ...

At least 5 million people joined protests in the largest day of action against Trump since his return to office.

Before Cooper Flagg is likely taken as the NBA draft’s No. 1 overall pick, his apparel sponsor has created a holiday.

DEIR AL-B, Gaza Strip (AP) — At least 34 Palestinians were killed Monday in new shootings on the roads leading to Israeli- ...

A gathering was held Saturday in Bangor to recognize all three and served as a fundraiser ahead of the 2026 midterms.

It’s Flag Day, a day that honors the adoption of the United States flag on June 14, 1777. The original resolution declared the flag would have 13 alternating red and white stripes and a blue field ...

This Father's Day weekend brings another, more obscure holiday in the U.S.: Flag Day. Here's what the holiday is and how and when it started.

Since President Woodrow Wilson declared June 14 Flag Day in May 1916, the United States has honored the adoption of the stars ...

Flag Day, like other notable and patriotic celebrations, will be observed (once again) on June 14. Here's what we have ...