The celebration will feature performances, live music, food, art making, and more to commemorate the Museum’s new galleries ...

One eighth grader will represent the mid-Hudson Valley in the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee, airing next week.

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His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, a Supreme Council Member and the Ruler of Sharjah, was awarded a ...

Between the American Revolution and today’s ongoing War on Terror, more than 40 million men and women have served in one of the four branches of the U.S. military. On Monday, communities across ...

There are currently more than 575 BoatUS Foundation life jacket loaner sites across the United States and at least 16 here in ...

The American Red Cross urges donors to make an appointment to give lifesaving blood or platelets in the new year to help keep ...

In a career spanning over three decades, Ambassador Vincent Karega has witnessed Rwanda's transformation from a poverty-stricken country devastated by the Genocide against the Tutsi into a beacon of ...

South Africa is commemorating Menstrual Health Day 2025, observed annually on May 28, with a nationwide advocacy campaign ...

From the Archives heads to Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery today for this photo of the Memorial Day ceremony in 1965.

Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members. But it’s come to anchor the unofficial ...

Memorial Day started as Decoration Day in 1868. Eugene’s historic cemetery helps keep its Civil War origins alive.