Several Republican Governors have pledged to fly their flags at full-staff, despite President Biden’s former directive.

Even Richard Nixon was honorable enough that he ordered the flag at half-staff for his own inauguration. Not Trump.

A Russian man who sought asylum in the U.S. three years ago sparked global praise for rescuing an American flag from a ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson announced that American flags at the Capitol will fly at full-mast on Inauguration Day — despite a presidential order that they be kept at half-staff to honor the late ...

An Islamic State flag attached to the pickup truck used to kill and injure dozens of people in New Orleans is a grim reminder of the persistent threat posed by Islamist extremism. Investigators ...

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It was an era when sports fans couldn’t accept the first Black heavyweight champion of the world, Jack Johnson, so they searched for “The Great White Hope,” aka a white fighter who could ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Dr. Marvin Dunn leads a tour of Overtown, a historically Black neighborhood near downtown Miami, Sunday, Feb ...

PHOENIX — Three Black men who sued American Airlines for race discrimination after they were removed from a flight from Phoenix to New York City have agreed to settle the lawsuit. The settlement ...

As of December 20, 2024, several states have ordered flags to be flown at half-staff today and over the coming weekend. These gestures serve as solemn tributes to individuals who have served their ...

American Airlines has settled a discrimination lawsuit filed by three Black men who were removed from a flight in January. In a statement, American Airlines declined to provide specific details of ...

Among children with traumatic injury, those of Black ethnicity are more likely than those of White ethnicity to be suspected of experiencing child abuse. Young patients and those from low ...