The first Martin Luther King Jr. Day was January 20, 1986. Coretta Scott King, the wife of Dr. King, had a great idea in the ...

Behind her were Ethiopia's Fantu Worku Taye, who finished at 1h07'30" and Kenyan Evaline Chirchir at 1h07'47". Italy's Sofia ...

Tsedaye Makonnen's ethereal pillars at the African Art Museum pay tribute to victims of violence and the perils of migration.

Learn more about some of the many monuments in Ottawa–Gatineau. You'll see traditional commemorations and perhaps a few surprises from the world of contemporary art. Take a walking tour and get a ...

Last year — thanks to President Joe Biden’s use of a 118-year-old law — Avi Kwa Ame joined the ranks of Tule Springs, Gold Butte, and Basin and Range as a national monument in Nevada.

ADDIS ABABA-At least 71 people died in Ethiopia when a truck packed with passengers plunged into a river, according to the spokesperson for the southern Sidama regional government and a statement.

Three of New Mexico’s federal lawmakers have signed onto a letter urging the creation of a Caja del Rio national monument but stopped short of opposing a proposed transmission line to power Los ...

Three members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation want the Caja del Rio to be designated a national monument in the last 10 days of President Joe Biden’s administration. The 106,000-acre ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dangerously high winds forced President Joe Biden to cancel a trip to the Eastern Coachella Valley on Tuesday to announce the creation of two new national monuments in ...

President Joe Biden will designate vast, ecologically rich swaths of southern California desert and of northern California woodlands as a pair of new national monuments in a visit to the state ...

where he was to announce the creation of two new national monuments in California that will honor Native American tribes. Winds began gaining strength across Southern California as forecasters ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dangerously high winds forced President Joe Biden to cancel a trip Tuesday to the Eastern Coachella Valley, where he was to announce the creation of two new national monuments in ...