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.

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.

In 1883, the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks were completed so that Tucson could be reached from the East Coast by way of the San Antonio, Texas. In 1921, a fire in Payson destroyed two ...

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 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 ...

With this melding of its rich past and exciting future, it should come as no surprise that the city punches way above its weight in the monument and landmark department. The destination on the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Joe Biden is set to designate two new US national monuments -- sprawling parks -- in California as he looks to secure his environmental legacy in the waning days of his presidency. Just before ...