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Flags in Iowa will be at half-staff on Saturday, June 28, in honor of a World War II veteran whose remains had been missing ...

Usa.gov states that the American flag flies at half-staff when the country or a state is in mourning. The president, a state governor or the mayor of the District of Columbia can order flags to fly at ...

Gov. Phil Murphy has ordered flags fly half-staff today in New Jersey to honor the life of Brian Hughes, the longtime county ...

New York flags are flying at half mast today in honor of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, who were killed in a ...

U.S. presidents can also declare that flags be flown at half-staff on the death of a notable person, according to the site. In those cases, the flag would be flown at half-staff in these instances: ...

CPD officer Krystal Rivera was unintentionally shot by her partner after a police chase ended at an apartment building, where ...

Flags are flying at half-staff June 12 across Florida as a "mark of respect" for those who died or were affected by the Pulse Nightclub shooting. Forty-nine people were killed and 53 were wounded ...

Gov. Maura Healey announced that state and national flags will fly at half-staff in Massachusetts today, June 7 to honor Staff Sergeant Loring E. Lord of Somerville.. SSG Lord served in the U.S ...

Flags around Iowa will be lowered to half-staff on Friday, June 6. Gov. Kim Reynolds ordered all flags be lowered from sunrise to sunset Friday. All flags on public grounds will be at half-staff ...

Gov. Tony Evers has ordered flag s across Wisconsin to fly at half-staff on June 13 in remembrance of former Major General Jerome Berard, who died on Jan. 27 at 87. "Former Adjutant General Maj ...