It’s Flag Day, a day that honors the adoption of the United States flag on June 14, 1777. The original resolution declared ...

White, purple, and yellow. The women’s movement didn’t rely on visual symbols at first, notes historian Einav Rabinovitch-Fox. That changed in the early 20th century, when suffragists in ...

Since the killing of George Floyd and the nationwide racial reckoning that blanketed the U.S. after May 25, Virginia has removed the most Confederate symbols — 26 total — in ...

STOCKHOLM --The United States struck gold at the World Championship for the first time in nearly a century. Tage Thompson (Buffalo Sabres) scored the lone goal 2:02 into overtime, and Jeremy ...

T he night the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) was taken over, March 17th, staffers from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) walked round its headquarters smoking ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, originally from Chicago and known for his extensive missionary work in Peru, has been elected the first American pope, taking the name Leo XIV.

You might think Americans wouldn’t care much about what’s on their state flags. But studying state identities has taught me that it doesn’t take much to stir people up about the symbols that ...

The American president repeated his “51st state” threat on social media as voting began. By Matina Stevis-Gridneff Reporting from Ottawa President Trump has put his thumb on Canada’s pivotal ...

Pope Francis, who died on April 21 at the age of 88, visited the United States just once, nearly 10 years ago, in September 2015.. Despite the brevity of the visit, he accomplished a lot ...

The state House voted Wednesday to add an official state TV show to North Carolina's long list of state symbols. Lawmakers chose "The Andy Griffith Show" for the honor.

Why US states are adopting new symbols. Legislating isn’t always about taxes, tariffs and other serious issues. Lawmakers sometimes yearn for levity and the rare chance to find common ground.