Holidays

At least 28 U.S. states are legally recognizing Juneteenth as a public holiday this year — meaning state government offices are closed and state workers have a paid day off.

Here's how the Juneteenth came to be and how you can mark the occasion.

Tom Hanks, Chris Hemsworth and Clint Eastwood have all appeared in films with their children.

Jonathan Calixto, 30, said he "never hesitated" to give his dad "another chance at life."

Father's Day founder Sonora Smart Dodd was raised by her dad after her mother died in childbirth in 1898.

With Juneteenth now recognized as a federal holiday, many offices and businesses will be closed. Here's a look at the list.

Artists who will be featured include Audra McDonald, Jennifer Hudson, and Cliff “Method Man” Smith, a member of the legendary hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) says more than 9 million people were screened at airports over the four-day Memorial Day holiday weekend.

A long-standing reminder of those who died during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan remains on a hillside in Lafayette.

President Joe Biden said in a Memorial Day address that Americans “must never forget the price that was paid" by troops to protect their democracy.

Creating "The Missing Hero Table" — or setting an extra place and empty chair at the family table — is a way to remember the soldier who never came home, as one Florida mom explains.

Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it’s come to mark the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of discounts.