The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual recognition of the flag's ...

Takashi Savory, a resident of far-flung Chichijima island in the Ogasawara island chain, was presented with a replica of the Stars and Stripes flag that his ancestor received from Matthew Perry ...

SINGAPORE--Asian stocks slid, bond yields rose and the dollar was perched near a two-year high on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve cautioned it would ease the pace of rate cuts in the ...

I was 3 years old the first time I mixed up Spanish and English. It would not be the last. It was 1975 and my family had recently migrated from Peru to Northern California. Shortly after our ...

No tsunami threat from the quake. The Meteorological Agency issued the earthquake warning.