The White House has approved the Medal of Honor for fallen Army Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis, a Staten Island, New York, native who died in Afghanistan in 2013, while shielding an allied soldier, ...

The National Academy of Sciences will award its 2026 Public Welfare Medal to former NIH director Francis S. Collins. Collins is being recognized for his leadership of the Human Genome Project and ...

In 1999 Smith was posted to the 11th Engineer Battalion, with which he was deployed to Kosovo in May 2001, where he was responsible for daily presence patrols in the town of Gnjilane. In the spring of ...

Today’s Buffalo Soldiers National Museum was once the old Houston Light Guard Armory complete with a gymnasium. The museum ...

The effort to build a Medal of Honor monument on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., is in limbo right now, after Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., objected to the motion for unanimous consent in ...

The Libertas Americana is set to take center stage at this Sunday’s Super Bowl LX and this ceremonial “coin” is anything but ordinary. Ellen Feingold The “coin” to be tossed at the Super Bowl this ...

The lawsuit challenges President Trump's plans for "Independence Arch," a 250-foot structure proposed for Memorial Circle.

It was a dogfight for the ages that saved countless troops, yet Navy pilot Royce Williams kept it secret for more than 60 years. On Wednesday, it was announced that Williams will receive the Medal of ...

Pharrell Williams has received France’s highest national honor. The American singer and fashion designer was bestowed with the rank of Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honor) ...

Olympic gold medals haven’t been actual gold for over a century. The last solid, 24-karat gold medal to be awarded was at the 1912 Games in Stockholm, according to the International Olympic Committee.

Valérie Maltais skated to Canada's first medal of Milano Cortina 2026, becoming the FIRST Canadian speed skater to win Olympic medals in both long and short track. On Capitol Hill, Treasury Secretary ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - An actor from Mineola is set to be honored next month with a special celebration and film screening in Tyler. The Texas African American Museum is scheduled to honor Mineola ...