Detroiters like Stevie Wonder and John Conyers were instrumental in making Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal holiday.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Donald Trump's inauguration will result in the closure of several key offices and services.
Monday commemorates the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. This year, the holiday coincides with Trump’s inauguration, though the majority of business closures will be for MLK Day.
John Conyers, D-Detroit ... United Autoworkers union members at a General Motors plant in North Tarrytown, New York, refused to come to work on King’s birthday. King had a long partnership ...
Three men have been accused of murder as part of a plot to drug and rob revelers in Midtown in 2022. Two of their targets ended up dead.
A veteran prosecutor who spearheaded indictments of top-ranking members of the depraved gang MS-13 has been appointed interim head of the Eastern District of New York.
John J. Durham, 48, of Suffolk County, was sworn in to temporarily serve as Long Island’s top federal prosecutor Tuesday, according to a news release. His appointment was announced 11 days after former U.S. Attorney Breon Peace, appointed under former President Joe Biden, stepped down from the position.
Linda Clary, the mother of John Umberger, will testify in a trial no mom should have to endure, and yet, she prays for the men accused of killing her son.
The plan, which rezones parts of the Manhattan neighborhood, aims to address the city’s housing shortage and the area’s beleaguered commercial sector.
Garvey, one of the earliest internationally-known Black civil rights leaders, was convicted of mail fraud in 1923.
The United States is paying tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's legacy the same day a new president was inaugurated.
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He chose that location in part to honor President Abraham Lincoln as “a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today.” Now, millions of people honor King in the same way.