Sri Lanka closed schools in the capital, Colombo, and its suburbs on Monday as heavy rains triggered floods in many parts of ...

In honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Monday, October 14, is recognized as a national holiday. Learn more about it, here.

Several countries disputed origins of Columbus, the divisive explorer who led Spanish-funded expeditions from the 1490s ...

Monday marks both Indigenous Peoples' Day and Columbus, so will any businesses or services be open on the holiday? President Franklin Delano Roosevelt designated it as a national holiday in 1934, ...

Since 1937, the U.S. has observed the holiday on the second Monday of the month, commemorating the explorer’s 1492 arrival in ...

Indigenous Peoples' Day is Monday, Oct. 14, and has been federally recognized since 2021 to celebrate indigenous communities ...

Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the Americas in 1492 sparked centuries of European conquest and colonisation in the ...

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Many students across Florida can sleep in Monday for planned teacher workdays, Columbus Day, or from Hurricane Milton. Here's where.

Indian authorities are warning locals to be careful after a leopard was seen sauntering past a police station late last week.

Two holidays are being celebrated today by state and federal governments – Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples Day. That ...

Researchers who study Columbus say the purported findings are of only limited significance, even if true: DNA evidence would ...