Monday marks Columbus Day, a federal holiday commemorating the anniversary of Christopher Columbus' arrival in the Americas in 1492. While some states and territories have moved to rename the holiday ...

A woman whose father was shot dead when she was nine became a cop to avenge him and arrested his killer 25 years after the ...

A new documentary explores 20 years of research into the navigator’s roots, suggesting his birthplace is in the ‘western ...

For centuries it's been widely believed that Christopher Columbus was from the Italian city of Genoa, but new DNA evidence ...

A new scientific study reveals the final resting place of the navigator and colonizer. The mystery of his origins and resting place will be detailed in a forthcoming documentary, 'Columbus’s DNA: The ...

A long-standing mystery about the nationality of renowned explorer Christopher Columbus has finally been solved. According to ...

When Maulian Dana was growing up on Indian Island, the second Monday in October was not treated like a holiday. "We always went to work or went to school on that day," Dana said. "It was kind of like ...

A groundbreaking genetic study led by Spanish scientists has reopened the debate regarding Christopher Columbus’s origins, ...

Christopher Columbus, whose expeditions changed the course of history, was previously believed to be an Italian from Genoa.

A Spanish documentary has suggested that the famed explorer Christopher Columbus was likely born in Spain, not Italy, and was ...

Spanish scientists have discovered new evidence suggesting Christopher Columbus might have been Spanish and Jewish. DNA ...

A 20-year DNA study by Spanish scientists suggests Christopher Columbus may have been a Spanish and Jewish, born in Valencia ...