There are five designated days when the U.S. flag is flown at half-staff throughout the United States. The president and Florida's governor also can order flags to be flown at half-staff. There are ...

Six Flags will offer a new twist on one of its most popular season passes that will bundle together access to Knott’s and Magic Mountain with other parks in Northern California, Arizona and Mexico for ...

The U.S. Embassy in Denmark on Tuesday removed 44 Danish flags that had been placed in planters outside the building to honor the 44 Danish soldiers killed in Afghanistan, drawing outrage from the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gov. Mike Braun ordered flags lowered Wednesday to half-staff after Indiana lost a "champion of bipartisanship and a true Hoosier ...

The US Embassy in Copenhagen has angered Danish veterans by removing flags honoring soldiers killed in Afghanistan from an area outside the building. Video shared by Danish media outlet TV2 showed a ...

Flag-lowering directives are public marks of respect for service and sacrifice, signaling communal mourning and recognition of public duty. These tributes often follow the deaths of public officials ...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds ordered flags around the state to be lowered to half-staff on Tuesday, Feb. 3, to honor a former federal judge. Why are flags at half-staff today? Flags are lowered in Iowa to ...

The U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Tuesday removed Danish flags meant to honor the country’s troops who fought in Afghanistan, sparking backlash from Danish citizens as well as military ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - Gov. Kim Reynolds ordered flags lowered to half-staff Tuesday in honor of former federal judge Robert Pratt. Robert Pratt, of Des Moines, served as a federal judge in Iowa’s ...

Photo provided by Martin Tamm Andersen, a former Platoon Leader of the US Marines, shows a destroyed Army vehicle in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Aug. 19, 2010. (Martin Tamm Andersen via AP) ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) — As the state continues to mourn the loss of Gwinnett County Police Officer Pradeep Tamang, who died in the line of duty on Sunday, Feb. 1, Governor Brian Kemp has issued an ...

Hilary Knight and Evan Bates both medaled at the 2026 Olympics, but they also received one of the greatest honors an American athlete can get. Having two flag bearers for one country is a new ...