Vice President Kamala Harris during a 2021 Columbus Day speech condemned the 'shameful' history of the holiday.

There are several stores remaining open and services available on Columbus Day 2024. However, a few government offices will ...

MassDOT issued a travel advisory for Columbus Day reminding those traveling to expect a higher number of vehicles on the road ...

Columbus Day has remained a federal holiday, even as many states and cities rename it “Indigenous Peoples Day,” rejecting ...

Today is a federal holiday called Columbus Day. There have been efforts in recent years to change the name of the federal holiday to Indigenous Peoples' Day.

For the sixth year in a row, Indigenous Peoples' Day is being recognized as an official holiday in New Mexico. Here is what ...

Indigenous Peoples’ Day, previously Columbus Day, is being celebrated on Monday in Minnesota.

Volunteers Kay Tran and Ella Cody at the event said they are also celebrating Columbus Day. They said it’s important to start ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Gov. Kathy Hochul, Rep. Tom Suozzi and New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli were among ...

The stock market set another record on a quiet day on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 202 points, or 0.5%. The S&P 500 was up 0.8%. The Nasdaq Composite was up 0.9%. U.S. bond ...

After Columbus, the Treaty of Tordesillas infamously divided much of the world beyond Europe into two halves: one for the ...

Indigenous Peoples' Day, celebrated on the second Monday of October, celebrates the nation's Indigenous peoples and their ...