The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon.

Mississippi went into Alabama and knocked off the No. 4 Crimson Tide with a 74-64 stunner. The upset highlighted a marquee ...

The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon.

Lee When the federal holiday was adopted in the 1980s, Mississippi and Alabama lawmakers opted to add it to an existing holiday honoring Confederate general Robert E. Lee. Many states in the South ...

The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) is investigating reports of adverse reactions to injections of the antibiotic ...

But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of the Confederate general. The two states recognize King and Lee on the third Monday in January. Their state governments ...

But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of the Confederate general. The two states recognize King and Lee on the third Monday in January. Their state governments ...

Alabama lawmakers in 1901 named a January state holiday for Lee. Mississippi did the same in 1910. President Ronald Reagan in 1983 signed legislation naming the third Monday of January as Martin ...