The founder of the Conway Scenic Railroad, Dwight Smith Jr., recently turned 100 years old. Smith, now a resident of the New ...

A Medal of Honor recipient from Southwest Michigan will attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration Monday.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) — A Centennial High School senior is making local history as the first recipient of the prestigious Congressional Award Gold Medal in Champaign. Nailah Mansury will ...

Advertisement Biden earlier this month bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 recipients, but this marks the first time he has handed out the honor with Distinction. "The Presidential ...

The infantryman provided first aid to his comrades wounded in ... Orig was among the Medal of Honor recipients recognized Friday by President Joe Biden in one of his last opportunities to ...

President-elect Donald Trump promised on the campaign trail to restore the names of Confederate generals on nine southern ...

President Joe Biden awarded Pope Francis with a Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction ... The award is the highest civilian honor a president can award and is given to "individuals ...

A bill to award Congressional Gold Medals to the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey team has been reintroduced in the U.S.

His U.S. Congressman in Florida, Darren Soto, has asked for a 300-word bio "to be read into the Congressional Record ... The flag flying in my dad's honor. That’s what got me.

US President Joe Biden awarded Pope Francis the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction. The White House said in a statement that Biden had earlier planned to present the honor in person ...