Emma Stebbins was born in New York City in 1815 to an affluent family. One of nine children, her father, John L. Stebbins, who was a banker, and her mother, Mary Largin, supported Stebbins’s pursuit ...

Two statues of Columbus — one in Columbus Circle and the other in Astoria — recently took center stage in the city’s mayoral ...

New York State officially recognizes the paid holiday Columbus Day on the second Monday in October, but advocates are pushing ...

In September, the United Nations (UN) held their annual General Assembly debate. The UNGA is an event where world leaders, ...

Fans of "La traviata," "Aida," and "Otello" creator Giuseppe Verdi met at his statue in New York City Friday to mark 212 years since his birth.

In Sunset Park, a Brooklyn neighborhood about a half-hour drive from downtown Manhattan, New York City's best tacos, dim sum, and views come together. Sunset Park takes influences from its rich, ...

Will mail run, banks open on Columbus Day? Federal holiday is Monday. Does Mississippi celebrate it or Indigenous Peoples Day ...

In this "dangerous and divided" time, Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called for finding strength in Gandhi's message ...

NEW YORK − The Statue of Liberty may go dark during the federal government shutdown, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul warned on Oct. 1. With Lady Liberty as a backdrop, the New York Democrat stood alongside ...