The McCormick Bird House would be closed "until further notice," the zoo said. Two animal deaths at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago have been traced to an outbreak of avian influenza, or bird flu ...

It’s been a long time coming, but it looks like an Aboriginal flag emoji is finally here! Well, kind of. Representing some 60,000 years of First Nations culture, history, and pride, the flag has ...

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WASHINGTON — It’s time to take pride in the American flag again, President Trump’s State Department said on Tuesday. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday banned flying any other flags ...

CLARK COUNTY — Four men from Chile accused of carrying out a string of burglaries targeting multimillion-dollar homes in southwest Ohio were recently arrested in the Miami Valley. Jordan ...

After Monday's presidential inauguration, flags fly back at half-staff in Texas. According to a press release from the White House, flags were ordered to be flown at full-staff at the White House ...

Four Chilean men have been arrested in connection with a string of burglaries that includes the home of Cincinnati Bengals star quarterback Joe Burrow. The four suspects were arrested following ...

(NEXSTAR) — Flags across the U.S. are meant to be at half-staff for another eight days, but they were at full staff in Washington, D.C. on Monday. Why was the nation’s capital in defiance of a ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson did Trump a favor on Jan. 20 by defying U.S. flag code at the Capitol and pausing Carter's mourning period Win McNamee/Getty; MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty; Jessica McGowan ...

To mark the death of former president Jimmy Carter, President Joe Biden declared flags be displayed at half-staff for 30 days to mourn him “as an expression of public sorrow.” That 30-day ...

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has ordered U.S. and Virginia flags to fly at full-staff on Monday, in honor of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. The order makes Virginia the latest ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state and United States flags will be raised to full-staff Monday, Jan. 20, before being lowered back to half-staff in honor of former President Jimmy Carter.