Chicago Public Schools will no longer observe Columbus Day. The Board of Education voted Wednesday to change the name to Indigenous Peoples Day. Now, the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans says it was done illegally.

Thanks to a decision reached at the Chicago Board of Education meeting Wednesday, students and faculty will now observe the second Monday in October as Indigenous People’s Day rather than as Columbus Day. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez reports.

Thanks to a decision reached at the Chicago Board of Education meeting Wednesday, students and faculty will now observe the second Monday in October as Indigenous People’s Day rather than as Columbus Day. Until now, Chicago Public Schools had celebrated both holidays, but Wednesday’s decision means that only Indigenous People’s Day will be celebrated. “I think it’s great, changing...

“Columbus enslaved, colonized, mutilated, and massacred thousands of Indigenous People in the Americas,” Council Member David Grosso said in a statement.

Friday marks Flag Day, which commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States and the birthday of the U.S. Army.

The largest city named for Christopher Columbus has called off its observance of the divisive holiday that honors the explorer, making a savvy move to tie the switch to a politically safe demographic: veterans.

A San Francisco board has voted unanimously to remove a 19th century statue that activists say is racist and demeaning to indigenous people.

Thursday marks Flag Day, which commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States and the birthday of the U.S. Army.

Notorious winds linked to many of California’s worst wildfires are known by various names — Diablo, Santa Ana and Sundowner — but all share the common trait of being able to whip a spark into a deadly inferno that seems to come out of nowhere. Here’s a look at where and when these winds occur....
This wind fanned the deadly firestorms...

A Las Vegas shooter’s perch in a 32nd-floor hotel room overlooking 22,000 people jammed into a country music festival below is just the kind of nightmare scenario police dread in places where big crowds and high-rises mix. From two broken-out windows of the Mandalay Bay Resort, Stephen Craig Paddock had an unobstructed view to rain rapid-fire bullets on the crowd,...

Amateur video footage has emerged showing the room at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas from where Stephen Paddock rained down bullets onto a concert crowd on Sunday evening, killing 58 people.

The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to replace its Columbus Day holiday in October with Indigenous People’s Day.

Illinois gubernatorial candidate Ameya Pawar is calling for a law to rename Christopher Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples’ Day.