Beloved steam train Puffing Billy has weighed into the Australia Day debate, revealing it won’t celebrate the national public holiday.

The crusader for women’s and workers’ rights died Monday after a cruel illness. She inspires us to do the work ahead.

Detroiters like Stevie Wonder and John Conyers were instrumental in making Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal ...

Connecticut school districts individually decide whether to stay open for most holidays, even state and federal ones.

PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN) — Negotiations between Portland workers and officials are down to the wire after the city reached a ...

The U.S. stock market generally closes for major holidays like Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Thanksgiving. But not all holidays result in stock market closure — you can still trade on ...

GCShutter / Getty Images "Unskilled labor" is an outdated term that was ... worker is antiquated and not reflective of the present day. Low-wage workers aren't low-skilled workers.

And so we commemorate on this holiday the man of action, who put his life on the line for freedom and justice every day, the man who braved threats and jail and beatings and who ultimately paid the ...

The Office of Personnel Management lists 12 federal holidays across 11 days. The mismatch arises as Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day both fall on Jan. 20. Federal holidays cause ...

It was speculated that Brits could see May 9 and 12 wiped free to allow nationwide celebrations, or August 22 bolted on to make the summer bank holiday on August 25 a four-day festival.