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

Minnesota looks to continue its four-game road win streak with a victory over Memphis. The teams square off Monday for the first time this season.

Martin Luther King Jr., a reverend and civil-rights activist, was assassinated at 39. However, he inspired several movements ...

Born on January 15, 1929, Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would have celebrated his 91st birthday today.

On a sidewalk near the Lorraine Motel, where Dr. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, I met Jaqueline Smith, a long-term resident of the motel until she was forcibly evicted in 1988. For 36 years, ...

Reserve Jordan Gainey scored 19 points and No. 6 Tennessee overcame a sluggish start and beat No. 23 Georgia 74-56 in a ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday honoring the civil rights icon, falls on Monday, Jan. 20. Here's what to know.

A winter storm that dropped heavy snow and glazed roads throughout the U.S. South was maintaining its icy grip on much of the ...

Another blast of winter storms is closing schools, snarling flights and putting millions of residents on alert across parts of the Deep South and south-central U.S. The National Weather Service says ...

Millions of people throughout the South are digging out and dealing with serious closures after a massive winter storm dumped several inches of snow.