With the death of President Jimmy Carter at age 100, President Joe Biden has ordered flags to fly at half-mast.

The terms are often used interchangeably, but half-staff refers to a flag hanging halfway up on a flag pole on land, while half-mast pertains to a flag flying halfway up the mast on a ship at sea.

Gov. Tony Evers has extended the order for flags in Wisconsin to fly at half-staff until sunset Monday out of respect for the victims of a shooting last week at a Christian school in Madison.

The clip showed Josh inside his Beverly Hills home looking through dozens of fabric swatches. “Just getting started in Beverly Hills with Josh and friends,” Sonja captioned the November 6 ...

As of December 20, 2024, several states have ordered flags to be flown at half-staff today and over the coming weekend. These gestures serve as solemn tributes to individuals who have served their ...

Florida State Senator Randy Fine has introduced a bill aimed at banning flags representing political viewpoints, race, sexual orientation, or gender from being displayed at public schools ...

A decade ago, the elegant cobblestone streets of Macau’s Tap Seac Square were jam-packed with people clamouring for change and government accountability — the high-water mark for the former Portuguese ...

One characteristic of a failed state is that it has no functioning national government. By that standard, Canada is failing pretty badly. At the very moment when the country faces an existential ...

Macau and Chinese flags hang at the Senado Square, in Macau, China December 17, 2024.(Reuters) MACAU: China's President Xi Jinping arrived in Macau on Wednesday to mark a quarter century of ...