Such tributes tend to follow deaths of officials or first responders and are carried out under state rules on timing and location.

Flags across Michigan, Massachusetts, and Maryland are flying at half-staff today following gubernatorial orders in each state. The practice of lowering flags is a solemn tradition intended to honor ...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds ordered flags around the state to be lowered to half-staff on Tuesday to honor a former federal judge who died recently at 78.

United States and North Carolina flags will be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Sept. 11, for two reasons. U.S. flags were set to be flown at half-staff across the country at all ...

The U.S. flag is flying at half-staff in Washington state and across the U.S. today, Sept. 11, for Patriot Day, an annual commemoration of the 9/11 terror attacks ...

After over 1,000 submissions have been reviewed, Massachusetts is one step closer to having a new flag — but there continues to be debate. The Massachusetts Seal, Flag, and Motto Advisory Commission ...