Trinidad’s four-month-old government says it is taking threats by gangsters to assassinate top officials seriously.

LULAC Council #5285 announced its annual parade and fiesta would no longer be taking place. A local woman has stepped up to ...

"Independence Day," the 1996 blockbuster starring Will Smith, has became a staple of the Fourth of July holiday. But according to writer Dean Devlin, the iconic title almost didn't happen.

Congress finally passed a bill making Independence Day a federal holiday on June 28, 1870. In 1941, the law was amended to make it a paid holiday for federal employees. Though some traditions ...

Our independence came not that long ago – on March 6, 1957. The three weeks prior to the celebration, students at my school — and at schools across the country — would practice our marching.