New York congressman Charles Rangel served his constituency in Washington for nearly five decades and his efforts could be recognized posthumously with a congressional gold medal.

IBA President Umar Kremlev demanded that Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif be stripped of a boxing medal following a gender eligibility controversy.

A recent New Hampshire high school graduate is back home after winning a medal at one of the country's largest career and technical education competitions.

The Broadway musical “Hamilton” and the historian whose book inspired it are getting the National Constitution Center’s Liberty Medal this fall. The award is bestowed for efforts to spread ...

Defense Secretary Hegseth announces Navy oil tanker renaming from gay rights leader Harvey Milk to Medal of Honor recipient Oscar V. Peterson to take "politics out of ship naming." ...

The USNS Harvey Milk will be stripped of its moniker, which honored a slain gay rights activist who served during the Korean War.

House Speaker Mike Johnson will honor U.S. Army Ranger veterans who served in World War II with a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony.

A South Florida mother is grieving the loss of her 9-year-old son, who was found dead in a canal after running away from home. Anthony "King" Brown, who had autism and was non-verbal, was ...

American Shannon Rowbury is now the 2012 Olympic 1500m bronze medalist, moving up from fourth place after silver medalist Tatyana Tomashova of Russia was retroactively disqualified in a doping case ...

Follow live as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gives a press conference to defend B-2 bomber pilots’ “dignity” after an intelligence leak suggested the pilots’ attack on Iranian nuclear ...