Each Valentine's Day, millions of Americans gift their partners or loved ones with flowers, cards or candy as a token of their affections on Feb. 14. But while some see it as a commercialized ...

The history of Valentine's Day is mushy. It's been linked to a 12th-century poem about birds mating, the Christian-martyr-turned-Saint Valentine and a deadly fertility ritual in ancient Rome, but ...

Happy Earth Day! For the 55th year, the world is using the day to celebrate Mother Nature and the wonderful planet we live on. "Earth Day really is a symbol of the environmental movement," Sarah ...

Millions of people around the world will pause on Tuesday, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day. It's an annual event founded by people who hoped to stir activism to clean up and preserve a planet ...

The holiday marks the unofficial start of summer and honors those who have died in the nation’s wars. Here’s how it all began. By Livia Albeck-Ripka Memorial Day weekend is among the busiest for ...

Memorial Day is considered the unofficial start to summer — a long weekend with (hopefully) warm weather, a time for barbecues, graduation parties and picnics. The holiday, however, is one of the most ...

Thursday is a leap day, the rare date of February 29 that's added to the calendar nearly every four years. That means the roughly 5 million people worldwide born on that day — aka "leaplings" — will ...