News Center 7 celebrates the people and organizations who have progressed our nation forward for more equality and equity to ...

American Ballet Theatre principal dancer, philanthropist and New York Times bestselling author Misty Copeland will visit UB on Feb. 12 as the university’s 49th Annual Martin Luther King Jr.

Jan. 13 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1910, radio pioneer and electron tube inventor Lee Deforest arranged the world's first public radio broadcast, a performance by the New York ...

On Jan. 13, 2012, the cruise ship Costa Concordia slammed into a rocky shoal near the Italian coast and capsized, killing 32 people.

An Arkansas native's film about the Oklahoma City Bombing was nominated for an NAACP Image Award.Princella Smith, of Wynne, wrote, directed, and produced Walk In The Light. It was one of five ...

According to the NAACP, the Spingarn Medal is meant to bring awareness to the achievements among Americans of African descent and to inspire African American youth. It was first awarded to Ernest ...

President Joe Biden on Friday posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor to five minority soldiers from the Korean War who may have been denied the nation's highest decoration for valor by a 1950s ...

Elon Musk ignited a firestorm after President Joe Biden awarded billionaire financier George Soros the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, on Saturday.

Republican lawmakers slammed President Biden for giving the Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, to billionaire philanthropist George Soros and former Secretary of State ...

Lionel Messi was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States, by President Joe Biden on Saturday but did not attend the ceremony at the White House.

Canadian actor Michael J. Fox was among the 19 notable names on Saturday to take home the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honour in the United States. Fox, who was born in ...