Juneteenth, the country's youngest federal holiday, arrives this week. Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, was officially recognized as a federal holiday by ...

Diwali, celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, and Buddhists, symbolizes the victory of light over darkness and good over evil.

Diwali isn’t a federal holiday in the US, but states like California, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut have recognized it. New ...

(This story was updated to add new information and to correct a misspelling/typo.) Ready for your next three-day weekend? Labor Day is less than a month away, the federal holiday honoring the ...

The holiday has been deemphasized in recent years with some communities replacing it with Indigenous Peoples' Day.

Governor Josh Shapiro signed a law establishing Diwali on the fifteenth day of Kartik in the Hindu lunisolar calendar, making ...

Newsweek has created a map showing how many federal holidays the United States has compared to other countries, after President Donald Trump said there were "too many non-working holidays in America." ...

The University of West Florida is considering a proposal to remove Juneteenth as one of the eight paid holidays for employees ...

It feels like we just celebrated the Fourth of July, but now we're already looking forward to another federal holiday. Labor Day, the federal holiday that celebrates "the social and economic ...