Holidays News

Fewer Maryland motorists are expected to travel this year, but Memorial Day weekend 2013 will still be one of the busiest of the past 12 years, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic . "It appears changing current economic conditions as a result of sequestration, which has impacted the wallets of many, may be influencing some residents' uneasiness to travel ... (more)

The action-heavy "Fast & Furious 6" and the raunchy comedy "The Hangover Part III" arrive in theaters over the long Memorial Day weekend.

WATERLOO, Iowa - Flooding from the Cedar River will keep a state park in northeast Iowa closed through the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

The American Cancer Society estimates that there will be more than 76,000 cases of malignant melanoma-the most serious form of skin cancer-diagnosed in the U.S. in 2013 alone.

When the terrorists struck on 9/11, Barrett Austin was in Mrs. Spearman's second-grade class here.

Branson, in remarks last week during a trip to Dubai, said the first public Virgin Galactic flight would happen Dec.

From the Charlie Chaplin's classic "Great Dictator" released in 1940 to 2013's sadly mediocre "Emporer" about the American occupation of Japan, World War II movies have been staple Hollywood fare for nearly seven decades.

This week started off with the Alibi's 16th anniversary, which started on Wednesday and went through Saturday.

HSBC reported that its preliminary Purchasing Managers Index fell to a seven-month low of 49.6 in May from April's 50.4. Numbers below 50 indicate that activity is contracting.

NJ Transit will be offering extra trains and buses to patrons leaving work early Friday for Memorial Day weekend, according to a press release Monday.

Current and former members of the U.S. military will get free admission to Kings Island amusement park in southwest Ohio over Memorial Day weekend.

The Long Beach Police Department announced Wednesday the arrest of a suspect in a fatal May Day shooting on the 1400 block of Florida Ave.

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More than 2,000 museums across the nation are offering free admission to active-duty military personnel and their families this summer, beginning on Memorial Day.

Pub 199 burned down in an early morning blaze on Jan. 11, but will reopen on Thursday, May 23, in time for Memorial Day weekend, owner George Markou said .

Metro says it will be conducting track work on the red and orange lines over the Memorial Day holiday and closing a number of stations on both lines.

In this tornado-shattered city, where surreal sights of devastation abound, another unusual scene unfolded midmorning Wednesday as a procession of as many as 2,000 volunteers filed down a street toward the Moore Cemetery, a 20-acre resting ground that accommodates the city's earliest leaders and soon will receive some of its recent storm victims.

On Memorial Day, most families are busy visiting cemeteries, attending parades and services and seeing relatives, leaving little if any time for a big celebration with food cooked over a grill or in the kitchen.

The long holiday weekend is upon us in Northern Virginia and it's time to start making plans for some fun.

During Thursday and Monday, 31.2 million Americans will drive 50 miles or more to a beach, campground or other getaway, according to car lobbying group AAA.