Holidays News

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.

Ronald Poppo listens to Heat games through a portable radio, but he'll never watch TV again.

Michael Luangrath, 29, gave his mother, Dao Vahn, a longtime downtown Las Vegas business owner and cancer survivor, a $175,000 house for Mother's Day.

Dozens of Lake Stevens' residents joined with American Legion Post 181 and the Women's Auxiliary on Saturday, May 18 in celebration of Armed Forces Day.

Framegrab of video showing police approaching car with guns drawn during Miami Beach's Urban Beach Week last Memorial Day wknd, 2011.

After yet another weekend filled with flood warnings and event cancellations throughout the metro area, Cumming is in for some sunny skies early this week and this Memorial Day weekend, though rain will be likely on Wednesday.

Lake Winnepesaukah is putting the final touches on its new water park SoakYa in time for a Memorial Day opening at 1 p.m. The park was originally scheduled to open Friday, May 24.

A glass microscope slide with a trace of the late Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi's blood is among an array of memorabilia due to be sold at auction Tuesday in England.

Millions of people across the nation and many on the First Coast are making plans to hit the road this weekend.