The imposing bronze statue of Christopher Columbus rears on the banks of the Delaware River, the navigator striking a heroic pose as if on the windswept deck of a caravel, gazing determinedly over ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Christopher Columbus, whose real name was Cristoforo Colombo, was born in 1451 in the Republic of Genoa, part of what is now Italy ...

President Donald Trump renewed the focus of Columbus Day to be celebrated on the second Monday of October, reclaiming the explorer’s “extraordinary legacy of faith, courage, perseverance, and virtue,” ...

Monday marks Columbus Day, in honor of Christopher Columbus — but not all will be celebrating the Italian explorer. Back in 1492, Columbus sailed across the Atlantic Ocean, where he stumbled upon the ...

When Christopher Columbus sailed westward from Spain in 1492, he did not expect to find paradise. He was looking for a shortcut to Asia, a new route for spices and gold. Instead, he stumbled onto ...

Across the United States, many celebrate Columbus Day, a controversial federal holiday observed every year on the second Monday in October. It was named after Christopher Columbus, the man credited ...

President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation declaring Monday to be Columbus Day, in an effort to "reclaim" what he called the famed explorer's "extraordinary legacy of faith, courage, ...

Nobody leaps into action with the lightning speed of state government, proven again on Friday when the board that oversees the Statehouse grounds decided that five years is about how long it takes to ...