A scientist credited with uncovering reasons for mass species extinctions hundreds of millions of years ago has been awarded the Polar Medal. Prof John Marshall has made 19 expeditions to Greenland and Norway over 30 years.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth supports upgrading the Distinguished Service Cross for the Staten Islander who died saving lives during a 2013 attack.

Sometimes, it is the little things that mark big changes. In this case, a bit of red, yellow, blue and white cloth that just about everyone who has been in the U.S. military since 2001 has received for, well, being in the military. In a memorandum signed ...

WASHINGTON — Recipients of the Medal of Honor, the highest military decoration bestowed in the United States, will see their pensions increase nearly fourfold under legislation signed by President Donald Trump this week. The bill, which passed the House ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Rep. Nicole Malliotakis spoke with the White House and delivered a letter to President Donald Trump Friday morning expressing her “full support” for posthumously awarding U.S. Staff Sgt. Michael H. Ollis the Presidential Medal of Honor.

In a rambling attempt to compliment a billionaire donor, Donald Trump invoked the physical appearance of Medal of Honor recipients as “either in very bad shape because they’ve been hit so many times by bullets or they’re dead.” Speaking at a ...

An overview of the top Gold Medal winners on the Association of Pickleball Players (APP) pro tour in 2025, which featured dominant seasons from Will Howells, Jack Munro, and Sofia Sewing.

The 2024 Paris Olympics officially begin with the Opening Ceremony in Paris on Friday, and the United States is presenting a plethora of star athletes with the hope of once again finishing with the largest amount of medals. Competitors such as gymnasts ...

After medal-winning Olympians stand on the platform, receive their medals, and solemnly listen to the gold medal winner’s national anthem, they leave the stage and face an army of photographers. In front of the flashing lights, many winners grab their ...

Italy will be hoping to deliver on and off the snow and ice at its home Olympics. The host nation is keen to put on a spectacular Winter Games but also wants success in terms of medals. Italian Olympic Committee president Luciano Buonfiglio has set a minimum target of 19 medals at the Milan Cortina Games.

The Medal of Honor is the United States of America's highest military honor for personal acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty. The medal is bestowed by the president of the United States in the name of the U.S. Congress to U.S. military ...

Team GB will aim to secure their best ever Winter Olympics medal haul at next month's Games - but chef du mission Eve Muirhead insists success will not only be measured by podium places.