COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Like many other white southerners, Justin Hough used to consider the Confederate flag part of his regional heritage, not a symbol of hate. That changed when a white man who posed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You might have heard about presidents ordering American flags flown at half-staff on all federal properties to acknowledge certain ...

While some countries use the term half-mast to describe the partial raising of flags on land, the United States uses the phrase to describe flags on ships only. Half-staff is used to describe ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Like many other white southerners, Justin Hough used to consider the Confederate flag part of his regional heritage, not a symbol of hate. That changed when a white man who posed ...

You might have heard about presidents ordering American flags flown at half-staff on all federal properties to acknowledge certain holidays or world events, but do you know why the practice is in ...