The tennis Hall of Famer and activist from Long Beach, who had already been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009 ...

Billie Jean King will become the first individual female athlete to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. Reps. Brian ...

The hidden figures of the space race were recognized with Congress’ highest honor at a medal ceremony on Wednesday. The ...

Richard Lugar is remembered not just in his home state of Indiana but across the world for many accomplishments throughout ...

The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to award a Congressional Gold Medal to tennis legend and equal rights advocate Billie ...

Stevie Wonder has 25 Grammy Awards, an Academy Award and even a Presidential Medal of Freedom. And now, the legendary singer ...

Most Mountain State residents already know what a treasure the late Katherine Johnson was, and how important she and her ...

King, who was a major advocate for the passage of Title IX in the 1970s, will be the first solo female athlete to receive the award. The measure still needs to be signed by President Joe Biden in ...

Most Mountain State residents already know what a treasure the late Katherine Johnson was, and how important she and her colleagues were to any successes the United States had at the beginning of the ...

Ga., along with Congressman Donald Norcross D-N.J., and Congressman Austin Scott, R-Ga., have introduced a bipartisan bill that would honor former Georgia governor, former U.S. President, Navy veteran ...