Detroiters like Stevie Wonder and John Conyers were instrumental in making Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal holiday.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Donald Trump's inauguration will result in the closure of several key offices and services.

Monday commemorates the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. This year, the holiday coincides with Trump’s inauguration, though the majority of business closures will be for MLK Day.

John Conyers, D-Detroit ... United Autoworkers union members at a General Motors plant in North Tarrytown, New York, refused to come to work on King’s birthday. King had a long partnership ...

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It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a Memphis motel. It took 15 years until it became a federal holiday.

A veteran prosecutor who spearheaded indictments of top-ranking members of the depraved gang MS-13 has been appointed interim head of the Eastern District of New York — a powerful Justice Department office that covers Brooklyn and Long Island.

Linda Clary, the mother of John Umberger, will testify in a trial no mom should have to endure, and yet, she prays for the men accused of killing her son.