Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of discounts on anything from mattresses to lawn mowers.

Here’s how government services will be affected by the Memorial Day holiday.

A first-generation immigrant from Taiwan, Jensin decided early on she would attend the Naval Academy. She graduated in 1991 and pursued a 21-year Navy career, serving as a public affairs officer while raising two children alongside her husband, also a career Navy officer. Now her two children are following in her mighty footsteps.

Women who have lost their mothers say grief tends to resurface during life’s milestones. Those include getting married, having a baby or, of course, Mother’s Day.

Apparently, many of our peeps love to gamble. And go camping, make snarky remarks about the actions — or inaction — of local government, and have fun with international news. This year’s entries for the 2023 Peeps Show came from art and history students in high and middle school, children with the help of parents, adults with the help of children, and artists well into their sixth and seventh decades who referred to themselves “a child in an adult body.” We even received submissions from as far as Washington state. We have selected the most detailed and intricate dioramas to feature. Here — have a peep.

A crowd estimated at close to 60,000 people gathered Saturday to welcome back the beloved annual event after it was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and then in again in 2022 because of rain.

Residents who reserved spots by parking their cars in the median along the parade route had returned to find $50 tickets, prompting upset posts to social media.

St. Patrick's Day parades in U.S. cities have become a rite of spring, like the return of baseball and the blooming of early spring flowers, and a celebration by those who are Irish at least one a year. Here are the 25 biggest St. Patrick's Day parades in America.