NEW YORK — Monday, Jan. 20, commemorates the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. This year, the holiday coincides with President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, though the majority ...

Just days after King’s assassination in 1968, US Rep. John Conyers of Michigan introduced a bill to establish a federal holiday in his honor. The holiday was finally signed into law in 1983 ...

FILE - In this March 31, 2020, file photo United States Post Office delivery trucks are reflected in the side mirror of a vehicle as postal delivers set off on their daily rounds in Arvada, Colo.