Such tributes tend to follow deaths of officials or first responders and are carried out under state rules on timing and location.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore moved Thursday night to tamp down backlash over remarks calling the state flag a “contradiction,” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are five designated days when the U.S. flag is flown at half-staff throughout the United States. In addition to those days, ...

The Stars and Stripes will fly at half-staff in five U.S. states today to honor public servants and mark local losses. Half-staff flag orders are nationally recognized symbols of collective mourning, ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Kansas’ state flag is younger than many might expect, with an official design adopted less than a century ago after years of debate and opposition from patriotic groups. The ...