Washington — A group of Black women central to NASA's success during the space race and known as the "Hidden Figures" were honored Wednesday in a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Capitol Hill.

The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to award a Congressional Gold Medal to tennis legend and equal rights advocate Billie Jean King, bestowing the nation’s highest civilian honor on a female ...

"They were the engineers and mathematicians who actually wrote the story itself." The Congressional Gold Medal was also awarded Wednesday to aeronautical engineer Christine Darden, who is ...

WASHINGTON -- Billie Jean King will become the first individual women's athlete to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey ...

Although they may never completely shed the label, the women who worked for NASA as human computers during the space race are no longer "hidden figures," and they now have a medal to prove it.

Jordan Chiles filed an appeal of the decision that led to the US gymnast being stripped of an Olympic bronze medal, her attorneys announced Monday. Chiles was stripped of her first individual ...

The bronze medal was awarded to Romanian gymnast Ana Bărbosu. Why Is Jordan Chiles Losing Her Bronze Medal? Unpacking the Cheating Allegations The “CAS violated Chiles’s fundamental ‘right ...

Promising as the video evidence backing Jordan Chiles’ claim to her bronze medal is, it never should have come to this. And nothing can ever undo the damage that’s been done or the heartache ...

Living Medal of Honor recipients could get a significant boost in their pensions under a bill recently introduced in the Senate. Under the Monetary Enhancement for Distinguished Active Legends ...

Swiss professionals have won 15 medals at the WorldSkills Championships in Lyon, France: seven gold, seven silver and one bronze. According to the Swiss, the country finished as the best European ...