There are five days in 2025 when flags are scheduled to be flown at half-staff. It's half-mast if you're on a ship.

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While Pauline's Birds Of A Feather co-star Linda Robson is currently on holiday and therefore was absent from the ITV daytime show, Ruth and Jane Moore paid tribute to the star. Jane explained ...

After Monday's presidential inauguration, flags fly back at half-staff in Texas. According to a press release from the White House, flags were ordered to be flown at full-staff at the White House ...

A falling feather leads to a fuming German, a teenager makes an instant impact, and it is double delight for Aussie doubles. Seagulls have officially left their mark on Rod Laver Arena.

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Pauline Quirke's husband said she now "just wants to spend time with her family" Pauline Quirke, famous for starring in TV sitcom Birds of a Feather, has retired from acting following a dementia ...

Pauline Quirke, famous for starring in TV sitcom Birds of a Feather, has retired from acting following a dementia diagnosis, her husband has said. "It is with a heavy heart that I announce my wife ...

(NEXSTAR) — Flags across the U.S. are meant to be at half-staff for another eight days, but they were at full staff in Washington, D.C. on Monday. Why was the nation’s capital in defiance of a ...

PETALING JAYA: There are existing laws that regulate the public display of national emblems, including foreign flags, in Malaysia, says a legal expert. Datuk Indrani Thuraisingham, the legal ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson did Trump a favor on Jan. 20 by defying U.S. flag code at the Capitol and pausing Carter's mourning period Win McNamee/Getty; MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty; Jessica McGowan ...