Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., issued a Columbus Day proclamation Monday honoring the legacy of Christopher Columbus and claiming those who "defame" the Italian explorer are trying to portray the United ...

When Christopher Columbus sailed westward from Spain in 1492, he did not expect to find paradise. He was looking for a shortcut to Asia, a new route for spices and gold. Instead, he stumbled onto ...

Across the United States, many celebrate Columbus Day, a controversial federal holiday observed every year on the second Monday in October. It was named after Christopher Columbus, the man credited ...

A new DNA study on the 500-year-old remains of Christopher Columbus has found that the controversial explorer was actually a Sephardic Jew from western Europe. Spanish researchers announced their ...

After Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue, the physical remains of his ships -- the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria -- remain lost. Bettmann Archive The 15th century explorer landed in the ...

NEW YORK — An explorer who believes he’s found the wreckage of Christopher Columbus’ flagship vessel off the coast of Haiti said Wednesday that the ship has been looted and needs to be excavated ...

Monday’s federal holiday dedicated to Christopher Columbus is highlighting the ongoing divide between those who view the explorer as a representative of Italian American history and others horrified ...

Christopher Columbus wasn’t actually Italian? Paesan-NO. Italian Americans and Columbus Day parade goers Monday saucily waved off the claim that new DNA evidence shows the controversial explorer was a ...

A new poll has found that most Americans are skeptical of what they were taught in schools about Christopher Columbus. The survey, conducted by YouGov and released on October 12, two days before the ...

The city of Columbus is requesting bid proposals to develop balanced historic contextual material that could potentially mean the "conditional" return of the city's hastily removed Christopher ...

Mayor Eric Adams wants to landmark a pair of Big Apple Christopher Columbus statues — to protect them from mayoral front-runner and Columbus-hater Zohran Mamdani. Adams, who will leave office at the ...