Biden's latest actions cap a lengthy and broad-based battle to protect the lands as monuments after generational efforts by area tribes to regain control of remaining portions of their traditional ...

The VA has plans to include veterans who received grave markers before 1996, as well as those buried in overseas cemeteries managed by the American Battle Monuments Commission. According to the VA ...

An enormous asteroid potentially larger than the Washington Monument is due to zip past our planet today. For comparison, the Washington Monument is about 555 feet tall, the Golden Gate Bridge is ...

The World Monuments Fund (WMF) has announced its 2025 World Monuments Watch, highlighting 25 sites facing significant challenges. This biennial program, launched in 1996, aims to raise awareness ...

The World Monuments Fund has announced its biennial list of the most endangered places on Earth — and, this year, one place that's even beyond it. The Watch List is intended to raise awareness ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. President Joe Biden signs a proclamation to establish the Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sáttítla ...

President Biden on Tuesday signed proclamations to establish the Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument, which will protect hundreds of thousands of acres of ...

In an announcement postponed by the Los Angeles wildfires, President Joe Biden on Tuesday designated two sites in California as national monuments that will honor Native American tribes while ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In an announcement postponed by the Los Angeles wildfires, President Joe Biden on Tuesday designated two sites in California as national monuments that will honor Native ...

Proponents say the new monuments will protect a plethora of vulnerable wildlife and culturally significant sites while staving off development and resource extraction. Biden signed proclamations ...

By Zachary Small For years, the World Monuments Fund has sought to draw attention and resources to endangered cultural heritage sites including Machu Picchu in Peru, temples in Cambodia and the ...

The last World Monuments Watch list was released in 2022. The 2025 edition offers new data analysis for preservation issues shared by the more than 200 nominations submitted in an open call.