The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to award a Congressional Gold Medal to tennis legend and equal rights advocate Billie ...

Smith has come into her own as one of the biggest stars of the women's game both internationally and in the NWSL ...

Billie Jean King held the No. 1 ranking in women's tennis for years, and now she'll be No. 1 again, this time as the first ...

A group of Black female scientists and mathematicians known as NASA's “Hidden Figures” were honored Wednesday with ...

Two Georgia congressmen introduced a bipartisan bill on Tuesday that would honor Georgia native former U.S. president Jimmy ...

The medal is the highest civilian award awarded by an act of Congress in recognition of distinguished achievements and ...

Billie Jean King will become the first-ever female athlete to receive the Congressional Gold Medal after a bill to honor the tennis legend passed.

The four Black women, whose pioneering work put Americans on the Moon, were honored with the body's highest honor ...

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has presented state awards to the champions and medallists of the 2024 Paralympic ...

Four women overcame challenges on Earth, to get humanity to space. They were honored with Congressional Gold Medals on ...

A bipartisan trio of lawmakers, including two from Georgia, have introduced legislation to award former President Jimmy Carter the Congressional Gold Medal. U.S. Reps. Sanford Bishop, D-Albany, and ...

Individual Paris Olympic gold medalists Katie Ledecky, Kate Douglass, Torri Huske and Bobby Finke are all nominees for ...