The instructions were published Tuesday in a Defense Intelligence Agency memo and affect 11 annual events, including Black History Month, which begins Saturday, and National Hispanic Heritage

Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrates local leaders

The life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will once again be celebrated and honored Monday in events around the nation.

The Pentagon’s intelligence agency has put on hold observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Juneteenth, Holocaust Days of Remembrance and other annual historical or cultural events due to President Trump’s ban on diversity,

Every year we honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. in January. Here's everything you need to know about the holiday.

Federal and state offices, banks, as well as postal and trash services will be closed or suspended Monday. Here’s what else you should know.

As a federal and state-observed holiday for the U.S. Postal Service, post offices will be closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, so you will not receive your regular mail or packages. USPS priority mail will be the only service in operation. Banks and their branches will be closed as well for the holiday.

It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a Memphis motel. It took 15 years until it became a federal holiday.

Several public agencies, federal offices and schools will close to honor Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, coinciding with Trump's Inauguration Day.

A two-vehicle crash was reported on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in south Sacramento on Wednesday afternoon.