In 1895, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel signed his will and testament establishing the Nobel Prizes, bequeathing most of his fortune for annual prizes honoring outstanding achievements in peace, ...

Harvey Milk had been elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977 — a little over a year later, he would be dead.

On Nov. 27, 1978, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone (mah-SKOH’-nee) and city supervisor and gay rights activist Harvey Milk were fatally shot inside City Hall by former Supervisor Dan White.

Nearly five decades since the late gay San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk’s political career was tragically cut short, the civil rights icon is still roiling politics in the United States. And it ...

A U.S. Navy oil tanker named after civil rights leader Harvey Milk is reportedly set to be given a new title – another apparent move to strip military diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives under ...

The USNS Harvey Milk tanker ship is on the verge of receiving a new name, sparking intense reactions from some political figures. The act of renaming a Navy ship is very rare and considered partially ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Leaders in San Francisco are blasting the Trump administration for stripping the name of gay rights activist Harvey Milk from a U.S. naval ship, and especially during Pride Month, when ...