Labor Day News

Outside on a warm day, something buzzes past in a blur. A large bumblebee or sphinx moth, perhaps? How about a hummingbird? With about 340 hummingbird species in the Western Hemisphere, only one - the ruby-throated hummingbird - is found in the eastern United States.

Six Illinois historic sites are operating seven days a week for the convenience of tourists traveling in the spring and summer.

Now beginning its 38th year, the Paramount Summer Film Classics series brings some much needed comfort to the long hot Austin summer.

For local blues fans, Monday's news was definitely bad. It's off. No Blues by the Bay this coming Labor Day weekend.

Evanston's outdoor watering ban starts tomorrow and lasts until September 15 during daytime weekday hours between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., with some exceptions, according to a press release.

Hit City Digital Recording Artists will tour Southwest and Northwest beginning in Texas mid-June and extending into Arizona, California, Oregon and Washington through Labor Day.

The event will again fundraise for Sonoma County non-profits over Labor Day Weekend August 30 - September 1, 2013 .

With summer just around the corner, Electric Zoo: New York 's Electronic Music Festival is excited to add more headlining artists to the three-day festival taking place over Labor Day Weekend on August 30, August 31 and September 1. Featuring two Main Stages for the first time ever, Electric Zoo's fifth anniversary offers the ultimate summer ... (more)

Video: CNBC's Steve Liesman talks with Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, about arriving at a bipartisan compromise on the budget.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said in an interview on Friday that the debt ceiling will not be hit until September, though Congress shouldn't relax based on that.

Jimmy Buffet and Rodriguez share a cult. Not the same one, obviously, but rather their fans' "great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work ." Amend Merriam-Webster to "film, book, or music." The former liquored up the Austin 360 Amphitheater Friday and the latter brought the Erwin Center to its feet on Saturday.

The application period is open for Master Gardener training in Kent and Sussex counties.

Prospect Eats, a burgeoning weekly food-truck gathering in south Longmont, kicked off its 2013 season on Monday, April 29, with a crowd of about 800 showing up to partake in cuisine, live music and community interaction.

May 02--Every year around this time, I come down with a bad case of cinematic seasonal affective disorder -- like a movie-related seasickness that lasts all summer.

In many countries, May 1 is a public holiday in honor of " International Workers' Day ." The day has its roots in the global communist movement which is one reason Americans and Canadians prefer to celebrate Labor Day in September.

Entirely Free Festival Opens at Chicago Cultural Center; Then Moves to Its New Home on Four Stages in Millennium Park Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday announced the lineup for the 35th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival as it celebrates a milestone in its new home of Millennium Park on August 29- September 1. New this year, the Chicago Labor Day tradition ... (more)

Workers and union members hold banners and flags during a May Day march, to mark International Workers' Day, or Labour Day, in Tunis, May 1, 2013.

In the United States, Labor Day is celebrated the first Monday of September to honor the contributions workers have made to the country .

Wednesday is International Workers' Day. A small group of protesters displayed a lighted message over I-275 near 22nd Avenue North in St.

The day of May 1 is celebrated in many countries around the World as a day set aside for workers.