The flag draped around Lessort's shoulders was for Martinique, an overseas territory of France located in the Caribbean Sea. However, Tirico said Lessort was wearing the Palestine flag during the ...

Martinique is the latest nation to begin breaking free from its French colonizer. The Caribbean island ... it is denouncing the French flag and cutting as many ties as possible to the country.

June is National Caribbean American Heritage Month, and the city is kicking off the month-long celebrations with a ...

NBC broadcaster Mike Tirico issued a swift apology on social media for misidentifying a flag worn by France's Mathias Lessort during the men's basketball medal ceremony Saturday. "Just ...