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What to know about Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoDespite Juneteenth’s storied history, the holiday was largely overlooked by non-Black Americans...
How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoHistorical/Corbis via Getty Images The History of Juneteenth On June 19, 1865, more than two months after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to...
Explaining the Origins of Juneteenth
Snopes via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoThis occurred two months after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered and the Union Army won the Civil War, and more than two years after then-U.S....
A 'potty-mouthed parrot' is up for adoption. 300 people came forward for the cursing conure.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoTheir previous owner, an older woman, has to move out of state to care for her daughter, who is...
Judge seized weapons before Hillsborough teen killed his parents: court records
WFLA via Yahoo News· 24 hours agoTAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Last February, a judge ordered 19-year-old Christos Themelis to surrender his...
Juneteenth 2024: What’s open, closed today? Banks, mail, post office, more
The Post-Standard· 6 hours agoJuneteenth marks the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom...
The First Time I Peed On My Boyfriend's Floor, I Was Mortified. Then It Kept Happening.
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoHe didn’t need to be there, though, to exert his power over me. Every time I thought of whatever...
Russian troops surrender to an elite brigade as the Kharkiv front holds, Ukraine says
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 3 days agoA video released by Ukraine's 3rd Assault Brigade appears to show Russian prisoners of war. The...
50th Safe Haven Baby Box surrender in the US happens in Montgomery County
WKYT Lexington· 17 hours agoA baby boy was recently surrendered to the Montgomery County Fire Safe Haven Baby Box. The...
Juneteenth goes unobserved by Florida state government
The Raw Story· 2 hours agoToday, June 19, or “Juneteenth,” commemorates the end of slavery in the defeated South. The date...
