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Opal Lee, Grandmother of Juneteenth, moves into new house on site of burned childhood home in Texas
WTVD-TV 11 Raleigh-Durham· 1 day agoIt was June 19, 1939, when Opal Lee remembers her parents sending her to a friend's house several...
Fort Worth Fire rescues kitten stuck in car
Fox local via AOL· 7 hours agoFORT WORTH, Texas - First responders in Fort Worth successfully pulled off a rescue mission to save a baby kitten. Somebody called 911 ...
Pizza chain just closed its last Kansas City area location. Here’s what’s replacing it
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoPie Five Pizza is no longer serving slices in the Kansas City area. The quick-service pizza chain,...
'Grandmother of Juneteenth' Opal Lee Gifted New House, Built Where Her Family Home Was Burned Down...
People via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe 97-year-old received the keys to her new house this week, built where her family's Fort Worth, ...
Opal Lee gets keys to new home 85 years after Texas mob drove family out
KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma· 23 hours agoOpal Lee has waited a long time for the keys placed in her hand on Friday. The Texas 97-year-old...
Historic Fort Worth baseball park to be demolished
KDFW via Yahoo Sports· 1 day agoFORT WORTH, Texas - A legendary baseball field in Fort Worth is set to be torn down. The Tarrant Regional Water District voted on Tuesday ...
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ handed keys to new Texas home 85 years after racist mob burned it down
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 day agoA white mob burned down Opal Lee’s family home in Fort Worth, Texas in 1939. She was 12 years old....
...make Juneteenth a federally recognized holiday, pushes one of her great-granddaughters in a...
Clayton News Daily· 2 days agoOpal Lee, activist in the movement to make Juneteenth a federally recognized holiday, pushes one of...
Many gymnasts forced to walk away at their peak may have chance to stay in the game
The Bryan-College Station Eagle· 2 hours agoA new professional women's gymnastics league is hoping to give athletes a chance to walk away from...
Man charged with threatening FBI agent who had been involved in Hunter Biden laptop investigation
KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma· 7 days agoFORT WORTH, Texas — (AP) — A Texas man has been charged with allegedly threatening an FBI special...