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Why Juneteenth didn’t actually end slavery in Texas
Washington Post· 4 hours agoIn 1903, a Black man walked into an office in a small town in Texas, seeking any news about whether slavery had ended. The earnest inquiry from the man,...
Cedar Falls' Benjamin Eastman treks across Iowa on a hand-built bike
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier· 4 hours agoThe 'bikepacking' trip spanned nearly 500 miles over seven days, from Council Bluffs to Atlantic,...
17 States Where Property Tax Rates Are Lower Now Than a Decade Ago
GOBankingRates via Yahoo Finance· 2 days agoNobody is exactly thrilled about paying property taxes, but most accept it as the price of owning a...
Major heat wave to hit Midwest and East Coast, bringing heat alerts to 66 million
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoNew York City’s more than 500 cooling centers are set to open Tuesday. "We are going to be seeing...
Home Buying Hazard: Top U.S. Cities Where Your Investment May Sink, According To 'Special Housing...
Benzinga via Yahoo Finance· 2 days agoCalifornia, New Jersey, and Illinois face heightened housing market risks, marked by a concentration...
Why isn’t extreme heat considered a disaster in the U.S.?
NPR· 1 day ago"If a circumstance did occur where an extreme heat incident exceeded state and local capacity, an emergency or major disaster declaration request submission could be considered ...
Editorial Roundup: Louisiana
US News & World Report· 7 days agoJeff Landry, bolstered by a friendly Legislature comprised of supermajorities from his own Republican Party, pursued so many major changes that following the action felt like ...
Celebrate Juneteenth by supporting Black restaurants
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 day agoSo many times, people try to label our cuisine as strictly soul food. And while soul food has had an integral part of our history … it’s not all we’re...
Israel's Netanyahu blames Biden for withholding weapons. US officials say that's not the whole story
The Globe Gazette· 16 hours agoIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed Tuesday the United States is withholding weapons...
Israel's Netanyahu blames Biden for withholding weapons. US officials say that's not the whole story
Quad-City Times· 16 hours agoIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed Tuesday the United States is withholding weapons...