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House passes defense bill automatically registering men 18-26 for draft
Fox News· 5 days agoThe House of Representatives passed a measure on Friday automatically registering men aged 18 to 26...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News· 4 hours agoJune 19 marks the third consecutive year of Juneteenth as a federally recognized United States...
How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoWar ended and more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln. By the time enslaved people were declared...
Hillary Clinton Gets Standing Ovation as She Presents at 2024 Tony Awards: I Know 'How Hard It Is to...
People via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe musical takes place in 1913 and follows suffragists as they organize to ensure American women...
House passes $895B defense policy bill with 19.5% pay raise for junior troops
Fox News via Yahoo News· 5 days agoCongress' annual defense policy bill passed the House on Friday after a week of voting on more than...
Failed charter school initiative part of school board debate over Newberry High HVAC system
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 4 hours ago"I, too, share concerns that we have a group in Newberry that has expressed that — despite all three votes failing — they have no interest in dropping their charter conversion plans and have ...
Juneteenth festivals, events and other celebrations to mark the holiday in Charlotte
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJune 19 marks Juneteenth, a holiday marking June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston...
Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days
New Jersey Monitor via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoThe actual day was June 19, 1865, and it was the Black dockworkers in Galveston, Texas, who first...
The Origins of Juneteenth and Why It Falls on June 19th
Time via Yahoo News· 2 days agoCrow that passed soon after the Civil War. “There are different ways to look at freedom,” says...
Hillary Clinton gets standing ovation in surprise appearance at Tonys: 'Very special'
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 days ago"I have stood on a lot of stages, but this is very special." Clinton served as a producer on...
