For the first time since 1983, a new federal holiday has been created. After passing the House and Senate earlier this week, President Joe Biden signed into law Thursday a bill designating Juneteenth ...

Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, found out they had been freed.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON — On Thursday, Senator John ...

Water main breaks that have plagued the community caused more disruption to the Haledon school calendar than the unrelenting ...

The White House is staying mum about its plans for Juneteenth, with official guidance released Wednesday night listing no events for the federal holiday. On Thursday, President Donald Trump will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 19: People sing "Lift Every Voice and Sing" during a Juneteenth celebration at the African Burial Ground ...

‘Juneteenth is something that nobody had heard of until five years ago and was pushed for political purposes,’ Post Falls mayor Randy Westlund told City Council, ignoring the history of Texans and ...