How communities are celebrating Juneteenth How communities are celebrating Juneteenth 03:49 People across the country will come together today in honor of Juneteenth, a federal holiday that marks the end of slavery in the United States after the Civil War. Also called Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, Juneteenth falls annually on June 19, the date … Read more
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Hurricane Erick — the fifth-named storm of the Eastern Pacific hurricane season — is approaching the coast of southern Mexico as “an extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm, the National Hurricane Center said around 4 a.m. ET on Thursday. Erick strengthened into a major storm hours earlier, and the center said its “extremely destructive winds” and … Read more
June 19, 2025, marks the fourth consecutive year that Juneteenth is a federally recognized United States holiday. Also known as Freedom Day, Emancipation Day or America’s second Independence Day, Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. after the Civil War. Many Americans have celebrated it annually for more than a century, even though the … Read more
As Israel and Iran continued trading missile strikes Wednesday, some U.S. citizens have begun making plans to evacuate Israel — and for many young people on tours or studying, it has been bittersweet. Some, like University of Michigan junior Julia Cohen, had arrived in May with hundreds of other college students to participate in the … Read more
Southern Israel — The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem told U.S. citizens in Israel Thursday morning that the State Department was “planning for contingencies to assist with private U.S. citizens’ departure from Israel.” “We will alert the U.S. citizen community if there is additional information to share regarding departure options,” the embassy said in an email message … Read more
Juneteenth has arrived, with Americans now celebrating its fifth year as a federally recognized holiday. Given its relatively new status as a federal holiday, you may be wondering whether your local stores are operating as normal. Also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, Juneteenth is celebrated on June 19 to commemorate the day in … Read more
New York Times reporter Ana Swanson reports from the Los Angeles Port, the largest port in the Western Hemisphere as well as the place that first saw the signs of Trump’s tariff war. The Port of Los Angeles is significant because of our trade relationship with China in particular, which is why The Trump administration’s … Read more
Tel Aviv, Israel — – An Iranian missile slammed into the main hospital in southern Israel early Thursday, wounding people and causing “extensive damage,” according to the medical facility. Israeli media aired footage of blown-out windows and heavy black smoke. Another missile hit a high-rise building and several other residential buildings in at least two sites … Read more
A SpaceX Starship upper stage exploded in a spectacular conflagration during ramp-up to an expected engine test firing at the company’s Starbase manufacturing facility on the Texas Gulf Coast late Wednesday, destroying the rocket in what appears to be a major setback for the Super Heavy-Starship vehicle Elon Musk says is critical to the company’s … Read more