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A year after protesters toppled statues of colonizers and slaveholders across the U.S., several cities unveiled new monuments this week to mark the Juneteenth federal holiday and honor the lives of …
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Tropical Storm Claudette drenched coastal areas of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama with heavy rain as it moved inland early Saturday, threatening flash floods, high winds and possible tornadoes. By 4 …
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A weather system developing in the Gulf is expected to become a tropical storm late Friday. Tropical storm warnings were in effect for parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Louisiana …
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Highlights of this day in history: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed; Father’s Day first celebrated in the U.S.; The event behind ‘Juneteenth’; Author Salman Rushdie born; NBA draft pick Len …
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Michigan will lift all indoor capacity restrictions and mask requirements next week, 10 days sooner than planned amid vaccinations and plummeting COVID-19 infections, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Thursday. “Today is a day …
Read More In 1997, Nicolas Cage and John Travolta joined director John Woo for the world premiere of their hit action thriller “Face/Off” in Los Angeles. (June 18)
Read More President Biden signed legislation establishing a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery.
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The United States is devoting $3.2 billion to advance development of antiviral treatments for COVID-19, the Biden administration announced Thursday. Effective oral antiviral medicines that could be taken at home early …
Read More The nation will have to remain vigilant against variants this summer and fall. First, there is the alpha variant, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated made up …
Read More Highlights of this day in history: The Watergate scandal begins to unfold; The Battle of Bunker Hill during the American Revolution; O.J. Simpson arrested in the slayings of his ex-wife …
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