Today is Juneteenth. Here's a look at the celebrations, free museum days and what's open and closed in the Boston area.

U.S. President Donald Trump, front right, listens to a question being shouted out by a reporter while seated next to Canadian ...

On June 19, 1865, two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Union soldiers rode through Galveston, Texas, with the message that enslaved people were free.

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Juneteenth, the nation's most recent federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery ...

Syria this week carried out its first international bank transfer via the SWIFT international payment system since the outbreak of the country’s 14-year civil war, central bank governor Abdelkader ...

Team Trump are actively trying to hose down the looming MAGA civil war by secretly reaching out to dissenting voices. White House officials are contacting conservatives who have turned against ...

The origin of the Juneteenth celebrations marking the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued as Union troops ...

June 19, 1865—when word of the Emancipation Proclamation reached the slaves in  Galveston Bay, Texas. Union General Gordon Granger delivered the news that President Lincoln had issued two and a half ...

This Q&A seeks to answer some common questions about reparations for Black people in the United States as a remedy for ...

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The Texas senator's appearance on Carlson's podcast went from civil to contentious as the two sparred over Israel, Iran, ...