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Nearly 160 years ago, the Union army brought word of the Emancipation Proclamation to a group of enslaved people in Galveston, Texas. They became one of the last to be freed, and Juneteenth ...

Emergency services reported at least three people were killed and dozens more wounded in Israel as the fourth day of open warfare between the regional foes causes air raid sirens to be triggered ...