It's known as America's Second Independence Day, and it will be celebrated today throughout California and the rest of the U.S. Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. It's the ...

The first essay anybody writes is for school. Same here. But the only examples I remember are the ones I wrote at the end, in my A-level exams. One compared Hitler to Stalin. Another, Martin Luther ...

Juneteenth commemorates the day — June 19, 1865 — when federal soldiers arrived in Galveston to take control of Texas and ensure the slaves were freed per the Emancipation Proclamation, according to ...

Are you off on Monday? If so, it’s likely for Columbus Day — or, perhaps, Indigenous Peoples Day. Monday, Oct. 13, marks both holidays, which fall on the second Monday in October each year. While ...

Indigenous Peoples’ Day, or Columbus Day, means your kids might be home from school and you might even have the day off from work. But you are probably still wondering what businesses and services ...

WASHINGTON − As President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats clash over government spending, a partial government shutdown looms Oct. 1. Partisan spending disputes occasionally shut down parts ...

In the weeks before they surrendered control of Khartoum, the Rapid Support Forces sometimes took revenge on civilians. If their soldiers lost territory to the Sudanese Armed Forces during the day, ...