By TERRY TANG It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. The resulting Juneteenth holiday — its … Continued
By JAYLEN GREEN NEW YORK (AP) — It is one of the largest repositories of Black history in the country — and its most devoted supporters say not enough people know about it. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black … Continued
A 19-year-old man was killed and his passenger received life-threatening injuries in a crash Saturday when two vehicles ran off the road in Eagan. The driver of the other vehicle was impaired by alcohol, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. … Continued
By LAURIE KELLMAN LONDON (AP) — The world may be rethinking the American dream. For centuries, people in other countries saw the United States as place of welcome and opportunity. Now, President Donald Trump’s drive for mass deportations of migrants … Continued
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX WASHINGTON (AP) — Just over a month after Pope Leo XIV became the first U.S.-born pontiff in the history of the Catholic Church, a new poll shows that American Catholics are feeling excited … Continued
By LINLEY SANDERS WASHINGTON (AP) — As Republican senators consider President Donald Trump’s big bill that could slash federal spending and extend tax cuts, a new survey shows most U.S. adults don’t think the government is overspending on the programs … Continued