The Underground Railroad in Metamora documentary will premiere on Sunday, June 22 at the Metamora Township High School, ...

Union troops reached Galveston, Texas, carrying with them orders that all enslaved people were now free. For decades, marking ...

Several events through the weekend are planned to celebrate the holiday Thursday. We look back at its history here.

Should parts of Yellowstone National Park — or any national park or monument — be sold so private homes can be built there?

Naval Criminal Investigative Service and the Los Angeles Police Department successfully located a sailor missing since the ...

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is celebrating Juneteenth with multiple events throughout this month.

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War's end and ...

Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Emancipation Day or the Second Independence Day, celebrates Black freedom in the United States.

Washington actor Pete Ploszek, who's been in "Captain Marvel," "You" and more, discusses his latest movie and maintaining ...

It is Juneteenth week! The holiday recognizes the summer day in 1865 when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas and ...

The General Assembly has passed a bill that would give money to libraries in Illinois to improve safety and upgrade their ...