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Four short years after the recognition of a holiday commemorating freedom, it feels like Black people are less free.

States are now more involved in tracking student data, but with the extent of a federal role increasingly less clear, the ...

Jim Crow laws, upheld by the Supreme Court in 1896 in Plessy v. Ferguson, made it perfectly legal to discriminate against a person based on the color of their skin. Into the 1960s, a Black or Latino ...

Offices, programs and summer feeding sites for Sapulpa and Tulsa will be closed Thursday in observance of Juneteenth. #oklaed ...

The New York Mets head into 10 straight games against NL East rival Atlanta and Philadelphia after getting swept in a series ...

Right-hander Logan Gilbert will be activated from the 15-day injured list and start for the Seattle Mariners on Monday ...

President Donald Trump wants to cancel $9.4 billion in spending already approved by Congress. The package of 21 budget ...

On Thursday President Trump threatened the billions of dollars in federal contracts for companies run by Musk, presumably including his electric vehicle maker Tesla but also his commercial space ...

National parks like Yellowstone and the Great Smoky Mountains are bracing for record crowds again this summer, just as President Trump is trying to cut more than a billion dollars from the Park ...

Trump directives hobbling parks as visitation climbs, critics say Yosemite scientists diverted to campground toilet cleanup duty Parks watchdog group warns thin workforce puts tourists at risk ...