The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth' chronicles the life of Lee and the history behind America’s newest federal holiday.

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Founded as part of the LSU system, the school renamed itself the University of New Orleans in 1974 after years of rallies, ...

George Washington “Wash” Black (Ernest Kingsley Jr.) is a young science prodigy — and also a Black boy born on a sugar ...

A Mississippi utility becomes an accidental steward of a threatened population of gopher tortoises. Wes Graham holds up his hand like a sergeant halting his squad. “See him? There he is,” he said. The ...

Ruby Sunshine has developed a devoted following since opening their Birmingham location, becoming a must-visit destination ...

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Using NOAA data, Stacker summarized the last 100 hurricane seasons in the Atlantic Basin. See which years and storms broke ...

The small town of Spruce Pine in North Carolina (population approximately 2,000) is an unlikely pinch point for the global ...

Invasive and hungry, these farmed fish escaped from a corporate retreat near Port Sulphur, La., nearly 20 years ago. Despite ...

A man was taken into custody and booked into a Lafayette Parish jail after a woman was found shot inside a vehicle in Youngsville.