Alabama Democrats have pushed over the years to make Juneteenth a state holiday. Givan has introduced a bill each year since 2023 and passed it out of the house in 2024, with the compromise that ...

A French politician suggested the two countries no longer share the values that inspired the gift more than a century ago.

Assemblymember Scott Crass, the primary sponsor of the ordinance, noted Thursday night, said the holiday aligns with state ...

Kate joined Newsweek in May 2024. She is a graduate of Ithaca College. Flying the American flag upside down is a symbol that has sparked debate and controversy in the United States. Traditionally ...

But this year’s visitors witnessed more than firefall on February 22. They also saw an upside-down American flag, which Yosemite employees reportedly hung over the side of El Capitan to protest ...

On Feb. 23, 1945, six Marines teamed up for what would become one of the most iconic photos in American history. Marines fighting on Iwo Jima scaled Mount Suribachi and worked together to push up ...

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Committees in both chambers of the Ohio General Assembly are in. Budget hearings are in full swing. The Senate meets Wednesday. The House will not, as House Speaker Matt Huffman is in Florida for ...

In 2021, Juneteenth was officially made a paid state holiday in Ohio. The holiday is celebrated annually on June 19 and commemorates the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans in confederate states ...