India News: A viral social media post falsely claimed that the Indian government declared a nationwide public holiday on Friday, June 6, leading to public confusi ...

Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021.2020: Juneteenth Black Out March 2021: Juneteenth Celebration and Art Show by Bertha Harris 2022: See how Shreveport celebrates Juneteenth On June 17 ...

The consensus was that Samia’s tentative moves warranted cautious optimism. Then in July, Mbowe and 15 other Chadema members were detained – or ‘abducted at gunpoint’ as one Chadema member put it – in ...

Samia Suluhu Hassan, Tanzania’s first female president, came to power as a renowned defender of human rights. She is clinging to it, critics say, by locking up and torturing those who stand in ...

PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has directed all councils across the country to enhance their efforts in collecting taxes and levies, emphasising the need for Tanzania to strengthen its financial ...

On the flip side, if a state does not recognize Juneteenth as a state holiday, state government-mandated institutions, like city hall or the DMV, may remain open on June 19, even though federal ...

Today is Juneteenth. The holiday marking the official end of slavery is celebrated annually on June 19, but only became recognized as a federal holiday a few years ago. Here's what to know. Is ...

Non-essential federal offices are closed, and most federal employees are given a paid day off, per the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. There are currently 11 federal holidays in the United ...

States that do not recognize Juneteenth as a permanent state holiday include Arizona, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming, as of June 17.

President Donald Trump took to social media Thursday on Juneteenth, a federal holiday, to criticize the number of “non-working holidays” in the United States.

Coronation Street star Samia Longchambon has been playing Maria Connor on the ITV soap for the past 25 years and has revealed that she has been tempted to leave the show ...

After Trump's Truth Social post, Biden said on X that he'd celebrated the day in Texas and that making Juneteenth a federal holiday was "one of the proudest moments of my presidency." "It's a day ...