June 19 marks the day in 1865 when Union Army General Gordon Granger told enslaved people in Texas that they had been released. Granger’s announcement came almost three years after the Emancipation Proclamation. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation was approaching its third year of bloody civil …
More than 100 dead in Ethiopia’s Oromia region: Al Jazeera English witnesses Ethiopia’s ethnic attack has left more than 200 dead, according to Fox News witnesses Ethiopia: More than 200 Amhara people killed in an attack attributed to The Guardian rebels More than 100 dead in Ethiopia’s Oromia region: Al Jazeera English witnesses See full …
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20:41 ET Paolo UggettiESPN BROOKLINE, Mass. – Will Zalatoris fell short again, and this time he thought he had it. After losing a 14-foot bird putt in the 18th hole that would have put him in a playoff with winner Matt Fitzpatrick, Zalatoris couldn’t help but sigh when he received the silver medal on Sunday …
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Placeholder while loading article actions A Florida woman faces charges of hate crimes after authorities say she rebuked a group of women with anti-Asian comments and spray-painted them in New York City last week. The New York City Police Department announced Friday that it had arrested Madeline Barker, 47, after the incident, which was partially …
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Gustavo Petro at the end of the first round of presidential elections in Bogota last month. Credit … Federico Rios for The New York Times For the first time, Colombia will have a left-wing president. Gustavo Petro, a longtime rebel and senator who has long pledged to transform the country’s economic system, has won Sunday’s …
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Police investigating the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous lawyer Bruno Pereira have identified five more people involved in the killings, bringing the number of suspects in a crime that has shocked Brazil to eight. Police had already arrested two brothers, one of whom confessed to the crime, and a third man turned …
The 2022 U.S. Open has become an all-time classic, with Will Zalatoris and Matthew Fitzpatrick occupying the top of the standings at 4 less than entering the last 18 holes. Having both played a prominent role in last month’s PGA Championship, the two are still looking not only for their first major league victories, but …
With a surprise twist, Pixar and Disney’s new film Lightyear missed the Father’s Day weekend to stay with Jurassic World Dominion at the national box office. This is the first time in the pandemic that there are three big Hollywood campaigns doing solid to big business (Top Gun: Maverick is the third). As a result, …
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WASHINGTON – In a few days, the Conservative majority in the Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling that could severely limit the federal government’s authority to reduce carbon dioxide from power plants, a pollution that dangerously heats the planet. But it is only the beginning. The case, West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, …
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Since this long summer weekend also coincides with Father’s Day, that means there will be a lot of travel. Friday before Juneteenth was the most popular air travel day of 2022, according to Transportation Security Administration statistics. Airports have not been as crowded since Thanksgiving in 2021. TSA officials said they examined about 2,438,784 people …
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