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Celebrating Juneteenth: What you need to know

For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had …

Barge Slams Into Texas Bridge, Partially Collapsing It And Sending Oil Into The Water

by Adesola Mojo

A barge in Galveston, Texas slammed into a bridge on the morning of May 15, spilling oil into the water and forcing officials to shut down the bridge’s eastern span. …