The area’s first heat wave of the summer wasn’t enough to keep people from celebrating, parading, playing and marching in Evanston’s Juneteenth celebration. The parade took off ...

More people, however, have leaned into the Juneteenth flag created in 1997 by activist Ben Haith, who founded the National Juneteenth Celebration Foundation. Like the American flag, it is red, white ...

AccuWeather's Jon Porter warns of a dangerous heat wave that is going to grip the Midwest and Northeast regions of the U.S. this weekend. Temperatures could reach triple digits from D.C. to New York.

No holiday from the hot weather! Near record heat along with dry, windy conditions will bring increased fire danger to most of Utah today through Saturday. Much cooler this weekend!

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.

WASHINGTON (7News) — D.C. officials activated a Heat Alert for Wednesday and Thursday, which is also Juneteenth. Spray parks across the District and some recreation centers will be open on ...

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War's end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.

Spray parks and rec centers stayed open in D.C., despite many other Juneteenth holiday closures, due to the heat alert. To stream WUSA9 on your phone, you need the WUSA9 app.

The holiday has also been called Juneteenth Independence Day, Freedom Day, second Independence Day and Emancipation Day. It began with church picnics and speeches, and spread as Black Texans moved ...

Juneteenth is a federal holiday that honors June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Texas were set free. The order for the state came about two and a half years after the 1862 Emancipation ...

Juneteenth is a federal holiday, established in 2021, and is often celebrated with family gatherings, religious services and cultural performances. The Fourth of July is just a few weeks away.

Juneteenth is this week. 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 ...