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Hawai‘i is the 49th state to officially recognize Juneteenth now that the governor has signed legislation designating June 19 as a day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. Gov. David Ige signed the bill just hours before the U.S. House passed its own legislation designating the day a federal holiday.
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HONOLULU — Hawaii was poised to become the 49th state to recognize Juneteenth after the House and Senate passed legislation Tuesday designating June 19 as…
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Police unions and other law enforcement organizations went into overdrive to thwart a measure that would have added California to the…
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In Troubled Times: Independence Day In A Land Of ConfusionIt was the worst of times. It was the weirdest of times.It was a season of sickness and shouting, of defiance and tension, of industrial-strength…
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RAEFORD, N.C. — Mourners held a private memorial service Saturday in George Floyd's North Carolina hometown, and the nation’s capital prepared for what…
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WASHINGTON — Scott Nichols, a balloon artist, was riding home on his scooter from the protests engulfing Minneapolis last weekend when he was struck by a…
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NEW YORK — New York City police officers surrounded, shoved and yelled expletives at two Associated Press journalists covering protests Tuesday in the…
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WASHINGTON — Undeterred by curfews, protesters streamed back into the nation's streets Tuesday, hours after President Donald Trump pressed governors to…
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Democratic governors of some of the nation's most populous states on Monday pushed back against President Donald Trump's threat to…
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WASHINGTON — Amid racial unrest across the nation, President Donald Trump on Monday declared himself “the president of law and order” and threatened to…