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6 books that explain the history and meaning of Juneteenth

After decades of being celebrated at mostly the local level, Juneteenth – the long-standing holiday that commemorates the arrival of news of emancipation and freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, in 1865 – became a federal holiday in 2021. In honor of this year’s Juneteenth, The Conversation reached…

The Conversation · Jun 9, 2023

US PGA Championship 2023: Brooks Koepka wins third title – as it happened

Hole-by-hole report: Brooks Koepka won his third PGA Championship at Oak Hill, as club pro Michael Block made a fairytale hole in one. Scott Murray was watching.

The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2023

Fulham 5-3 Leicester, Coventry and Sunderland book playoff spots – as it happened

Fulham deepened Leicester’s relegation anxiety while Ben Brereton Díaz hauled Blackburn back from 3-1 down at Millwall, allowing Sunderland to nab the Lions’ playoff spot

The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2023

Labour left ‘flabbergasted’ as veteran councillor declares he is making a surprise comeback - with the Tories

John Hartley wore the red rosette while representing Littleborough for nine years, standing down at the last local elections to take ‘a few years break’.

Manchester Evening News · Feb 21, 2023

Florence Pugh gives surprise performance at Harris Reed’s London Fashion Week show

“The art of dressing up allows us to express who we truly are,” said the actress on stage

Evening Standard · Feb 17, 2023

Durham civil rights, social justice activist to be featured on US quarter

Pauli Murray, the groundbreaking human rights activist who spent much of her early life in Durham, will be featured on United States quarters in 2024, the U.S. Mint announced Wednesday.

Tribune News Service · Feb 3, 2023

Mizzou athletics builds back revenue base under Desireé Reed-Francois' watch

COLUMBIA, Mo. — For the first time in six years, the University of Missouri’s athletics department reported a budget surplus, but athletics director Desireé Reed-Francois isn’t throwing a victory parade. In her first fiscal year running Mizzou athletics, the department generated record revenues of more than $141 million during the…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jan 30, 2023

Lanarkshire MSP delighted after Supreme Court ruling on protests outside abortion clinics

Gillian Mackay MSP said it set a vital precedent for her own Bill at Holyrood, which seeks to introduce a similar ban in Scotland

Daily Record · Dec 8, 2022

Abortion clinic safe zones do not breach protesters’ rights, Supreme Court rules

A panel of seven justices concluded that a clause is not incompatible with the rights to freedom of conscience, assembly and expression of protesters.

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022

Northern Ireland can create abortion clinic buffer zones, supreme court rules

Unanimous judgment in UK’s highest court means Stormont assembly can proceed with abortion services bill

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2022