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What’s the right way to mark Juneteenth?
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What’s the right way to mark Juneteenth?

  • By Timothy Welbeck The Associated Press
  • Updated

The United States’ newest federal holiday — celebrated annually on June 19 — has quickly become its most puzzling one. Four years after Presid…

This Day in History
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This Day in History

On April 8, 1974, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit his 715th career home run in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, breaking Babe Ruth's home run record that had stood since 1935.

This Day in History
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This Day in History

On Feb. 7, 1964, the Beatles were met by thousands of screaming fans at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport as they arrived to begin their first American tour.

Celebrating Juneteenth
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Celebrating Juneteenth

  • Jon Mays Daily Journal staff

Next Wednesday is Juneteenth, a new holiday with a long and storied past. The posthumous publication of “Juneteenth” by Ralph Ellison, the aut…

US prisoners are being assigned dangerous jobs. But what happens if they are hurt or killed?
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US prisoners are being assigned dangerous jobs. But what happens if they are hurt or killed?

  • By MARGIE MASON and ROBIN McDOWELL Associated Press
  • Updated

An Associated Press investigation into prison labor in the United States found that prisoners who are hurt or killed on the job are often being denied the rights and protections offered to other American workers. These prisoners are being placed in dangerous jobs, sometimes with little or no training. They pick up trash along busy highways, fight wildfires, and operate heavy machinery. They work on industrial-sized farms and meat-processing plants tied to the supply chains of large, iconic companies, from McDonald's to Target. But incarcerated workers and their families often have little or no recourse when things go wrong.