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!

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.

Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday and technically Juneteenth National Independence Day, strikes us as a fine idea that all Americans can and should get behind. It’s been a federal holiday ...

The resulting Juneteenth holiday — its name combining “June” and “nineteenth” — has only grown in one-and-a-half centuries. In 2021, President Joe Biden designated it a federal holiday ...

Juneteenth is coming up, and many are wondering if it's considered a federal holiday. It is an official federal holiday, and this is the fifth year it has been recognized as one. Stream NBC 5 for ...

For more than 150 years, Juneteenth has held deep significance in many Black communities as a symbol of liberation and resilience. While it is now recognized as a federal holiday, only some states ...

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 ...

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.

It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — two years after Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. Many Americans celebrate Juneteenth, that day ...