FREEDOM DAY

With Juneteenth becoming a federal holiday last year, many people are now celebrating the significance of the day.

Brands and companies are working to remove their Juneteenth items from shelves, as experts say those who are selling Juneteenth-branded products are "tone-deaf."

The British government has decided not to inoculate most children and teenagers against COVID-19 until more data on the vaccines become available.

England’s nightclubs have reopened as the country lifted most remaining restrictions after more than a year of lockdowns, mask mandates and other pandemic-related curbs on freedom.

Thousands of young people across England plan to dance the night away at “Freedom Day” parties as soon as it turns Monday.

England is set to move forward with its so-called Freedom Day on Monday, marking the end of coronavirus health restrictions, but health experts fear the move is too much, too soon.

A U.K. scientist has warned that England is not ready to remove its coronavirus health restrictions as planned on July 19. Critics of the so-called "Freedom Day," including Dr. Stephen Griffin, say cases of the Delta variant are too high for measures to be lifted.

Travel policy in chaos as cheap tests exposed as bogus EasyJet ‘cancelling flights and doubling the price’ Masks could be needed on public transport after July 19 Will the Nudge Unit be pulling your strings after Freedom Day? 'The fear of Long Covid is no excuse for delaying freedom' Letters: Why I'm deleting the Covid app It is "dangerous" to assume that England can ditch all coronavirus restrictions and return to normal on its July 19 Freedom Day, medical leaders have claimed. The Academy of M

NC educators hope people will recognize holiday’s significance and that it won’t become just another day off or an excuse for a sale.

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Mail delivery will go on as scheduled on Friday and Saturday even though Friday is a federal holiday under a new law signed Thursday by Joe Biden.

President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act flanked by Vice President Kamala Harris and key lawmakers in the swift passage of the bill.

June 19, or Juneteenth, is recognized in 47 states and the District of Columbia. The Senate bill seeks to make it a federal holiday.

The Senate passed a bill Tuesday to establish Juneteenth, the day marking the end of slavery in the United States, as a national holiday.

Kansas Citians can join Juneteenth celebrations over the next weekend in events that are meant to entertain and educate about the holiday.

A Heritage Festival is scheduled for next Saturday, Juneteenth, from noon to 9 p.m.

Mark your calendars: Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, is set for Saturday.

People carry a giant historical flag of Belarus during a celebration 103rd anniversary of the declaration of the Belarusian People's Respublic, in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, March 25, 2021. Freedom Day is an unofficial holiday in Belarus celebrated on 25 March to commemorate the declaration of independence by the Belarusian Democratic Republic on that date in 1918. The Thursday protest marked the anniversary of the 1918 declaration of the Belarus People's Republic, an independent state that lasted only a few months before the Red Army moved in. The opposition traditionally observes the anniversary as the country's unofficial Freedom Day. The arrests came a day after their leader, Andżelika Borys, was sentenced to 15 days in jail for holding unauthorized mass events.

People gather at a so-called "Freedom Day" protest in Melbourne, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. Police in Australia's hardest-hit Victoria state are urging people to stay away from rallies protesting the lockdown in Melbourne. (James Ross/AAP Image via AP)MELBOURNE The premier of Australia's Victoria state announced a slight easing of restrictions in Melbourne but the country's second-largest city will remain in lockdown until at least Oct. 26. State police charged a protester with assault after an officer suffered cuts to the head during an anti-lockdown rally in Melbourne on Saturday. Scuffles between protesters and police resulted in more than 160 fines for contravening lockdown measures or not wearing a mask.