Juneteenth became the newest U.S. federal holiday in 2021, but it has held significance for many Black Americans for a long ...

More than 100 relics connected to President Abraham Lincoln brought in $7.9 million, auctioneers said. The proceeds will help a presidential foundation repay a loan. By Neil Vigdor The ...

Tomorrow is Juneteenth, a holiday celebrating Black freedom in America. Here's how to celebrate, what will be open and closed ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Abraham Lincoln, right, and Stephen Douglas are depicted debating at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., ...

Top high school athletes from across the U.S. and Mexico competed in the “Battle of the States,” where scholarships, Olympic dreams, and family pride took center stage. BSE Global announces a ...

NEW YORK -- New York City Public Schools are closed Thursday, June 19 for Juneteenth. Alternate side parking is also suspended, and Sanitation collection is canceled. The NYC school calendar ...

The Department of Homeland Security has revoked student visas at CUNY and Fordham University, officials from those schools said Wednesday ... the president and provost of New York University ...

Long before she became Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, she was Ruth Bader, a member of the 1950 class at James Madison High School in Brooklyn. She played in the school orchestra ...

NEW YORK — Mayor-elect Eric Adams on Thursday named longtime educator David Banks the city's next schools chancellor, calling him a "visionary" who would help turn around a "dysfunctional ...

The city schools chancellor is calling for an investigation ... Adams instructed him to contact the NYPD, the FBI and the New York Attorney General’s Office to investigate the hackers.

Incoming Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos ran the public school system’s response to the migrant crisis, helping schools figure out how to serve more than 40,000 recently arrived children ...