Juneteenth is less than a week away, which means many workers across the country get a much-needed day off. But the day is not just a get-out free card for work – it commemorates the events of ...

Investigators are searching for suspects after a mass shooting Sunday at a Juneteenth celebration left one person dead and at least 22 others injured in suburban Chicago. CNN values your feedback 1.

From boardrooms to classrooms, Juneteenth now feels fraught.

Juneteenth is less than a week away, which means many workers across the country get a much-needed day off. But the day is not just a get-out free card for work – it commemorates the events of ...

22 injured, 1 killed at massive Illinois Juneteenth celebration By . Isabel Keane. Published June 18, 2023. Updated June 18, 2023, 6:02 p.m. ET. Explore More ...

Following Chicago and Cook County, Illinois has made June 19 — known as Juneteenth — a state holiday. In addition to signing a bill Wednesday commemorating the date the last slaves were freed ...

Plano, a town near Aurora in Kendall County that’s home to about 12,000, made history in February 2021 when it became one of the first municipalities in Illinois to recognize Juneteenth as a ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois has become the latest state to make Juneteenth an official state holiday. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a proposal Wednesday near a rare copy of the Emancipation ...

A few feet away from a rare copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation making Juneteenth an official state holiday.