Darrin Anderson, CEO of the Urban League of Greater Philadelphia, discusses the importance of the holiday, and how people can celebrate.https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/american-celebrate-juneteenth-123010417
The president's comments came as workers erected two 88-foot-tall flagpoles, one on the North Lawn and one on the South Lawn, at the White House on Wednesday.https://abcnews.go.com/US/illegal-immigrants-trump-questions-workers-installing-white-house/story?id=122996015
You no longer need to leave the house to be fitted with prescription hearing aids.https://www.wired.com/story/hear-com-at-home-hearing-test/
It’s easier than ever to step away from the smartphone with these tips.https://www.wired.com/story/7-ways-to-limit-your-endless-doomscrolling/
The continent’s most important leaders are divided over Israel’s conduct and filled with fears about a spiraling regional conflict.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/world/europe/europe-iran-israel-war-talks-nuclear.html
Pentagon officials are trying to prepare for all of the ways Iran could retaliate, as President Trump hints at what he might do.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/us/politics/iran-us-military-strait-of-hormuz.html
A proposed $5 trillion debt limit increase could make it hard for Republicans to maintain their fiscal hawk credibility.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/business/national-debt-limit-republicans.html
Children with disabilities and their parents who rely on the health insurance program took to Capitol Hill this week to warn that the proposed reductions could be ‘devastating.’https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/us/little-lobbyists-urge-senators-to-oppose-trumps-bill-cutting-medicaid.html
The central bank signals little urgency to cut interest rates despite demands from President Trump for lower borrowing costs.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/business/fed-interest-rates-trump-powell.html
Judge William G. Young’s long career has been punctuated by high-profile cases and outspoken advocacy for the judiciary’s value and fact-finding power.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/us/politics/judge-william-g-young-trump.html
In a new documentary made by the “Law & Order: SVU” star, she examines her own clouded origins and the mother she barely knew: Jayne Mansfield.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/movies/mariska-hargitay-mom-jayne-mansfield-documentary.html
Once nearly eradicated, the “old man’s disease” is back and suffocating younger miners. Federal cuts risk putting a solution further out of reach.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/well/black-lung-appalachia-coal-miners.html
Michael Kassan, a ringmaster in the media industry, is going head to head at its top event with United Talent Agency, a company that has sued him.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/business/media/cannes-lions-uta-michael-kassan-medialink.html
TikTok executives hosted happy hours and played pickleball with influencers on the French Riviera this week, even as a U.S. ban loomed over the company.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/business/media/tiktok-cannes-shou-chew.html
The evidence is stacking up that the drug is associated with a greater likelihood of heart problems.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/well/marijuana-heart-health-risks.html
Gov. Greg Abbott must decide this week whether to sign or veto a bill to ban hemp-derived intoxicants, part of a national debate over the fast-growing industry.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/us/texas-hemp-ban.html
Brands have seized on the spectacle of the post-championship celebration as a marketing moment.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/business/nba-finals-sponsored-champagne-celebrations.html
As the Vera C. Rubin Observatory surveys the night sky, astrophysicists expect to unlock the secrets of dark matter, dark energy and cosmic phenomena that go “bang!”https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/science/telescope-vera-rubin-dark-matter.html
The retrenchment on transgender rights is fueled by fear: fear of the future, fear of unfamiliar concepts, fear of not knowing one’s child.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/opinion/the-supreme-court-fails-to-see-transgender-teens.html
An unwelcome plastic collar was removed from around the neck of a 2-year-old bear.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/us/bear-lid-neck-freed-michigan.html