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Almanac for June 19, 2026

Friday, June 19, is the 170th day of 2026. There are 195 days left in the year. Friday is Juneteenth. This day in history: On June 19, 1865, Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War was over and that all remaining enslaved people in Texas were free — an event ...

Almanac for June 18, 2026

Today is Thursday, June 18, the 169th day of 2026. There are 196 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1812, the War of 1812 began as the United States Congress approved, and President James Madison signed, a declaration of war against Britain. Also on this date: In 1778, American ...

Removal of Trump name from Kennedy Center a metaphor?

In what could be a metaphor for things to come, workers removed President Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center in Washington. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled the rebranding of the Kennedy Center as the “Trump Kennedy Center” violated the law, writing, “Congress gave the ...

Trump signals swift return of Russian oil sanctions at G7

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) — The United States could soon reimpose sanctions on Russian oil shipments after President Donald Trump and fellow leaders at the Group of Seven summit of major industrialized democracies moved Tuesday to put the war in Ukraine back on top of their agenda, more ...

Almanac for June 17, 2026

Today is Wednesday, June 17, the 168th day of 2026. There are 197 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1994, after leading police on a slow-speed chase on Southern California freeways, O.J. Simpson was arrested and charged with murder in the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, ...

Why I don’t plan to stop drinking alcohol

Is a glass of wine with dinner going to increase your chance of getting cancer or another serious illness? For the past few years, we've been deluged with studies and news accounts suggesting that the answer is yes. This week, the USDA reinstated a caution in its dietary guidelines about ...