A brutal heat wave scorched a large swath of the U.S on Wednesday, with millions from the Midwest to the Northeast enduring ...

which is the official Juneteenth holiday, as well as on Sundays during the summer. The Enquirer spoke with the Cincinnati Recreation Commission to ask about their plans for the ongoing heat wave.

For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed ...