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June 19, 2024

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The beginner’s guide to celebrating Juneteenth

The beginner's guide to celebrating Juneteenth

Posted 2:00 a.m.

For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities.

Las Vegas Aces guards Chelsea Gray (12) and Kelsey Plum (10) celebrate a play during the first half of an WNBA basketball game against the Seattle Storm Wednesday, June 19, 2024, in Las Vegas.

Steve Marcus / Las Vegas Sun

Las Vegas Aces guards Chelsea Gray (12) and Kelsey Plum (10) celebrate a play during the first half of an WNBA basketball game against the Seattle Storm Wednesday, June 19, 2024, in Las Vegas.

Gray returns as Aces get offensive gears turning to blow past Storm

Posted 9:05 p.m.

By Jack Williams

Star point guard Chelsea Gray made her long-awaited return on Wednesday as the Las Vegas Aces defeated the Seattle Storm, 94-83. 

‘Heat dome’ coming to California brings new challenge for firefighters

'Heat dome' coming to California brings new challenge for firefighters

Posted 6:31 p.m.

Another bout of dangerous, triple-digit heat is headed for much of California's interior this weekend, creating new concerns for firefighters battling wildfires across the state ...

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Can a marriage survive a gender transition? Yes, and even thrive. How these couples make it work

Avril Clark, left, and Lucy pose for a photograph during an interview at their house in London, Tuesday, June 11, 2024. Avril Clark operates the group Distinction Support, a U.K.-based global online network that helps people whose partner went through or is undergoing a gender transition. Her spouse, a British soccer referee at the time, came out publicly as transgender in 2018, changed her name to Lucy and brought the couple much attention. Avril Clark says that until then, they kept their arrangement private and "lived a double life" for 15 years.

Kin Cheung / AP

Avril Clark, left, and Lucy pose for a photograph during an interview at their house in London, Tuesday, June 11, 2024. Avril Clark operates the group Distinction Support, a U.K.-based global online network that helps people whose partner went through or is undergoing a gender ...

Posted 22 mins ago

Marissa Lasoff-Santos and the person she would marry quickly fell head over heels in love. Lasoff-Santos was a gay woman. Her girlfriend was a bisexual woman — or so they thought. Now her partner has become her husband, and they both identify as queer. And things are better than ever. ...

Movie Review: In ‘The Bikeriders,’ the birth of a subculture on two wheels

Pharrell at Louis Vuitton celebrates the diversity of human skin in Paris UNESCO show