Devon Henry, owner of the Newport News-based construction firm Team Henry Enterprises LLC, was the keynote speaker at this year’s local Juneteenth observance, “A ...

OPAL Fuels (Nasdaq: OPAL) completed the sale of $16.7 million of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) investment tax credits ...

The Mexican boulder opals they had on display were such an example. These specimens are cut to include both opal and rhyolite matrix, which some jewelry designers like to use in their pieces.

The walk is a symbolic gesture recognizing the 2 1/2 years it took for news of freedom to reach enslaved people in Texas ...

We feature a special broadcast marking the Juneteenth federal holiday that commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people ...

Claims that no progress on racial equity has been made in the eight decades since Opal Lee graduated from I.M. Terrell are ...

The individual silica nanoparticles (glass beads, basically) are clear, but when packed together in certain configurations can give rise to flashes of color. This is due to Bragg diffraction off the ...

Opal and Palmer's marriage was always filled with minor tiffs (including an affair that Palmer had with Janet Green, who at the time he believed was Jane Cox). But in the summer of 1998 their marriage ...

Opal Lee, known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth,” is recovering in the hospital but “doing well and in good spirits,” her family says.. Lee was hospitalized last month after visiting ...

Grandmother of Juneteenth Opal Lee photographed at her new Fort Worth home, January 16, 2025. Lee was named the 2021 "Texan of the Year" by The Dallas Morning News. In 2024, she was awarded the ...

On Monday, travel will be free on all Sydney Trains, Airport Link, and Sydney Metro services on the Opal network but will not extend to buses, ferries and light rail which will charge fares as normal.

RIP Opal. Harold, you have massive and colorful shoes to fill. And yes, Harold. We still want that pot of gold Opal promised us. Here’s the deal. Despite long odds to clear the primary, don’t harbor ...