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State Department says it ‘deeply’ regrets Brittney Griner was unable to speak with wife due to ‘logistical error’

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN A State Department spokesperson said Monday that they “deeply regret that Brittney Griner was unable to speak with her wife because of a logistical error” after a report that the detained WNBA star‘s multiple attempts to connect by phone with her wife went unanswered by the US Embassy in Moscow. Cherelle

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What’s open, what’s closed on Juneteenth

By Camila Moreno Lizarazo, CNN This year marks the second year Juneteenth will be observed as a federal holiday. June 19 commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas were told by Union Army Gen. Gordon Granger that they had been liberated. Granger’s announcement came almost three years after the Emancipation Proclamation. President

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