Many Confederate statues in Virginia were erected decades after the Civil War, during the Jim Crow era, and when historians and others tried to depict the South’s rebellion as a fight to defend states’ rights, not slavery.
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Dog therapy helps kids facing the trauma of war in Ukraine
Bice is an American pit bull terrier with an important and sensitive job in Ukraine — comforting children traumatized by the war
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Crackdown on cashless ATMs leaves cannabis stores scrambling
Many businesses have been using the method to get around credit card companies’ block on marijuana transactions.
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Young voters’ enthusiasm for Democrats waned during midterms
The shift may have been fueled by issues like high inflation, which has hit young people especially hard since their wages are less likely to increase fast enough to keep pace with rising prices.
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Second Oath Keepers Jan. 6 sedition trial to get underway
The major question in this trial is whether prosecutors will be convince jurors to convict lower-level defendants of the Civil War-era offense, following the conviction of the group’s leader.
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With NYC plan for mentally ill, hospitals face complex task
By encouraging police officers and city medics to take people to hospitals, even if they refuse care, the mayor says he’s humanely tackling a problem.
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Arizona governor stacks containers on border at term’s end
Work crews are steadily erecting hundreds of double-stacked shipping containers along the rugged east end of Arizona’s boundary with Mexico.
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Bomb threat disrupts Patti LaBelle concert in Wisconsin
The singer was abruptly rushed off stage just a couple of songs into her Christmas concert in Milwaukee.
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With box office bare, ‘Black Panther’ makes it 5 in a row
NEW YORK — On one of the quietest weekends of the year in movie theaters, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” topped the North American box office for the fifth straight weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. With the release of “Avatar: The Way of Water” looming, studios opted not to open any new films in wide […]
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Hospitalizations signal rising COVID-19 risk for U.S. seniors
Hospitalizations for people with COVID-19 rose by more than 30% in two weeks.