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LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II and the royal family back the Black Lives Matter movement, one of her senior representatives said in a television interview to be broadcast Friday. Philanthropist Kenneth Olisa, the first Black Lord Lieutenant of Greater London, told Channel 4 News that he had discussed the issue with members of the […]

The terrorist attacks on the United States nearly 20 years ago brought profound change in America and the world.  The death and devastation stirred grief, rage and war. It also sparked solidarity, not only in the United States but among its allies — even some rivals. As NATO countries rallied to America’s defense, Russia offered […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — It was the heat of the summer in 2020 and it seemed every day, people were taking to the streets to protest the killing of George Floyd. Tempers were high all across the city and in some cases they reached a boiling point. Protestors chanted, marched and some got violent, breaking windows […]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Now that an iconic statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee has been taken down from its perch above Richmond’s Monument Avenue, crews plan to remove a piece of history from its gigantic pedestal. A time capsule from 1887 that state officials believe is tucked inside the statue’s base is set to be […]

Following the state’s removal of the Robert E. Lee statue on Wednesday, the statue pieces will be temporarily headed for a neighboring county.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A crowd erupted in cheers and song Wednesday as work crews hoisted an enormous statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee off the giant pedestal where it has towered over Virginia’s capital city for more than a century. One of America’s largest monuments to the Confederacy, the equestrian statue was lifted […]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Crews are set to remove one of the country’s largest remaining monuments to the Confederacy, a towering statute of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia. The 21-foot-tall (6.4-meter) bronze likeness of Lee on a horse will be hoisted off its 40-foot (12- meter) pedestal Wednesday, 131 years after it was erected […]

Ida was the fifth most powerful storm to hit the U.S. when it made landfall on Aug. 29. At least 50 people were killed in six Eastern states as record rainfall overwhelmed rivers and sewer systems.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — More questions loom following the death of Alvin Motley Jr. after a judge’s ruling blocked the release of video in his death at a Kroger Fuel Center last month. Tuesday a Shelby County judge blocked the release of the video until at least a preliminary hearing happens. The court has set a […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will survey damage in parts of the northeast that suffered catastrophic flash flooding from the remnants of Hurricane Ida, and use the muddy backdrop to call for federal spending to fortify infrastructure so it can better withstand such powerful storms. Biden is set to tour Manville, New Jersey, and […]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, will be taken down on Wednesday as a symbol of racial injustice, more than 130 years after it was erected in tribute to the South’s Civil War leader. While many other Confederate symbols across the South have been removed […]