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Charlottesville started with a statue of Robert E. Lee - Here are 11 Confederate figures whose monuments are sparking controversy across the US
In 2016, the Southern Poverty Law Center reported that there are 1,503 Confederate symbols displaye…
Áine Cain
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White House Chief of staff John Kelly says Robert E. Lee was an 'honorable man', not being able to compromise led to Civil War
Speaking to Fox News' Laura Ingraham on Monday, Kelly discussed the controversy surrounding the rem…
David Choi
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Exclusive: What India Read Through Flipkart in 2016
- Bangalore - Mumbai - Chennai - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by JK Rowling - Half-Girlfriend …
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Leaked memo from ESPN president blames Robert Lee hoopla on 'someone with a personal agenda'
"Among our Charlotte production staff there was a question as to whether - in these divisive times …
Cork Gaines
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Virtual weddings are becoming the norm during the pandemic, and wedding planners think they're here to stay
Virtual wedding startups are helping couples stream their happily ever afters — and they're changin…
Talia Lakritz
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ESPN slammed for moving broadcaster named Robert Lee from Virginia game to avoid memes, jokes, and 'the potential zoo'
"This wasn't about offending anyone," the anonymous executive said. "It was about the reasonable po…
Cork Gaines
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This Chinese e-commerce giant is luxury retail's worst nightmare
Alibaba's strategy has consistently been to provide lip service to supporting brand enforcement eff…
Mallory Schlossberg
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Photos From The Star-Studded 'Iron Man 3' World Premiere
Celebrities gathered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood Wednesday night for the premiere of Wal…
Aly Weisman
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How Martin Luther King Jr. Day became a federal holiday
A bill honoring Martin Luther King Jr. was first introduced in 1968, but it took 32 years for all 5…
Sonam Sheth
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Donald Trump is the only living US president whose ancestors didn't own slaves, report says
Even Barack Obama is the descendant of slaveholders on his mother's side. But Trump's ancestors arr…
Bryan Metzger
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The US Navy is changing the name of a warship to honor a former slave who escaped to freedom on a stolen Confederate ship
The missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville, originally named after a major Confederate victory, will …
Jake Epstein
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Alabama school board votes to remove names of Confederate leaders from 2 buildings and rename them after civil rights figures
"Our job is to make our spaces comfortable for our kids," Montgomery Public Schools Superintendent …
Pocharapon Neammanee
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Cyberthieves stole $186,000 from a Republican member of Congress as fraud epidemic plagues political committees
Harshbarger, a freshman Republican congresswoman from Tennessee, recouped the money stolen from her…
Dave Levinthal
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Ticketmaster is looking for a new social media director, and it's asking the hire to be 'brave' after months of fury from fans
Messy Ticketmaster concert sales for artists like Taylor Swift have frustrated fans and sparked Con…
Rebecca Cohen,Juliana Kaplan
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US military academies should honor 'greatest examples' of the past and ditch Confederate names, commission says
The commission said removing the names of those who defended slavery was not about "erasing history…
Charles R. Davis
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Pro-Confederates celebrating 'Confederate Memorial Day' clashed with protestors at Georgia's Stone Mountain
"We have been fighting this war since 1861. We will be victorious," a Sons of Confederate Veterans …
Katie Balevic
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Trump contacted families of US troops killed in Kabul terror attack, as he seeks to use Afghanistan withdrawal to damage Biden
The former president has sought to damage Joe Biden over the Afghanistan withdrawal, while remainin…
Tom Porter
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Jury reaches partial verdict in 'Unite The Right' civil trial, finds Charlottesville rally organizers liable for conspiracy
Nine plaintiffs sued 35 organizers of the August 2017 Charlottesville rally, claiming they conspire…
Rebecca Cohen,Kenneth Niemeyer
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University of Texas football players accuse wealthy donors of employment threats if they didn't stand for fight song with racist history
After a report said donors had threatened to pull money, University of Texas players came forward t…
Jackson Thompson
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Donald Trump, who called mob that included neo-Nazis 'very fine people,' now hits CNN over comparing him to Hitler and Goebbels
In a 282-page letter threatening to sue CNN, Donald Trump said the comparison to Nazis was "particu…