South Carolina governor signs bill removing Confederate flag
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Saying South Carolina’s history has forever changed, Gov. Nikki Haley signed a bill Thursday to relegate the Confederate flag to the state’s “relic room,” more than 50...
View ArticleEnd of an era as South Carolina takes down Confederate flag
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Confederate flag was lowered from the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse on Friday, ending its 54-year presence there and marking a stunning political reversal in...
View ArticleMisty Copeland’s tough balancing act
Brava! Has the ballet color barrier been shattered for good? There existed every reason why this never should have happened. But on June 30, Misty Copeland made history. Petite at...
View ArticleKKK taunts black protesters outside South Carolina Statehouse
Hundreds of people taunted each other on the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse during separate rallies staged by two groups from outside the state.
View ArticleBlack Confederate flag supporter dies in crash after ‘angry’ exchange
JACKSON, Miss. — A black Mississippi man who often dressed in Confederate regalia to support the state flag has died in a one-car accident. The Highway Patrol says 49-year-old Anthony...
View ArticleMan burned Confederate flag attached to pickup truck
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania man has been arrested for setting fire to a plastic Confederate battle flag attached to a parked pickup truck, in an apparent drunken impulse, police said...
View ArticleConfederate flags placed at MLK’s church in Atlanta
ATLANTA — Confederate battle flags were stealthily placed on the grounds of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s church, and authorities said Thursday they were looking for two white males...
View ArticleUniversity of Texas to move Jefferson Davis statue inside
AUSTIN — The University of Texas said on Thursday it would move a statute of Confederate president Jefferson Davis from the campus to an educational exhibit in response to protests...
View ArticleGeorge Zimmerman appears to be on a mission to offend everybody
ORLANDO — George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer acquitted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager, is raffling off a painting he made of a Confederate flag to raise...
View ArticleCollege football captain booted for Confederate-flag Nazi photo
A Pace University football star was bounced from the team after a photo emerged showing him wearing a Confederate-flag getup and giving a Nazi salute over the caption, “The grand...
View ArticleHigh schoolers suspended for protesting Confederate flag ban
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. — One of the roughly 20 students at a Virginia high school who received a one-day suspension for wearing clothing displaying the Confederate flag says he doesn’t intend...
View ArticleGood riddance to 2015 — the year of hysteria
We should be glad that 2015 is passing into memory, because it was a year when we could barely hold it together. It was a year when we freaked out over symbols and scared ourselves with fake...
View ArticleMississippi governor declares April Confederate Heritage Month
"Gov. Bryant believes Mississippi's history deserves study and reflection, no matter how unpleasant or complicated parts of it may be," said spokesman Clay Chandler.
View ArticleRemoval of Confederate symbols turns nasty in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS — Backlash against a plan to remove prominent Confederate monuments in New Orleans has been tinged by death threats, intimidation and even what may have been the torching of a contractor’s...
View ArticleCop suspended for taunting anti-Trump protesters with Confederate flag
A Michigan police officer was suspended Sunday with pay after he was seen off-duty driving a pickup truck bearing a Confederate flag around a group protesting Donald Trump’s election as president....
View ArticleCop sues after being fired for flying Confederate flag
Georgia police sergeant who was fired for flying the Confederate flag at her home filed a lawsuit claiming her right to freedom of speech was violated. Roswell police officer Silvia Cotriss was a...
View ArticleLegislators get death threats during Confederate flag debate
COLUMBIA, S.C. — State police say they are investigating a number of threats against South Carolina lawmakers debating whether the Confederate flag should stay on the Statehouse grounds. Chief Mark...
View ArticleSouth Carolina House approves Confederate flag removal
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina House approved taking down the Confederate flag from the Capitol grounds, a stunning reversal early Thursday in a state that was the first to leave the Union in 1860...
View ArticleSouth Carolina governor signs bill removing Confederate flag
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Saying South Carolina’s history has forever changed, Gov. Nikki Haley signed a bill Thursday to relegate the Confederate flag to the state’s “relic room,” more than 50 years after the...
View ArticleEnd of an era as South Carolina takes down Confederate flag
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Confederate flag was lowered from the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse on Friday, ending its 54-year presence there and marking a stunning political reversal in a state...
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