Thursday, August 17, 2017

PGT Beauregard Confederate statue comes down in New Orleans and other top stories.

  • PGT Beauregard Confederate statue comes down in New Orleans

    PGT Beauregard Confederate statue comes down in New Orleans
    The equestrian statue of Confederate Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard honors the military leader who died in New Orleans in 1893. It is the third monument to come down in the city. Earlier Tuesday, police put up barricades near the monument, CNN affiliate WGNO reported. Protesters both for and against the statue gathered at the site as the work started that evening. Shortly after 3 a.m. Wednesday, crew workers yanked the Beauregard statue from its perch and lowered it to a truck as scatter..
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  • 1 dead, 27 hurt as tornado ravages western Wisconsin trailer park

    1 dead, 27 hurt as tornado ravages western Wisconsin trailer park
    A 46-year-old man was killed Tuesday when an apparent tornado ripped through a mobile home park near Chetek, Wis. But in a bit of good news, all residents of Prairie Lake Estate Mobile Home Park have been accounted for as of Wednesday morning, Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald said. Deputies went door to door to check on residents after the twister touched down about 5:33 p.m. Many of the 50 to 60 trailers in the park 110 miles northeast of the Twin Cities were damaged, and several of them..
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  • Sen. Thom Tillis collapses in DC while running charity race

    Sen. Thom Tillis collapses in DC while running charity race
    Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) collapsed while running a race in Washington on Wednesday morning, but later said he was “doing well.” Tillis, 56, a Republican elected in 2014, tweeted at about 7:45 a.m. Wednesday that he planned to run in the American Council of Life Insurance’s Capital Challenge three-mile team race, a charity event attended by many members of Congress and the media. At about 8:50 a.m., the Associated Press reported that Tillis first appeared unconscious, but was breathing when t..
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  • The Health 202: Abortion is now an issue with no middle ground

    The Health 202: Abortion is now an issue with no middle ground
    THE PROGNOSIS Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) pauses during a television news interview on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) The middle ground on abortion rights is narrow and politically treacherous, and senators trying to inhabit it risk wrath from both sides in 2018. Another big fight over taxpayer funding for abortion providers is brewing in the Senate, which may soon take a vote on whether to deny Medicaid reimbursements for one year to Planned Parenthood. Such a p..
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  • Trump Impeachment Talk Grows From Conspiracy Theory To Mainstream

    Trump Impeachment Talk Grows From Conspiracy Theory To Mainstream
    President Trump is facing the biggest pressure of his young presidency to refute an allegation that he pressured the FBI director to end an investigation. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images President Trump is facing the biggest pressure of his young presidency to refute an allega..
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  • Chelsea Manning, who gave trove of US secrets to WikiLeaks, leaves prison

    Chelsea Manning, who gave trove of US secrets to WikiLeaks, leaves prison
    Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, shown left being escorted to a security vehicle outside a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., on Aug. 16, 2013. On right, an undated file photo provided by the U.S. Army showing Pfc. Bradley Manning posing for a photo wearing a wig and lipstick. (From left: AP Photo/Patrick Semansky; AP Photo/U.S. Army) Chelsea Manning, a transgender Army private whose lengthy prison sentence for leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks was commuted by President Obama, was released fr..
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  • The Private Detective Who Ignited A Clinton Conspiracy Theory Says He Was Misquoted

    The Private Detective Who Ignited A Clinton Conspiracy Theory Says He Was Misquoted
    The story lit up conservative news outlets and social media: A private investigator working with the family of a late Democratic National Committee staffer said he could confirm long-simmering conspiracy theories that the 27-year-old was killed after sending emails to WikiLeaks.Less than 24 hours later, the investigator told BuzzFeed News that he couldn't confirm anything at all.On a television news segment that aired in Washington, DC, on Monday, private investigator Rod Wheeler was interviewe..
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  • Key Moments of Trump-Comey Clash and What's Come After

    Key Moments of Trump-Comey Clash and What's Come After
    A look at key moments in tenure of FBI Director James Comey, President Donald Trump's abrupt firing of him and what's come after. | May 16, 2017, at 8:57 p.m.. MORE. LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Google +; Cancel. Key Moments of Trump-Comey Clash and ...
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  • McCain: Russia probe reaching the point 'of Watergate size'

    McCain: Russia probe reaching the point 'of Watergate size'
    Story highlights"I think it's reaching the point where it's of Watergate size and scale," McCain saidThe latest controversy has raised questions about whether the President obstructed justice"I think it's reaching the point where it's of Watergate size and scale, and a couple of other scandals you and I have seen," the Arizona Republican said Tuesday night. "It's the centipede that the shoe continues to drop. Every couple of days, there's a new aspect of this really unhappy situation."McCain dis..
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  • 'Pay Trump Bribes Here': How an activist pulled off projecting messages onto the Trump International Hotel

    'Pay Trump Bribes Here': How an activist pulled off projecting messages onto the Trump International Hotel
    (Bell Visuals via Storyful) Since entering office, President Trump has faced accusations that his District hotel is profiting from his presidency. For a few minutes Monday night, projection artist Robin Bell tried to bring attention to the issue by shining light on it — a big, blue light. Bell parked his van about 9:15 p.m. on 12th Street NW across the street from the west entrance of the Trump International Hotel. Bell and two friends then turned on a projector in the van and displa..
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