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LAWSUIT FILED OVER FLORIDA’S OLDEST CIVIL WAR MONUMENT

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) – The descendants of fallen Confederate soldiers have filed a lawsuit asking St. Augustine city officials to hold off on removing a Confederate monument, worrying the historic relic might be damaged in the process. The 30-foot tall relic is the oldest Civil War monument in the state and stands in an

DOORBELL CAMERA CATCHES PARKING LOT BIRTH IN FLORIDA

MARGATE, Fla. (AP) – This was not one of those delivery videos that some pregnant moms plan for. A Florida birthing center says an expectant mother was a few steps from entering the building but her baby couldn’t wait. She gave birth while standing up outside, with a midwife catching the baby and a doorbell

IMAGES OF BRUTALITY AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE SPUR RACIAL TRAUMA

By NOREEN NASIR Associated Press Since Wanda Johnson’s son was shot and killed by a police officer in Oakland, California, 11 years ago, she has watched video after video of similar encounters between Black people and police. Each time, she finds herself reliving the trauma of losing her son, Oscar Grant, who was shot to

MISSISSIPPI SURRENDERS CONFEDERATE SYMBOL FROM STATE FLAG

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi is retiring the last state flag in the U.S. that includes the Confederate battle emblem. Spectators cheered in the state Capitol on Sunday after legislators passed a bill. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves is expected to sign it soon. It requires that a new flag

DISNEY UPDATING SPLASH MOUNTAIN TO FEATURE ‘PRINCESS AND THE FROG’

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – The Splash Mountain ride at Disney parks in California and Florida is being recast. Disney officials said the ride would no longer be tied to the 1946 movie, “Song of the South,” which many view as racist. Instead, the revamped ride will be inspired by the

HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORT 10 WEST NILE VIRUS CASES IN MIAMI

Associated Press MIAMI – As the number of COVID-19 cases are rising in Miami-Dade County, health officials are also warning residents of a mosquito-borne infection. Health officials said late Thursday that 10 more cases of West Nile virus have been detected in Miami-Dade County. That brings the total number of cases reported to 14. Officials

POLICE IN MISCONDUCT CASES STAY ON FORCE THROUGH ARBITRATION

By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) – Hundreds of law enforcement officers across the country were fired, sometimes repeatedly, for violating policies but got their jobs back after appealing their cases to an arbitrator who overturned their discipline. It’s an all-too-common practice that some law and policing experts say stands in the way of

MISSISSIPPI FLAG: ‘IN GOD WE TRUST’ REPLACEMENT FOR CONFEDERATE SYMBOL?

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Two Republican elected officials in Mississippi are saying the Confederate battle emblem should be removed from the state flag and replaced with “In God We Trust.” Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann and Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued statements Wednesday. Hosemann said a new flag would help

BAPTISTS, WALMART CRITICIZE REBEL-THEMED MISSISSIPPI FLAG

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The Confederate-themed Mississippi flag is drawing criticism from two big forces in the culturally conservative state. Walmart says it will no longer display the state flag because it includes the Confederate battle emblem. The Mississippi Baptist Convention is calling on lawmakers to remove the Confederate

NO KIDDING: FLORIDA WOMAN SUES FOR PATERNITY TEST ON GOAT

ODESSA, Fla. (AP) – A Florida woman has filed a lawsuit seeking either a paternity test on her goats or a refund. Kris Hedstrom filed a civil lawsuit against her neighbor Heather Dayner last month seeking DNA for the goats she purchased. Hedstrom paid $900 for five Nigerian Dwarf goats in December. According to the

FLORIDA ENACTS HEAT STROKE PROTECTIONS FOR STUDENT ATHLETES

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – A grieving mother’s plea to Florida lawmakers has been fulfilled. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a measure on Tuesday that would require schools to do more to protect student athletes from heat strokes. The new law is named the Zachary Martin Act, after a 16-year-old football

THE LATEST: MINNEAPOLIS UNION LEADER SAYS MEMBERS SCAPEGOATED

MINNEAPOLIS – Minneapolis police union president Bob Kroll called the bystander video of the death of George Floyd “horrific” while cautioning the public not to rush to judgment. The union has been mostly silent about Floyd’s death since issuing a statement soon after he died on May 25 after a police officer kneeled on his

MISSISSIPPI GOVERNOR REJECTS ‘SEPARATE BUT EQUAL’ 2-FLAG PLAN

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves says he opposes having two state flags, as some lawmakers want. One would be the current flag with the Confederate battle emblem. A design to be determined would erase Confederate images. Reeves says Monday that a “separate but equal” plan

TWO CHILDREN’S COUGH MEDICINES RECALLED FOR POTENTIAL OVERDOSE RISK

Two popular children’s cough medicines have been voluntarily recalled. The recalled products are: Children’s Robitussin Honey Cough & Chest Congestion D.M. and Children’s Dimetapp Cold and Cough. Both brands are owned by Robitussin. According to the company, there is a potential overdose risk. Dosing cups inside the packages are the wrong size, which could cause

GEORGE SOROS CONSPIRACY THEORIES SURGE AS PROTESTS SWEEP US

By DAVID KLEPPER and LORI HINNANT Associated Press A growing number of people on the far right are falsely claiming that liberal billionaire George Soros orchestrated the protests that have roiled the U.S. They allege without evidence that he’s paid demonstrators and even arranged for piles of bricks to be left near protests. Researchers who

CRUISE LINES EXTEND COVID-19 PAUSE ON SAILING FROM THE US

MIAMI (AP) – The Cruise Lines International Association is announcing that ships will not be sailing from U.S. ports throughout the summer, extending a pause put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic. The current no-sail order issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on March 14 is set to expire July

HIRING ROSE IN 46 STATES IN MAY; JOBLESS RATE STILL HIGH

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – Employers added jobs in 46 states last month, evidence that the U.S. economy’s surprise hiring gain in May was spread broadly across the country – in both states that began reopening their economies early and those that did so only later. Unemployment rates fell in 38

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA ENDS ‘GATOR BAIT’ CHEER, CITES RACISM

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – The University of Florida is ending its “gator bait” cheer at football games and other sports events because of its racial connotations. President Kent Fuchs also announced in a Thursday letter there would be several other similar changes on campus. Fuchs says the “gator bait”

ADVOCATES WORRY BLACK, HISPANIC RESIDENTS FALLING BEHIND IN CENSUS

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Halfway through the extended effort to count every U.S. resident, civil rights leaders worry that minority communities are falling behind in responding to the 2020 census. Both the National Urban League and the NALEO Educational Fund are sounding the alarm blacks and Hispanics are trailing the

ALABAMA INMATE WHO ESCAPED LAST YEAR BACK IN CUSTODY

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – An Alabama inmate who escaped in October is back in custody. Vernell Sanders, 52, had been on the run since his escape from the Red Eagle Correctional Work Facility, a minimum-security facility, where he had been serving time for robbery, assault and receiving stolen property. According to a news release from CrimeStoppers,

CONFEDERATE STATUE BEING MOVED FROM CENTRAL SPOT A OLE MISS

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A Confederate monument will be moved from a prominent spot at the University of Mississippi. It’s going to a Civil War cemetery in a secluded part of the Oxford campus. The state college board voted Thursday to move the monument, but did not say when

40,000 POUNDS OF GROUND BEEF BEING RECALLED

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says about 40,000 pounds of ground beef have been recalled. Affected products are from Lakeside Refrigerated Services in New Jersey, which the company produced June 1 and distributed nationwide. All products affected have the establishment number 46841, and include the following: 1-lb. vacuum packages containing “MARKETSIDE BUTCHER ORGANIC GRASS-FED GROUND

THE LATEST: ANOTHER CONFEDERATE STATUE TORN DOWN IN VIRGINIA

By The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — News outlets report demonstrators in Richmond tore down another Confederate statue in the city Tuesday night. The Howitzers Monument located near Virginia Commonwealth University’s Monroe Park campus was toppled after protesters who spent the night marching in the rain used a rope to pull it down from its

Peace And Justice Museum In Montgomery Memorializes Lynching Victims

REPORT DOCUMENTS NEARLY 2,000 RECONSTRUCTION-ERA LYNCHINGS

An organization that founded the nation’s first memorial to lynching victims has announced that it has documented thousands of additional killings of black people during the Reconstruction era. The Equal Justice Initiative said Tuesday that it now has documented nearly 6,500 lynchings of black people between 1877 and 1950. The group, which previously documented 4,500

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