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In Birmingham, The Debate Over Confederate Monuments Is Renewed After Charlottesville

6:06pm August 17, 2017

by Esther Ciammachilli

Birmingham, Ala., has a complicated relationship with racism. Some of the most notable events from the Civil Rights era took place in the city. Now, there's renewed debate about the fate of the city's Confederate monuments.

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Settlement Reached In Case Against Pyschologists Who Designed CIA Torture Program

6:06pm August 17, 2017

by David Welna

The ACLU represented the three men who were seeking damages after being subjected to torture. This is first time damages will presumably be paid to people interrogated in the CIA program.

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During the day on Aug. 21, large swaths of farmland will be plunged into darkness, and temperatures will drop about 10 degrees. Scientists are waiting to see how crops and animals react.

Will The Eclipse Make Crops And Animals Flip Out? Scientists Ask (Really)

6:01pm August 17, 2017

by Kristofor Husted

During the day on Aug. 21, large swaths of farmland will be plunged into darkness, and temperatures will drop about 10 degrees. And scientists are waiting to see what happens on the ground.

Killer whale Kasatka swims with a calf in 2004 at SeaWorld in San Diego.

National

SeaWorld Euthanizes Matriarch Killer Whale Who Had Respiratory Disease

5:29pm August 17, 2017

by Greg Allen

Kasatka, believed to be 42 years old, had four calves, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Orcas typically live to at least 50 in the wild.

Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., speaks to reporters after meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower on Nov. 29, 2016.

Politics & Government

GOP Senator: Trump Lacking 'Stability,' 'Competence' To Succeed

4:53pm August 17, 2017

by Arnie Seipel

Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., also said the president "has not demonstrated that he understands the character of this nation" responding to white supremacists.

National

Silicon Valley Fights Back Against Extremism Online

4:36pm August 17, 2017

by Aarti Shahani

Companies are waging a broad attack against white supremacist groups, cutting off their ability to raise money, post content or register their sites online. These moves are not unprecedented, but this muscle flexing raises a lot of questions — not just about free speech, but also about due process and who controls the Internet.

Mathematicians Could Help In Gerrymandering Legal Cases

4:36pm August 17, 2017

by Ari Daniel

Legal fights over racial and partisan gerrymandering are intensifying and mathematicians think they can help. Specialists in geometry are training to become expert witnesses in redistricting cases around the country.

The Charlottesville, Virginia site where Heather Heyer was killed during a white nationalist rally last weekend.

For Black Activists, Charlottesville Is Part Of A Long History Of Racial Strife

4:03pm August 17, 2017

by Hansi Lo Wang

The recent violence in Virginia has brought more attention to neo-Nazi groups. But black activists say they've been fighting white supremacy all along.

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Workers load a statue of Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson on a flatbed truck in the early hours of Wednesday in Baltimore. A campaign to remove symbols of the Civil War-era, pro-slavery secessionist republic is gathering mome

Trump Defends 'Beauty' Of Confederate Memorials

3:15pm August 17, 2017

by Danielle Kurtzleben

The tweets come after days of the president whipsawing back and forth on his response to the violence in Charlottesville, Va., that led to the death of 32-year-old Heather Heyer.

World News

Undocumented Teens Say They're Falsely Accused Of Being In A Gang

1:41pm August 17, 2017

by Sarah Gonzalez

The gang known as MS-13 is blamed for a spike in violence on Long Island, N.Y. Police have ramped up surveillance, but undocumented teens in the U.S. say they are falsely accused of being in MS-13.

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