The Civil War Lives Through Mark Twain’s Fiction—and Donald Trump’s Reality
The ‘Tom Sawyer’ and ‘Huckleberry Finn’ author had an inimitable ability to make Americans reckon with their dark history. In ...
Shirley C. Franklin, Atlanta’s First Black Woman Mayor, Has A Street And Park Named In Her Honor
Shirley C. Franklin is the first-ever Black woman mayor of Atlanta. The soon-to-be octogenarian was honored for her part in shaping the city.
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The Rise of Civil Terrorism
As with today’s civil terrorists, too, their rage was fueled by opposition to what they saw as an unjust war—in their case, Vietnam. The group soon escalated to bombing government buildings and ...
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Trump wields 1798 law to deport nearly 300 Venezuelans despite judge's order to block action
“We are gratified to see the judge’s decision and will work on the next stages to ensure those impacted by this dangerous move to invoke war time powers ... the order will label their arrival ...
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Atlanta civil rights figure Andrew Young’s daughter dies, family says
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - The daughter of Andrew Young, a former Atlanta mayor and prominent civil rights figure, has died, her family said on Saturday. Lisa Young Alston passed away on ...
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Ukraine in maps: Tracking the war with Russia
US President Donald Trump has been pushing for an end to the war since taking office in January ... there have been changes not reflected in the maps.
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You can now explore moons and planets with Google Maps
The new Maps feature label images of our moon, Mercury, Venus, Pluto, the International Space Station, and a number of icy moons that orbit the outer planets like Saturn (as seen by the Cassini ...
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Ugandan special forces deploy to South Sudan to protect government as civil war fears grow
Civil war erupted in South Sudan in late 2013 when a rift between Kiir and Machar escalated into fighting along ethnic lines. Kiir, an ethnic Dinka, accused a group of soldiers loyal to Machar ...
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Syria's Civil War Takes Another Deadly, Dramatic Turn
Syria's 14-year civil war has undergone yet another rapid series ... U.S. Central Command and the U.S. State Department for comment. A map shows the religious and ethnic composition of Syria ...
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Syria’s worst violence in months reopens wounds of the country’s 13-year civil war
An ambush on a Syrian security patrol by gunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Assad escalated into clashes that a war monitor estimates have killed more than 1,000 people over four days.
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Call Of Duty: Warzone's OG Map, Verdansk, Returns Very Soon; See A New Trailer Now
On April 3, Warzone will bring back the OG map: Verdansk. Ahead of this, Activision released a nostalgia-themed trailer set to "Unforgettable" by Nat King Cole. The CG trailer calls back to ...
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Syrian civil war
The BBC accompanies the civil defence group as they respond to violence in Syria's coastal region. Many belong to former President Bashar al-Assad's sect, which was targeted in mass killings.