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Sen. Cory Booker To Submit Bill To Remove Confederate Statues from Capitol
Despite the national uproar over Confederate symbols, Florida is keeping its statue for now. Mississippi's delegation includes Davis and James Zachariah George, a Confederate colonel and member of the Mississippi Secession Convention. This week, he renewed his call. But there is something to be said for simply abrogating the tradition of the states getting to choose which 100 Americans should be honored so uniquely in the U.S.
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Utkal Express train accident: Several coaches derailed | See pics
According to reports , Five persons were killed and over 4o passengers were injured in the accident. Updates on the toll and number of people injured, relief measures, etc are still coming in. Senior administrative, police and railway officers are on the spot to monitor rescue and relief operation. Two National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams, comprising 45 personnel each, and two canines have been mobilised to the accident site from their base in Ghaziabad.
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Boston: Free Speech Rally Expected to Draw Counter Protesters
No large bags, sticks or weapons will be permitted into the rally. ANSWER Coalition which stands for "Act Now to Stop War & End Racism" also stated that they plan to address institutionalized and systematic racism, white supremacy and intolerance.
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Two dead in stabbing rampage in Finland
Finnish television channel MTV said security had been heightened at Helsinki's global airport but didn't give details. Two people have died and six others have been injured after a knife attack in a busy market square in Finland . The Finnish Security Intelligence Service says the nation's "more grounded profile inside the radical Islamist purposeful publicity" prompted the change.
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With other business councils disbanded, White House tech council remains intact
The infrastructure council, which was still being formed, would have advised Trump on his plan to spend as much as $1 trillion upgrading roads, bridges and other public works. The announcement Trump would disband the council came during what officials had dubbed " infrastructure week " - including an event on Tuesday in which Trump announced an executive order created to streamline the permit process for road and bridge projects.
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'Deconstruction of the Administrative State' on Hold? Steve Bannon Out, Say Reports
There have been speculations for weeks that Bannon would be fired from the administration, but the Drudge Report tweeted out Axios' article on administration officials expecting Bannon to be fired. Bannon joined the Trump campaign on August 17, 2016 - almost one year ago to the day of his return to Breitbart . On Thursday, the liberal American Prospect magazine published an interview with Bannon in which he mocked members of the administration and criticised Trump's ...