https://apnews.com/article/confederate-monument-mississippi-grenada-e7424281b3f9931d855d8d11347c1f42
A Mississippi town has taken down a Confederate monument that stood since 1910. The figure was wrapped in tarps the past four years, a symbol of enduring differences over how to commemorate the past.
https://apnews.com/article/eu-migration-hungary-fines-funds-asylum-bef928922abffa280bb1bb245fd5f448
The European Union has begun the process of clawing back hundreds of millions of euros in funds meant to go Hungary.
https://apnews.com/article/atlantic-city-mayor-marty-small-child-abuse-f6ab2eb6e431c9d7bf9bc7e8cf88eb1a
Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. and his wife, La’Quetta, the city’s superintendent of schools, have been indicted on child endangerment and other charges for allegedly beating their teenage daughter on numerous occasions.
https://apnews.com/article/kentucky-conversion-therapy-andy-beshear-93a07354cd0ed2e7fc09c15f204f75c0
Kentucky's governor has signed an executive order banning the use of "conversion therapy" on minors. The widely discredited practice tries to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity through counseling.
https://apnews.com/live/lebanon-syria-pagers-hezbollah-updates
Hezbollah officials and Lebanon's state media say explosions went off in Beirut and multiple parts of Lebanon. Officials said that walkie-talkies and even solar equipment detonated a day after hundreds of pagers blew up.
https://thewalrus.ca/if-pierre-poilievre-wins/?vgo_ee=5NfgX2nW1a1biTgJmiiHi59zZm3gV%2FH3Sb%2BWTqXvQeshjakChPvbh0A%3D%3AI4lwyp%2FdzqWTkdyK0bGDMDMhmKHg%2B9ii
The Conservative leader speaks in punchy slogans. What would he do in power?
https://apnews.com/article/corporate-equality-index-dei-backlash-lgbtq-8a7ba4bd25bedc7cf8583426d107eef3
More than two decades ago, a national LGBTQ+ rights group decided to promote change by grading corporations on their workplace policies.
https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/indigenous-deaths-rcmp-windsor-winnipeg-shooting/
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canadas-trudeau-faces-crucial-election-test-questions-over-leadership-loom-2024-09-16/
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-asks-un-icrc-join-humanitarian-effort-russias-kursk-region-2024-09-16/
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