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Dec 19 2023
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Confederate Memorial at Arlington Cemetery to Be Removed After Judge Reverses Earlier Decision
A federal judge on Tuesday reversed a previous court ruling and allowed the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia to remove a century-old Confederate monument. However, in a hearing on Tuesday, the judge ultimately rejected arguments made in a lawsuit filed by a group called "Defend Arlington," affiliated with "Save Southern Heritage Florida," which had urged the court to order the memorial
The Epoch TimesJan 03 2024
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Claudine Gay Is Out as President. Where Does Harvard Go From Here?
Claudine Gay resigned Tuesday as president of Harvard University, after being dogged for weeks by allegations of plagiarism and charges that she didn’t respond with enough urgency to concerns about antisemitism on campus.
But her departure from the top spot is unlikely to move the school beyond the scandals of the past few months or solve concerns about hostility toward Jews on campus
Wall Street Journal (News)Dec 21 2023
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Catholic bishops around the world push back on blessings for people in same-sex relationships
Catholic bishops in conservative countries are pushing back on the Vatican's document allowing blessings for individuals in same-sex relationships. Episcopal conferences in African nations have been the most vocal prelates opposed to the implementation of "Fiducia supplicans" — the document which approved pastoral blessings given to people in same-sex relationships under strict parameters. "In
Fox News (Online News)Dec 19 2023
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Judge temporarily halts removal of Reconciliation Monument in Arlington National Cemetery
A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order halting the imminent dismantling of a Confederate memorial in Arlington National Cemetery dedicated to the reconciliation of North and South after the Civil War. U.S. District Judge Rossie Alston, a Trump appointee, issued the order Monday in response to a lawsuit filed Sunday against the Department of Defense by Defend Arlington, which
The Christian PostDec 18 2023
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Ruling Keeps Confederate Memorial at Arlington for Now
A federal judge Monday issued a temporary restraining order barring removal of a memorial to Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. A group called Defend Arlington, affiliated with a group called Save Southern Heritage Florida, filed a lawsuit Sunday in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, seeking the restraining order. A hearing has been scheduled for Wednesday. Work to remove
Newsmax (News)Dec 18 2023
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Removal of a Confederate memorial in Arlington Cemetery is paused by federal judge
A federal judge on Monday temporarily halted a planned removal of the Confederate Memorial at the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia a day after two groups filed a lawsuit. US District Judge Ronnie D. Alston in Virginia granted a temporary restraining order barring the memorial’s removal after the groups Defend Arlington and Save Southern Heritage Florida filed an emergency motion asking
CNN (Online News)Dec 20 2023
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Pentagon gets its way: Reconciliation Memorial will be removed after judge lifts injunction
Iconoclasts in the previous Democrat-controlled 116th Congress and the Biden Department of Defense are getting exactly what they wanted: the toppling of the Jewish American-designed Reconciliation Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery. While Judge Rossie David Alston Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia temporarily halted the plan to dismantle the 109-year-old
The BlazeDec 18 2023
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Judge halts toppling of Reconciliation Monument in Arlington National Cemetery
A Trump-nominated federal judge has halted the removal of the Reconciliation Monument in Arlington National Cemetery, which the cemetery indicated Saturday would otherwise take place by week's end. While the iconoclasts have been momentarily restrained, the fate of the historic monument, also called the Confederate Memorial, remains uncertain. The group Defend Arlington, affiliated with Save
The BlazeDec 18 2023
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Judge temporarily bars removal of Confederate monument from Arlington National Cemetery
A federal judge on Monday temporarily barred the removal of a memorial to Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery after a push from a citizens group and some GOP lawmakers. The temporary restraining order, issued by U.S. District Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. in Alexandra, Va., comes just one day after a group called Defend Arlington, which is affiliated with a group called Save
The HillDec 18 2023
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Mammoth bones found near Beulah
BEULAH, N.D. (KFYR) - Freedom Mine coal miners near Beulah made quite the discovery over Memorial Day weekend. The miners then contacted the North Dakota Geological Survey, the State Historical Society of North Dakota and the Bureau of Land Management. For more than two weeks, crews excavated the tusk and other bones from an old streambed. The bones were transported to the paleontology lab at
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