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Nation
Tensions rise in Memphis as slave trader’s remains are removed
Traditionally, Memphis residents celebrate Juneteenth at Robert R. Church Park, named for the city’s first Black millionaire. But this year, residents plan to celebrate the end of slavery one mile away, at a park where the remains of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general and leader of the Ku Klux Klan who owned and traded enslaved workers, have been buried since 1905. Workers are digging up the coffins that hold the remains of Forrest and his wife, Mary Ann. The remains and a statue of Forrest will be moved 200 miles away, to the National Confederate Museum.
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World
Sinkholes, collapsing canal walls, rickety bridges: Amsterdam is crumbling
Amsterdam, with its scenic canals lined with picturesque, 17th- and 18th-century buildings, a major European tourist destination, is slowly crumbling. Sinkholes are appearing in its small streets, and nearly half its 1,700 bridges are rickety and need repairs, frequently requiring trams to cross at a snail’s pace. As a huge project to shore up the canal walls gets underway, the city is beginning to look like one gigantic construction site. Continue reading →
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