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Efforts by the city of New Orleans to remove four Confederate monuments are moving along — despite some protests and even death threats. The city has taken down two in the middle of the night.

Attorney General Sessions' recommendation that President Trump fire the FBI Director has raised eyebrows. Sessions had promised to keep his distance from an investigation of last year's campaign.

The state shuttered stores in Whiteclay, Neb., which borders the dry Pine Ridge reservation, where half the adults struggle with alcohol abuse. But critics say the move infringes upon business rights.