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Biden to designate national monument at site of Illinois race riot |
President Biden will designate a national monument this week at the site of racist mob violence in 1908 in Springfield, Ill., the White House confirmed Wednesday. |
A White House official told The Hill the president will issue the designation in the Oval Office on Friday, the 116th anniversary of the end of the violence. Biden is expected to be accompanied by civil rights leaders and elected officials for the proclamation. The Springfield Race Riot began Aug. 14, 1908, when about 5,000 white men gathered outside the local jail to demand two Black men, one accused of raping a white woman and the other of killing a white man, be turned over to them. When they learned the police had covertly transferred the two men to the Bloomington, Ill., jail, they instead stormed the city's Black neighborhoods and attacked Black Springfield residents, looting Black-owned businesses and the restaurant of a white business owner who aided in moving the prisoners. Over the next 48 hours, eight Black men were killed, while five white men were killed by rioters and state militia, and more than 35 businesses were destroyed. Read more in a full report at TheHill.com. |
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The Biden administration unveiled Wednesday its "national heat strategy" to coordinate a federal response to extreme heat in the years 2024 through 2030. |
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Tropical Storm Ernesto strengthened into a hurricane late Wednesday morning after leaving hundreds of thousands of people in the northeast Caribbean without power. |
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The developers of a long-delayed copper-nickel mining project in northeastern Minnesota announced Wednesday that they plan to conduct a series of studies over the next year on potential ways to improve environmental safeguards and make the mine more cost- and energy-efficient, which could lead to significant changes to the design. |
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Children in West and Central Africa are increasingly exposed to extreme heat, creating health concerns, according to a new report by UNICEF published Wednesday. |
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News we've flagged from other outlets touching on energy issues, the environment and other topics: |
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Extreme heat poses new challenge for aid agencies in Gaza (Context)
Maui Property Owners Are Pushing Tenants Out to House Wildfire Survivors for More Money (Civil Beat) Who's to blame for PFAS in our drinking water? Here's what hundreds of cities say (USA Today)
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Vice President Harris is leading or tied with former President Trump in six of seven battleground states as she continues to transform the 2024 race after President Biden's exit last month, according to a poll released Wednesday. Read more |
| Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (R) pushed for more Republicans to support Vice President Harris, arguing in a Tuesday interview that it was perfectly acceptable for those in the GOP to back her even though she's a Democrat. Read more |
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