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CHARLESTON, S.C. — When the International African American Museum opens to the general public Tuesday in South Carolina, it turns into a brand new website of homecoming and pilgrimage for descendants of enslaved Africans whose arrival within the Western Hemisphere begins on the docks of the lowcountry coast. ...

A freight practice carrying hazardous materials has plunged right into a river within the US after a bridge collapsed.Carriages transporting asphalt and sulphur - which is utilized in fertiliser and insecticide - plunged into Montana's Yellowstone River, inflicting a yellow liquid to pour out into the water. The reason behind the collapse is unknown and ingesting water intakes downstream have been closed off whereas investigations happen. Image: Pic: AP Image: Pic: AP Andy Garland, a spokesperson for the Montana Rail Link, stated the practice's crew had been secure and unhurt within the incident.He added: "We are committed to addressing any p...

A 1 a.m. taking pictures at a celebration in downtown St. Louis kills one and injures almost a dozen. Gunmen open fireplace throughout a struggle close to Florida’s Hollywood Beach, injuring 9, together with a 1-year-old. Bursts of gunfire at a Sweet 16 occasion in Dadeville, Alabama, kill 4 and wound greater than 30. ...

A person beforehand convicted on 17 counts of mail and wire fraud as a part of a Ponzi scheme was charged Thursday with wire fraud, securities fraud and identification theft within the service of a brand new Ponzi scheme. ...

After a number of of its electrical battery-powered vans caught hearth Friday morning at their Phoenix headquarters, the Nikola Motor Company implied foul play was at hand within the blaze. ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Prosecutors have dropped a misdemeanor assault cost filed final October in opposition to Las Vegas Raiders’ huge receiver Davante Adams after he shoved a photographer to the bottom as he left the sector following a loss at Kansas City. ...

Texas Christian University is dealing with an outcry over its course on the “art of drag,” an elective that requires college students to create their very own “drag persona” and explores how such performances contribute to “queer world making.” ...

The wrecks of the Titanic and the Titan sit on the ocean ground, separated by 1,600 toes (490 meters) and 111 years of historical past. How they got here collectively unfolded over an intense week that raised momentary hopes and left lingering questions. ...

A D.C. man was convicted Friday of second-degree homicide within the 2010 disappearance of mom of two Unique Harris, whose physique has by no means been discovered. ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Transgender folks born in Kansas might be prevented from altering their start certificates to replicate their gender identities if the state’s conservative Republican legal professional is profitable with a authorized transfer he launched late Friday. ...