What do you think of the design for Chicago's COVID-19 pandemic monument? Sun-Times readers weigh in
The plans for a 25-foot stainless steel monument at Illinois Medical Center miss the mark, say some readers. Others are all ...
Very cold weather is coming. US about to get 10th and chilliest polar vortex this winter
Meteorologists warn that the coldest burst of Arctic air this season is coming to put an icy and prolonged exclamation point ...
Park Service deletes trans references on Stonewall Inn monument page
The National Park Service has removed transgender references from its website commemorating the 1969 Stonewall Uprising, ...
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National Park Service Can't Say How Many Superintendent Vacancies It Has
While the National Park Service, and other federal agencies, are in a state of turmoil under the administration's push to drastically shrink the size of government, the agency has no idea how many ...
U.S. Park Service erases word ‘transgender’ from website commemorating Stonewall riot
References to transgender people have been removed from a National Park Service website for the Stonewall National Monument.
Californians brace for mudslides in areas torched by fires as freezing rain, snow aim for Oregon
The rain has intensified in California, where an atmospheric river brought heavy downpours, winds and flooding to areas ravaged by wildfires. Officials ahead of the storm's arrival distributed ...
Statue stolen outside DC dog park built to honor late preschool teacher
Bernadette Blum, a longtime teacher at River Park Nursery School, passed away in 2016. Community members raised money to erect the now-stolen statue in her honor.
No, a George Floyd statue wasn't removed from the National Mall | Fact check
The National Mall never displayed a statue of Floyd. The claim originated on a satirical news website. Floyd was killed in ...
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How George Washington Carver National Monument became the first dedicated to an African American and the first to a non-president
In 1943 when Congress okayed the establishment of The George Washington Carver National Monument, it was a powerful tribute ...
Trump's Empty and Expensive Plan To Build 250 Statues of 'American Heroes'
The president's planned National Garden of American Heroes might be a nice idea, but it would be extremely costly—and ...
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Trump’s Washington: Reflections from the Inauguration
The train pulled into Washington D.C.’s Union Station; before we said goodbye, one of my seatmates introduced me to a fellow pilgrim from New York City headed to the march: Emily Whitfield, who ...