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• North Carolina discontinues Confederate flag license plates

  February 3, 2021 12:29 PM

  North Carolina will no longer issue license plates bearing the Confederate flag, the state announced Tuesday. An official with the North Carolina Department of Transportation told ABC News that it will stop issuing the specialty plates at the beginning of the year. Those who already have the plates will... more »

• Shopify removes official Trump merchandise stores

  January 8, 2021 1:55 PM

  Online shopping platform Shopify said it shut down all of its stores affiliated with President Donald Trump in the wake of a pro-Trump protest that ended with rioters storming the U.S. Capitol building. A spokesperson with the e-commerce company confirmed to ABC News that TrumpStore.com and shop.donaldjtrump.com, that latter... more »

• Drainage ditch problems plague Plaquemine residents Play Video

  May 31, 2017 10:21 PM

  PLAQUEMINE - A man says a ditch that won't drain is overflowing every time it rains. Resident Gegory Pierre said the problem has been happening for years and that water is creeping onto the property of others living in Pointe Pleasant. Pierre said he's seen tons of junk... more »

• Report: Removed Confederate monuments found in maintenance yard

  May 17, 2017 4:30 PM

  NEW ORLEANS – Two Confederate monuments removed from their locations in New Orleans were discovered in a maintenance yard next to piles of trash Wednesday afternoon, WWL-TV reports . Tweeted photos from WWL-TV reporter Lauren Bale, showed the concrete base of the Jefferson Davis monument as well as the... more »

• One bidder proposes to remove Confederate monuments

  April 4, 2017 6:38 PM

  NEW ORLEANS - A lone contractor submitted a proposal to take down three Confederate monuments in New Orleans Tuesday. According to a report from WWL, Cuzan Services Limited submitted a $600,000 bid to remove the monuments of Robert E. Lee, P.G.T. Beauregard and Jefferson Davis. However, the city says... more »

• Jefferson Davis statue removed from University of Texas

  August 30, 2015 12:41 PM

  AUSTIN, Texas - A statue of Jefferson Davis has been removed from its place on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin after a failed appeal by a Confederate heritage group. Crews could be seen Sunday morning removing the statue of the Confederate president from its place near... more »