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Cuomo Unveils Mother Cabrini Statue in NYC on Columbus Day
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo marked Columbus Day by unveiling a statue of the Italian-American saint known as Mother Cabrini in lower Manhattan. The dedication of the statue on Monday comes a year after Cuomo announced that the state would commission a monument to the Roman Catholic nun who was canonized in 1946. That decision came after a commission led…
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Explaining the Push to Ditch Columbus Day and Observe Indigenous Peoples' Day Instead
As the mythology around Christopher Columbus has been corrected, many are pushing to replace Columbus Day with a celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day. A cultural strategist and diversity expert, Lauren Wesley Wilson, joined LX News to discuss the importance of recognizing the oppressed rather than celebrating their oppressors.
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Gov. Cuomo Drops N-Word During Live Interview While Talking About Discrimination Against Italian-Americans
Gov. Andrew Cuomo left radio listeners stunned after he dropped the n-word during an on-air conversation that started with Medicaid and shifted to discrimination against Italian-Americans.
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Columbus Statue in SF's Little Italy Defaced by Vandals
As thousands of people enjoyed Italian Heritage Day celebrations in San Francisco’s Little Italy, public works crews were scraping red paint off the city’s statue of Christopher Columbus just a few blocks away.
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What's Open (and Not) on Columbus Day?
Though it’s one of the 10 official federal holidays recognized in the United States, Columbus Day isn’t always celebrated with a day off.
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DC Council Votes to Rename Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples Day
“Columbus enslaved, colonized, mutilated, and massacred thousands of Indigenous People in the Americas,” Council Member David Grosso said in a statement.
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Flag Day 2019: How to Properly Display the American Flag
Friday marks Flag Day, which commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States and the birthday of the U.S. Army.
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4 to Watch: Companies Are Hiring for the Holidays
Take a look at four stories to watch Monday Oct. 8, 2018.
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Images: Los Angeles' Indigenous Peoples Day in Photos
The Los Angeles City Council voted in 2017 to eliminate Columbus Day as an official city holiday and replace it with Indigenous Peoples Day. The day is meant to recognize that Native Americans were the first inhabitants of land that later became the United States.
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No Columbus Day in Columbus: City to Honor Veterans Instead
The largest city named for Christopher Columbus has called off its observance of the divisive holiday that honors the explorer, making a savvy move to tie the switch to a politically safe demographic: veterans.
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LA Marks Its First Indigenous Peoples Day With a Grand Park Celebration
The Black Eyed Peas and Native American rock group Redbone will perform Monday at the grand finale concert for the first celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day in Los Angeles. Los Angeles voted last year to eliminate Columbus Day as an official city holiday and replace it with Indigenous Peoples Day.
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LA Observes Its First Indigenous Peoples Day
Councilman Mitch O’Farrell led the effort to eliminate Columbus Day as a city holiday and replace it with Indigenous Peoples Day. Toni Guinyard reports for Today in LA on Monday Oct. 8, 2018.
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Black Eyed Peas to Perform at Indigenous Peoples Day
The Black Eyed Peas will perform at the grand finale concert for the first celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day in Los Angeles, City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell announced Thursday.
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San Francisco Statue Some Call Racist Removed
Crews have removed a 19th century statue near San Francisco’s City Hall that some have said is racist and demeaning to indigenous people.
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San Francisco to Remove 19th Century Statue Some Call Racist
A San Francisco board has voted unanimously to remove a 19th century statue that activists say is racist and demeaning to indigenous people.
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How to Properly Display the American Flag
Thursday marks Flag Day, which commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States and the birthday of the U.S. Army.
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Hot, Dry Diablo Wind Fanned Deadly Wine Country Firestorms
Notorious winds linked to many of California’s worst wildfires are known by various names — Diablo, Santa Ana and Sundowner — but all share the common trait of being able to whip a spark into a deadly inferno that seems to come out of nowhere. Here’s a look at where and when these winds occur....
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Los Angeles Votes to Replace Columbus Day with ‘Indigenous Peoples Day' by 2019
Both the city and county of Los Angeles have plans to officially cancel Christopher Columbus Day by 2019, but signs of the change were already on display Monday, Oct. 9 in Grand Park, where a statue of the explorer was surrounded by a chain-link fence.
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Las Vegas High-Rise Shooting Scenario a Security Nightmare: Analysis
A Las Vegas shooter’s perch in a 32nd-floor hotel room overlooking 22,000 people jammed into a country music festival below is just the kind of nightmare scenario police dread in places where big crowds and high-rises mix. From two broken-out windows of the Mandalay Bay Resort, Stephen Craig Paddock had an unobstructed view to rain rapid-fire bullets on the crowd,...
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Footage Shows Vegas Gunman's Room in 2016
Amateur video footage has emerged showing the room at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas from where Stephen Paddock rained down bullets onto a concert crowd on Sunday evening, killing 58 people.