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The US military is finishing up the first step of renaming bases, ships and other things whose names honor the Confederacy. This step is to recommend what to rename.
It is arguable that Matthew Fontaine Maury's contributions to oceanography and navigation were more significant than anything he did for the Confederacy. I hope that people will not seek to deny him of civilian recognition for the former.
The Department of Justice has sent subpoenas to many officials and associates of the wrecker, seeking communications that might be about plotting.
It appears that thugs in San Francisco take DNA samples they get from people reporting rape and compare them with a large database of DNA from crime scenes, looking for a match.
I doubt that San Francisco is the only place that does this.
The European Parliament voted in a vague way to reduce the felling of trees to make "renewable" fuel.