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South Carolina statue for Black Civil War vet Black Civil War hero Robert Smalls to be honored with statue at South Carolina State House 02:41 Inside a small art studio not far from Atlanta, 67-year-old Basil Watson is shaping history.  The Jamaican-born artist is creating a sculpture of Robert Smalls, the historic South Carolina lawmaker who escaped slavery in Charleston …

Officials in New Orleans are calling on an inmate to turn himself in after a clerical error led him to be mistakenly released from the same prison where 10 men escaped earlier this year. Khalil Bryan was mistakenly released from the Orleans Parish Justice Center by the sheriff’s office, an apologetic New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said at a …

A distant supermassive black hole may have bitten off more than it can chew! Not only did the star it selected for a stellar meal escape its clutches, but it came back for a second encounter! Evidence of the death-defying star was spotted in the form of a flare that was followed by a near-identical second flare around two years …

NORTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. — One disaster averted an even bigger one for this New Jersey family. Lina Delgado-Ramos, her husband, sister, cousin and their golden retriever fled their North Plainfield home to escape Monday night’s deadly flash floods — only for the house to explode spectacularly just hours later. “The storm saved our lives. We could have been inside, thinking …