The Daily Populous

CLOSE The statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis at Fourth Bluff Park in downtown Memphis was taken down Wednesday, Dec. 21.

The city of Memphis sold two public parks containing Confederate monuments to a nonprofit Wednesday in a massive, months-in-the-planning operation to take the statues down overnight.

House lawmakers on Tuesday approved a last-minute amendment to remove $250,000 allocated to the city of Memphis as punishment for the removal of Confederate monuments. »

Al Gore: 'Consider me exhibit A' for why each vote matters.

Former Vice President Al Gore introduced himself to Florida millennials on Tuesday, telling them that his near miss in the 2000 presidential election is “exhibit A” for why it’s so important to vote.

Donald Trump, whom Gore referred to as “her opponent,” would take America “toward a climate catastrophe,” he said. »

All 1.5 million customers of the Puerto Rican Electric Power Authority are currently without power.

Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico nearly seven months ago to the date, and this shit is still happening.

This is the same subcontractor responsible for last week’s power outage when a tree fell on a power line. »

Tammie Jo Shults was at the controls of the Dallas-bound Flight 1380 when it made an emergency landing in Philadelphia, said her husband, Dean Shults.

The pilot took the plane into a rapid descent as passengers using oxygen masks that dropped from the ceiling braced for impact.

Shults' brother-in-law, Gary Shults, said her husband also is a Southwest pilot and told him she had made the emergency landing. »