## Statue of late civil rights leader John Lewis replaces more than 100-year-old Confederate monument

Authored by cbsnews.com

A large bronze statue of the late civil rights icon leader and Georgia congressman John Lewis was installed Friday, at the very spot where a contentious monument to the confederacy stood for more than 110 years in the town square before it was dismantled in 2020.

Work crews gently rested the 12-foot-tall (3.7-meter-tall) statue into place as the internationally acclaimed sculptor, Basil Watson, looked on carefully.

A large bronze statue of the late civil rights leader and politician Congressman John Lewis is installed where a monument to the Confederacy was brought down in 2020, in the wake of the death of George Floyd, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, in Decatur, Ga. Ron Harris / AP.

Lewis was known for his role at the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement and urged others to get in "good trouble" for a cause he saw as vital and necessary.

In DeKalb County where the Confederate monument stood for more than a century, protesters have invoked "good trouble" in calling for the swift removal of the obelisk.

The statue of Lewis will be officially unveiled on Aug. 24. »

### Boris Johnson calls for ban on Ukraine using Storm Shadow missiles to strike targets in Russia to be lifted

Authored by pravda.com.ua

The Ukrainians have the ATACMS system from the US, they have bunker-busting Storm Shadow missiles from the UK.

What they do not have is the permissions they need to use those missiles against their tormentors," Johnson wrote, stressing the need to give Ukraine permission to strike military targets in Russia.

On 17 August, the Times reported that the US was effectively blocking the UK’s authorisation for Ukraine to use Storm Shadow missiles to strike targets in Russia, amid the Biden administration's concerns about escalating the war. »

### Sorcerers were doing too much magic for Diablo 4's servers to handle, so Blizzard nerfed their most popular build

Authored by pcgamer.com

A chaotic new sorcerer build in Diablo 4's latest season was so strong it was killing more than demons.

The servers, it seems, couldn't handle players filling their screens with lightning bolts and frozen orbs, so Blizzard had to step in yesterday and fix it.

And he's right, most players are having trouble even trying the build because of its extremely specific gear requirements. »

### Woman arrested at Indiana Applebee's after argument over 'All You Can Eat' deal: Police

Authored by usatoday.com

A woman was arrested at an Applebee's restaurant in Portage, Indiana earlier this month after an argument occurred about an "All You Can Eat" deal offered by the company.

The 28-year-old woman was arrested on Aug. 2 and charged with disorderly conduct, according to an arrest report obtained by USA TODAY.

Police dispatchers advised responding officers that they heard "multiple females screaming" and "threatening people," one of the responding officers wrote in the arrest report. »

### Supreme Court maintains block on entirety of Biden administration's new Title IX rule

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Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday declined to let the Biden administration enforce portions of a new rule that includes protections from discrimination for transgender students under Title IX while legal proceedings continue.

The Justice Department had asked the Supreme Court to put part of the decisions on hold, but it declined the requests.

The measure at issue in the disputes was announced by the Biden administration in April and expanded Title IX's protections to LGBTQ students. »

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