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Dixie Chicks shorten name to The Chicks in order to ‘meet this moment’

By Kristin M. Hall, Associated Press

The term Dixie refers to Southern U.S. states, especially those that belonged to the Confederacy.

Body cameras are seen as key to police reform. But do they increase accountability?

By Candice Norwood

Despite widespread support for body cameras, the rules for how police use them vary widely from state to state, and department to department.

Whistleblower who warned about federal mismanagement of virus alleges ongoing retaliation

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

A government whistleblower ousted from a top scientific job alleges that the Trump administration is intensifying its campaign to punish him for revealing shortcomings in the U.S. coronavirus response.

NYC judge rejects effort to halt publication of tell-all book by Trump’s niece

By Michael Balsamo, Colleen Long, Associated Press

A New York City judge has dismissed a claim by Donald Trump’s brother that sought to halt the publication of a tell-all book by the president’s niece.

Watchdogs say Trump’s 2019 Independence Day gala cost $13 million

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

Government watchdogs say President Trump’s Fourth of July gala in the nation’s capital last year cost taxpayers more than $13 million, twice as much as previous celebrations.

U.S. GDP fell at 5.0% rate in first quarter, but worse is expected to come

By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press

The U.S. economy shrank at a 5.0% rate in the first quarter with a much worse decline expected in the current three-month economic period because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Some private schools getting more virus relief funding than public schools, under DeVos formula

By Collin Binkley, Associated Press

The Trump administration is moving forward with a policy ordering public schools across the U.S. to share coronavirus relief funding with private schools at a higher rate than federal law typically requires.

Protesters demand removal of statues depicting freed Black American kneeling before Lincoln

By William J. Kole, Associated Press

Calls are mounting for the removal of twin Emancipation memorials in Washington, D.C., and Boston that depict a freed Black American kneeling at Abraham Lincoln’s feet.

WATCH: Democratic leaders deliver a news conference on D.C. statehood

By Andrew Taylor, Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press

Friday's vote, if successful, would pass a D.C. statehood bill for the first time in the House, but the legislation faces insurmountable opposition in the GOP-controlled Senate.

Disney to change ride tied to Jim Crow film

By Mike Schneider, Associated Press

The Splash Mountain ride at Disney parks in California and Florida is being recast. Disney officials said the ride would no longer be tied to the 1946 movie, “Song of the South," which features many racist stereotypes and Old South…