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LINCOLN MEMORIAL EXPANDS
The National Park Service is set to expand the Lincoln Memorial with a new exhibit space underneath the iconic monument. The exhibits will highlight the history of the monument as a backdrop throughout the Civil Rights movements. Singer Marian Anderson sang at the Lincoln Memorial to a crowd of 75,000 people after being denied the right to perform at a Washington, D.C. concert hall in 1939. The new space is set to open in 2026 ahead of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
MARDI GRAS BEGINS
Break out the King Cake. It's Fat Tuesday and the start of Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Mardi Gras is the last day to revel in food and drink before Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of lent. Over the years, the celebration has evolved into a citywide party featuring foods, dance crews, and elaborate floats.
TIKTOK TRIVIA
TikTok is hosting a series of live trivia events this week, starting tomorrow and running through Sunday. All users who are 18 or older can play. Each round will be live-streamed on the app. The questions will be multiple choice with categories such as beauty, sports, lifestyle, music, and entertainments. Players will have a chance to win a pooled prize worth $500,000. The rounds will be held twice a day from 8-9 p.m. and from 9-10 p.m. ET.
The Justice Department's four-count indictment Tuesday accuses the former president of assaulting the underpinnings of democracy in a frantic but ultimately failed effort to cling to power.
Thousands of Marines backed by advanced U.S. fighter jets and warships are slowly building up a presence in the Persian Gulf. It’s a sign that while America’s wars in the region may be finished, its conflict with Iran over its advancing nuclear program continues to worsen, with no solutions in sight.
The fate of an American nurse and her daughter kidnapped in Haiti last week remains unknown Tuesday as the U.S. State Department refused to say whether the abductors made demands.
Moments after two children were playing with toy guns, one of the children picked up a real rifle in a western Alaska home and fatally shot the other child, authorities said.
More than 70 years after doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took Henrietta Lacks’ cervical cells without her knowledge, a lawyer for her descendants said they have reached a settlement with a biotechnology company that they accused of reaping billions of dollars from a racist medical system.
