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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on a proposal for the fate of a Confederate monument toppled by protesters in 2017. (all times local): 11 a.m. A North Carolina county where protesters tore down a ...

Lew Rexroad, right, poses with U.S. Rep. Riley Moore and the statue that once belonged to his grandfather, former Gov. Arch A. Moore. (Photo Provided) PARKERSBURG — A Parkersburg man who won at ...

A campaign to put up a statue of the so-called Elephant Man, Joseph Merrick, has been scrapped after it fell far short of the money needed. Jo Vigor-Mungovin was hoping to erect the tribute in Merrick ...

A bid to erect a statue in tribute to 'Elephant Man' in Leicester has been stymied by critics who say the city is 'ugly enough', according to reports. Joseph Merrick became world famous due to a rare ...

One of a group of 30 painted elephant statues sold at auction has been donated back to a Dorset town. The moulded fibreglass herd spent two months on display at outdoor locations in west Dorset as ...

A statue of Joseph Merrick - the so-called Elephant Man - will not be put up in his hometown of Leicester after a campaign failed to raise enough money. Local historian and Merrick biographer Jo Vigor ...

The elephant statue has landed. And it’ll be selfie city in Tuscaloosa this fall. The University of Alabama recently relocated of a seven-ton, 19-foot elephant statue named Tuska to the corner of ...

Tuska, a 24-foot tall, 7-ton elephant statue that has been on display at a Tuscaloosa country club, will soon have a new home outside Bryant-Denny Stadium. The University of Alabama System board of ...

Two bungling thieves stole a huge gorilla statue from an indoor market before being arrested by police just minutes later. Brian Rumley, 50, and Michael O'Brien, 52, were seen stumbling through ...