PHILADELPHIA â Following more than a year of growing controversy and a demonstration last week, the Penn Museum apologized Monday for the âunethical possession of human remainsâ in its Morton skull collection and vowed repatriation and reburial of the remains of more than a dozen anonymous Black Philadelphians.
The remains will be returned to congregations or communities in Philadelphia for interment in a historically Black cemetery, as yet undetermined, according to Penn officials.
In addition, the museum said it will seek agreements with communities abroad enabling the return of dozens of skulls of enslaved individuals from Cuba that are also contained in the 1,000-skull collection, amassed by 19th-century doctor and white supremacist Samuel George Morton.
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Capitol police officer to lie in honor at rotunda April 13
The 18-year U.S. Capitol Police veteran killed last week in the line of duty is being remembered as a man with a sense of humor who loved baseball and golf and was most proud of being a father of two children
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press
April 6, 2021, 5:03 PM
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This image provided by the U.S. Capitol Police shows U.S. Capitol Police officer William “Billy” Evans, an 18-year veteran who was a member of the department s first responders unit. Evans was killed Friday, April 2, 2021, after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol and then emerged wielding a knife. (U.S. Capitol Police via AP)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) â Five people had to ski through a heavy Alaska snowstorm to a mountain chalet after abandoning their airplanes on a glacier on North Americaâs tallest peak, where they were stranded for the weekend, officials said Monday.
The five landed Friday in three separate small airplanes â a Cessna 180 and two Piper PA18s â on Ruth Glacier on Denali, said Maureen Gualtieri, a spokesperson for Denali National Park and Preserve.
A fast-moving storm prevented them from flying off the glacier, and they spent Friday night in their airplanes at about 4,500 feet. They woke up Saturday and realized they didnât have enough resources to ride out the storm.
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