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WASHINGTON D.C. (KUSI) — The battle over Confederate monuments is being waged in cities and communities across the nation. For many people, these monuments represent one of the darkest chapters in American history, but to others, they are a reminder of this nation's heritage. Overnight in Baltimore, a stark reminder that even that which is set in stone can be removed with enough force. Statues of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson were among four monuments hauled off into the night on a flatbed truck. Hours earlier in Birmingham, Alabama, crews put up plywood to obscure a 52- foot obelisk honoring Confederate soldiers and sailors. All this, just hours after President Trump posed this question:  "I noticed that Stonewall Jackson's coming down. I wonder is it George Washington next week and is it Thomas Jefferson the week after? You know, you really do have to ask yourself, where does it stop?" For Baltimore's mayor, the answer was simple: ...

Published: Thursday, August 24, 2017 @ 6:23 AM Updated: Thursday, August 24, 2017 @ 6:21 AM Miami — Harvey intensified into a hurricane Thursday and steered for the Texas coast with the potential for up to 3 feet of rain, 125 mph winds and 12- foot storm surges in what could be the fiercest hurricane to hit the United States in almost a dozen years. Forecasters labeled Harvey a "life-threatening storm" that posed a "grave risk." Millions of people braced for a prolonged battering that could swamp dozens of counties more than 100 miles inland. Landfall was predicted for late Friday or early Saturday between Port O'Connor and Matagorda Bay, a 30-mile (48-kilometer) stretch of coastline about 70 miles (110 kilometers) northeast of Corpus Christi Harvey grew quickly Thursday from a tropical depression into a Category 1 hurricane . Fueled by warm Gulf of Mexico waters, it was projected to become a major Category 3 hurricane . The last storm of that category to h...

Follow KDKA-TV : Facebook | Twitter HOUSTON (AP) — The National Hurricane Center said Hurricane Harvey had strengthened to a Category 2 storm early Friday morning as it nears the Texas coast with the potential for up to 3 feet of rain, 125 mph winds and 12- foot storm surges in what could be the fiercest hurricane to hit the United States in almost a dozen years. Forecasters labeled Harvey a “life-threatening storm” that posed a “grave risk.” Millions of people braced for a prolonged battering that could swamp dozens of counties more than 100 miles inland. Landfall was predicted for late Friday or early Saturday between Port O’Connor and Matagorda Bay, a 30-mile (48-kilometer) stretch of coastline about 70 miles (110 kilometers) northeast of Corpus Christi Expected to make landfall as Category 3 storm , residents along Texas coast prepare for Hurricane Harvey https ://t.co/4tw14JTkyM pic.twitter.com/UKwjYrbq1f — CBS News (@CBSNews) August 25, 2017 Fueled by warm Gulf of Mexico w...