House votes to remove Confederate statues from Capitol

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has approved a bill removing from the U.S. Capitol statues of Confederate heroes, including Gen. Robert E. Lee, and a bust of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, the author of the 1857 Dred Scott decision that declared African Americans couldn’t be citizens. The vote Wednesday comes as communities nationwide reexamine the people memorialized with statues. Besides Taney and Confederate officials, three statues honoring white supremacists — including former