Norfolk to challenge law barring moving Confederate monument

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Officials plan to challenge a Virginia law they say keeps Norfolk from moving a Confederate monument.
The Virginian-Pilot reports that Norfolk’s city attorney said he’ll move forward with a petition challenging the state law in coming weeks. Meanwhile, a lawsuit filed by two activists seeking to force the city to remove the 80-foot (25-meter) monument was delayed Thursday.
The suit filed by Roy Perry-Bey and Ronald Green asks the court to make the city follo