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Hot August Nights announced Sunday it has revoked registrations for people shown in a Friday confrontation in a Virginia City viral video. The Storey County Sheriff’s Office said Saturday the incident is also being investigated. In it, TikTok user unclerickd1 protests what he described as comments by at least one person in Virginia City that there was a “hanging tree” for people like him. The sheriff’s office said it does not “condone or support racism, inequality, or hate speech.” Hot August Nights said those in the video have been identified. “We want to clarify that there were no Hot August...

PEEKSKILL, N.Y. (AP) — It's been around for a lot of history, but now, unfortunately, it IS history. A 72-foot-tall white oak tree that was used to hang a recruiter for the British army during the Revolutionary War is coming down, declared beyond saving after being hit by lightning last month. The tree, one of the largest in Westchester County, sits outside Peekskill High School. Schools Superintendent Judith Johnson told The Journal News of Westchester for Sunday's editions, "This is a sad moment for all of us," adding that the tree was "a reminder of the past and the importance...