Tuesday, June 23, 2015

NASCAR backs moves on Confederate flag (Yahoo Sports)

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2008 file photograph taken in Jackson, Miss., the Mississippi state flag is framed by the unfinished stair railing on the stage under construction on the south steps of the Capitol. Republican House Speaker Philip Gunn said Monday, June 22, 2015, that the Confederate battle emblem is offensive and needs to be removed from the state flag. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- NASCAR is backing South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's call to remove the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds in the wake of a massacre at a Charleston church.




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