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The U.S. Coast Guard has released a new, firmer policy addressing the display of hate symbols like swastikas and nooses just hours after it was publicly revealed that it made plans to describe them as ...

The Coast Guard said Thursday a Washington Post report that claimed it will no longer classify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols is “categorically false.” “The claims that the U.S. Coast Guard will ...

The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) has unveiled an official symbol for the Omani Rial, marking a major national milestone. The symbol standardizes the currency’s representation across financial, ...

The U.S. Coast Guard clarified its “hate symbols” policy after Jewish groups and lawmakers blasted a revision the military service made to its anti-harassment regulations. "The Coast Guard does not ...

Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated every year in the United States on the fourth Thursday of November. In 2025, Thanksgiving falls on November 27. This day is observed to express gratitude ...

Actor-politician Vijay's TVK has requested a common election symbol from the ECI, proposing options like a whistle, linked to his film 'Bigil'. Meanwhile, Kamal Haasan's MNM seeks the torchlight ...

Occultus, the Latin root for “occult,” points to the hidden and the obscured—an apt source for a word steeped in mystery. For centuries after the term’s wider adoption, it has continued to suggest the ...

Ram is really thumping its chest with the return of the V8 to ensure anyone with hurt feelings is seeing the Hemi love fest. The 2026 Ram 1500 Ram 1500 brought back the Hemi V8 as an option, and the ...

This is an excerpt from Consumed: How Big Brands Got Us Hooked on Plastic. An odd symbol, made up of three arrows arranged in a triangle, began showing up on plastic containers across America in the ...

Back in 1977, Prince signed on with Warner Bros. Records and launched an incredible career. Back then, the label gave almost total creative control to Prince, knowing that what he would come up with ...

You've seen it pretty much every day now for decades, and you've interacted with it just as many times, but have you ever wondered why the power symbol looks the way that it does? There's a joke that ...