Tag: Political and civil unrest
‘Sins of our past’: Officials apologize for campus shooting
JACKSON, Miss. — The mayor of Mississippi's capital city and a state senator both apologized Saturday for shootings 51 years ago by city and...
‘Foot soldiers’ of Birmingham to BLM: ‘Keep on keeping on’
<p>BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Charles Avery had barely started marching when police arrested him, forced him into a police vehicle and took him to jail...
Copa Libertadores match is played amid tear gas in Colombia
<p>Players breathed in tear gas during a Copa Libertadores group stage match in Colombia where they were unwittingly caught up in protests against the...
Pamela Turner’s family rallies for justice on anniversary
BAYTOWN, Texas — Family members and supporters of Pamela Turner, a Black woman who was fatally shot by a police officer in a Houston...
A university honors its grads 51 years after police shooting
<p>JACKSON, Miss. — Days after National Guard members killed four Kent State University students who were protesting the Vietnam War, white police officers marched...
What insurrection? Growing number in GOP downplay Jan. 6
WASHINGTON — What insurrection?
Flouting all evidence and their own...
Belarus officer sentenced for leaking document on crackdown
<p>KYIV, Ukraine — A Belarusian military officer on Friday was sentenced to 18 years in prison for leaking a document related to the government's...
Copa Libertadores match is played amid tear gas in Colombia
Players breathed in tear gas during a Copa Libertadores group stage match in Colombia where they were unwittingly caught up in protests against the...
A university honors its grads 51 years after police shooting
JACKSON, Miss. — Days after National Guard members killed four Kent State University students who were protesting the Vietnam War, white police officers marched...
Belarus officer sentenced for leaking document on crackdown
KYIV, Ukraine — A Belarusian military officer on Friday was sentenced to 18 years in prison for leaking a document related to the government's...