Tag: Protests and demonstrations
Protesters in major US cities decry airstrikes over Gaza
LOS ANGELES — Pro-Palestinian protesters took to the streets of Los Angeles, Boston, Philadelphia and other U.S. cities on Saturday to demand an end...
Tensions rise as Palestinian march aims to defy Paris ban
<p>PARIS — Marches in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip were being held Saturday in a dozen French cities, but the focus was...
Bleak futures fuel widespread protests by young Colombians
<p>BUCARAMANGA, Colombia — Thousands of young people and college students have been at the forefront of Colombia's antigovernment protests for more than two weeks,...
Tensions rise as Palestinian march aims to defy Paris ban
PARIS — Marches in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip were being held Saturday in a dozen French cities, but the focus was...
‘Sins of our past’: Officials apologize for campus shooting
<p>JACKSON, Miss. — The mayor of Mississippi's capital city and a state senator both apologized Saturday for shootings 51 years ago by city and...
Bleak futures fuel widespread protests by young Colombians
BUCARAMANGA, Colombia — Thousands of young people and college students have been at the forefront of Colombia's antigovernment protests for more than two weeks,...
‘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...
Pamela Turner’s family rallies for justice on anniversary
<p>BAYTOWN, Texas — Family members and supporters of Pamela Turner, a Black woman who was fatally shot by a police officer in a Houston...
‘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...