Tag: Race and ethnicity
States push back against use of facial recognition by police
<p>COLUMBUS, Ohio — Law enforcement agencies across the U.S. have used facial recognition technology to solve homicides and bust human traffickers, but concern about...
Top US general urges greater racial diversity in military
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military must widen opportunity and improve advancement for Black service members, who remain vastly underrepresented in some areas, including among...
Lawsuit seeks Confederate statue’s removal from courthouse
<p>COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Civil rights advocates sued a Maryland county on Wednesday to seek the court-ordered removal of a Confederate monument from a...
EXPLAINER: No evidence ‘3/5 compromise’ aimed to end slavery
WASHINGTON — It's a claim that has surfaced and been debunked before, but Republican lawmakers in recent days have given it new voice: the...
Top US general urges greater racial diversity in military
<p>WASHINGTON — The U.S. military must widen opportunity and improve advancement for Black service members, who remain vastly underrepresented in some areas, including among...
Man who fatally shot 3 at Kansas Jewish sites dies in prison
An avowed anti-Semite who fatally shot three people at Jewish sites in Kansas in 2014 has died in prison, the Kansas Department of Corrections...
Police arrest German who threatened politicians, journalists
BERLIN — Police in Berlin have arrested a 53-year-old German man on suspicion of sending dozens of threatening letters to politicians, lawyers and journalists...
Some Black parents say remote learning gives racism reprieve
CHICAGO — Before schools shuttered during the pandemic, Ayaana Johnson worried every time she dropped her daughters off at school.
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Police arrest German who threatened politicians, journalists
<p>BERLIN — Police in Berlin have arrested a 53-year-old German man on suspicion of sending dozens of threatening letters to politicians, lawyers and journalists...
Man with neo-Nazi ties gets 3 years for bogus threats, calls
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A former neo-Nazi leader was sentenced to more than 3 years in prison Tuesday for his role in a conspiracy...