Tag: Social affairs
AP Sources: El Salvador president snubs visiting Biden envoy
MIAMI — El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele refused to meet with a visiting senior U.S. diplomat this week over what he sees as a...
Texas church gunman likely planned mass shooting for months
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas — The man who killed more than two dozen people at a Texas church in 2017 appeared to have been planning...
Tunisia strengthens virus restrictions ahead of Ramadan
<p>TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia is extending its nighttime curfew by three hours and tightening other restrictions ahead of Ramadan following an uptick of COVID-19...
High court won’t block Mississippi school disparity lawsuit
<p>JACKSON, Miss. — The U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday it will not get involved, for now, in a lawsuit that says Mississippi allows grave...
Interior secretary steps into Utah public lands tug-of-war
SALT LAKE CITY — For decades, a public lands tug-of-war has played out over a vast expanse of southern Utah where red rocks reveal...
Court delays execution of inmate who slipped through cracks
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday delayed the execution of a convicted killer whose case federal public defenders said slipped through...
Kenya court suspends gov’t move to close 2 refugee camps
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya's high court on Thursday suspended the government move to shut down two camps that hold hundreds of thousands of refugees...
Women’s team makes history in Argentine auto racing
<p>BUENOS AIRES — Standing on the starting grid, team director Tamara Vital patted the roof of a white Chevrolet with the No. 31 on...
Oregon city hires consultant to probe police racial bias
<p>PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland, Oregon, has hired a California consulting firm to investigate whether the culture of the city’s police force includes racial or...
A city wrestled down an addiction crisis. Then came COVID-19
HUNTINGTON, W. Va. — Larrecsa Cox steered past the used tire shop, where a young man had collapsed a few days before, the syringe...