Tag: Social affairs
In shinty or in golf, Robert MacIntyre shows plenty of fight
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Robert MacIntyre was 12 tournaments into his rookie season on the European Tour when he wanted to go home to Scotland,...
George Floyd death leads states to require cops to intervene
SALEM, Ore. — When a police officer knelt on the neck of George Floyd in Minneapolis, other officers at the scene didn't intervene, even...
High court nixes Alex Jones’ appeal in Newtown shooting case
<p>HARTFORD, Conn. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal by Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who was...
Arkansas lawmakers advance scaled-back hate crimes measure
<p>LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas Senate panel advanced a drastically scaled-back hate crimes bill on Monday that longtime supporters of such legislation have...
AP-NORC poll: Border woes dent Biden approval on immigration
WASHINGTON — More Americans disapprove than approve of how President Joe Biden is handling waves of unaccompanied migrant children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border,...
Laundress’s gift inspires total of $3.1M from Army retiree
HATTIESBURG — The University of Southern Mississippi has received $2.9 million from the estate of a man first inspired to donate by a laundress...
Iowa State AD Jamie Pollard gets extension through 2026
<p>AMES, Iowa — Iowa State extended athletic director Jamie Pollard's contract through 2026 on Monday after a breakthrough football season.</p>
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McBride, Trethewey among winners of Anisfeld-Wolf awards
NEW YORK — Novelist James McBride, former U.S. poet laureate Natasha Trethewey and science fiction great Samuel R. Delaney are among this year's winners...
Weinstein appeals conviction blaming ‘cavalier’ judge
NEW YORK — More than a year after Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction, his lawyers are demanding a new trial, arguing in court papers Monday...
Amid outcry, states push mental health training for police
<p>The officer who Cassandra Quinto-Collins says kneeled on her son's neck for over four minutes assured her it was standard protocol for sedating a...