Tag: Social affairs
Where every kid needs lunch, school fights to feed them all
<p>FAYETTE, Miss. — Most mornings, children are waiting beside the road with arms outstretched by the time driver Brian Hall pulls up in the...
UK: Black adviser quits government in wake of racism report
LONDON — The most senior Black adviser to U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resigned, the government said Thursday, the day after a report...
Players hear ‘a lot of talk’ from Emmert about Title IX, NIL
A trio of men's basketball players asked NCAA President Mark Emmert during a video call Thursday to abide by, and enforce, Title IX gender...
Bank of Japan survey more optimism over economic recovery
<p>TOKYO — Business sentiment is growing optimistic, a closely watched economic survey by the Bank of Japan showed Thursday, as the world’s third-largest economy...
Oklahoma town eases pandemic, one restaurant meal at a time
<p>NEW YORK — In Miami, Oklahoma, restaurants and their customers are doing their part to ease pandemic heartache, one meal at a time.</p>
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In AP survey, ADs raise worries about women’s college sports
INDIANAPOLIS — To hear many of those in charge of Division I programs tell it, the state of play for women's sports could get...
George Soros to give $500M to Bard College in New York
NEW YORK — Billionaire philanthropist George Soros has committed $500 million to a private liberal arts college in New York, which the school called...
Tennessee GOP pushes gun bill over law enforcement concerns
<p>NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When Tennessee lawmakers pushed last summer to increase penalties against demonstrators demanding police reform, they did so in the name of...
Former California cop leads GOP dream of Newsom recall
<p>FOLSOM, Calif. — Orrin Heatlie was recovering from a back procedure and browsing social media in 2019 when he found a video of California...
London police office convicted of neo-Nazi group membership
LONDON — A London jury has found a rookie police officer guilty of belonging to a banned neo-Nazi organization, the first time a British...