Tag: Social affairs
Arab Islamist shows clout with prime-time speech in Israel
<p>JERUSALEM — The leader of an Arab Islamist party in Israel delivered a prime-time address in Hebrew on Thursday that was carried live by...
San Francisco school board member sues over tweet response
SAN FRANCISCO — The former vice president of San Francisco’s school board is suing the district and her colleagues after they voted to strip...
Where every kid needs lunch, school fights to feed them all
FAYETTE, Miss. — Most mornings, children are waiting beside the road with arms outstretched by the time driver Brian Hall pulls up in the...
Malawi starts vaccination drive with AstraZeneca from COVAX
<p>BLANTYRE, Malawi — Malawi is vaccinating health care workers, the elderly and those with health conditions that put them at higher risk of severe...
AP source: DePaul hires Oregon’s Tony Stubblefield as coach
<p>CHICAGO — DePaul has hired longtime Oregon assistant Tony Stubblefield as head coach, hoping he can restore a struggling program, a person familiar with...
Turkish high court rejects bid to close opposition party
ANKARA, Turkey — Citing procedural deficiencies, Turkey’s highest court on Wednesday rejected an indictment by a top prosecutor seeking to disband the country’s opposition...
WBCA sends letter to Emmert asking for independent review
<p>SAN ANTONIO — The Women's Basketball Coaches Association sent a letter to NCAA President Mark Emmert saying the external review he proposed to look...
US judge blocks Nevada grazing; sage grouse totals dwindling
<p>RENO, Nev. — A federal judge has blocked a Nevada project that would expand livestock grazing across 400 squares miles (1,036 square kilometers), of...
Court orders Belgium to reframe virus restrictions as laws
BRUSSELS — The Belgian state should either lift all coronavirus measures within 30 days or frame them properly as law, a Brussels court ruled...
UN condemns Palm Sunday `terrorist act’ on Indonesian church
<p>UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council late Tuesday condemned a bombing at an Indonesian church on Palm Sunday as a “cowardly terrorist attack”...