Tag: Social affairs
San Francisco school board’s latest crisis: Racist tweets
SAN FRANCISCO — The vice president of San Francisco’s school board is under fire for tweets she wrote in 2016 that said Asian Americans...
Central Europe’s hospitals slammed, can’t treat all in need
<p>WARSAW, Poland — Poland recorded its highest daily number of new coronavirus infections Wednesday as hospitals buckle under a new surge. Hungary has the...
Judge rejects ex-CIA worker’s try to dismiss hacking charges
<p>NEW YORK — A former CIA employee cannot get espionage charges against him dismissed on the grounds that there weren’t enough Hispanic or Black...
Fired West Virginia teacher loses suit over bigoted posts
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a high school teacher in West Virginia who was fired in 2017...
Conservationists sue to save spotted owl logging protections
PORTLAND, Ore. — Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to preserve protections for 3.4 million acres (1.4 million hectares) of northern spotted owl...
Belarus authorities arrest dozens ahead of planned protests
<p>KYIV, Ukraine — Authorities intensified their crackdown on dissent in Belarus ahead of planned protests against the nation's authoritarian president and detained dozens of...
Mississippi to increase lowest welfare payments in the US
<p>JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi will increase the lowest monthly welfare payments in the nation under a bill signed into law Wednesday by the state's...
Central Europe’s hospitals slammed, can’t treat all in need
WARSAW, Poland — Poland recorded its highest daily number of new coronavirus infections Wednesday as hospitals buckle under a new surge. Hungary has the...
Norway team makes human-rights statement before WC qualifier
MALAGA, Spain — Norway's national team used its opening qualifying game for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to make an apparent statement about...
Watchdog: Ex-Navy auditor sexually harassed female workers
<p>WASHINGTON — A former Navy civilian auditor sexually harassed at least a dozen female employees for more than two decades as part of a...