Tag: Social affairs
Queens DA moves to drop 700 sex work-related prosecutions
NEW YORK — The district attorney of Queens announced Tuesday that she is requesting the dismissal of nearly 700 cases involving prostitution-related offenses, and...
McConnell vows ‘scorched earth’ if Senate ends filibuster
WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell warned ominously Tuesday of a “scorched earth” landscape if Democrats use their new majority to bring an...
Biden declines to call for Cuomo to resign, awaits probe
<p>WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Sunday passed up an opportunity to join other Democrats calling for the resignation of New York Gov. Andrew...
EU mulls visa pressure so African states take back migrants
<p>BRUSSELS — European Union ministers on Monday debated ways to persuade northern African countries to take back migrants denied entry into the 27-nation bloc,...
Diverse jury so far for ex-cop’s trial in Floyd’s death
<p>MINNEAPOLIS — The jurors seated so far in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death are a diverse...
Italy court blocks Bannon-linked plans for populist academy
<p>ROME — Italy’s top administrative court has ruled against a conservative think tank affiliated with former White House adviser Steve Bannon over its use...
New BC coach Grant says style will be ‘gritty, not pretty’
<p>BOSTON — Earl Grant is hoping to return Boston College to its distant glory by bringing back a style reminiscent of its Big East...
‘Republic of Queues’: 10 years on, Syria is a hungry nation
BEIRUT — The lines stretch for miles outside gas stations in Syrian cities, with an average wait of five hours to fill up a...
Ex-Mali coup leader won’t stand trial for 2012 killings
BAMAKO, Mali — The man who overthrew Mali’s president in 2012, former Gen. Amadou Haya Sanogo, will no longer stand trial on charges he...
Column: Suarez makes historical mark for himself, NASCAR
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bubba Wallace is the face of NASCAR diversity. Daniel Suarez plays an equally important role.
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