Tag: Social affairs
Dolly Parton on her 50th Grammy nod: ‘It’s always special’
NEW YORK — It's been 51 years since Dolly Parton earned her first Grammy nomination, and this year the national treasure who has won...
Mississippi close to putting limits on transgender athletes
<p>JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi House voted Wednesday to ban transgender athletes from competing on girls' or women's sports teams in the state's schools...
Judge: Utah schools don’t need to offer girls’ football
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah girl whose football skills won her fame online has lost her court bid to have school districts create...
Germany seeks to improve oversight of firms’ delivery chains
BERLIN — Germany's Cabinet on Wednesday approved legislation that seeks to make big companies ensure environmental rules and human rights are respected throughout their...
Palestinian Authority faces criticism over vaccine rollout
<p>RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian Authority's decision to divert some of its tiny stockpile of coronavirus vaccines to senior officials, soccer players and...
Ban Ki-moon asked to act on complaint against Beijing Games
<p>Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is being asked to rule on an ethics complaint filed against the International Olympic Committee by a human-rights group...
Doctors Without Borders staffer killed in north Syria camp
BEIRUT — The international aid organization Doctors Without Borders said Tuesday a staff member was killed and three were injured in separate incidents last...
Washington replacing cheerleading team with coed dance team
Washington will not have cheerleaders for the first time since the NFL’s longest-running cheerleading team was founded in 1962, with a coed dance team...
French government dissolves anti-migrant group
<p>PARIS — French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced the dissolution of the anti-migrant group Generation Identity during a Cabinet meeting Wednesday, saying the group...
Prosecutors seek validation of South Carolina abortion ban
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Two of the prosecutors named as defendants in a federal lawsuit challenging South Carolina’s new law banning most abortions have argued...