Tag: Social affairs
Mexican national extradited to NY on sex trafficking charges
<p>NEW YORK — A Mexican national accused of coercing women into working as prostitutes around the United States has been extradited to New York...
Enrollment at US community colleges plummets amid pandemic
<p>PHOENIX — Peniella Irakoze is cold calling a list of 1,001 fellow students who didn’t return to Phoenix College this semester, checking on how...
Maryland police reform would repeal officer job protections
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Every Wednesday, for 395 weeks, Tawanda Jones has held a vigil to protest the death of her brother, Tyrone West, who...
South Bend revises use of force policy for its officers
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — South Bend's police officers will be banned from using chokeholds under a newly revised use-of-force policy that officials in the...
Mexican national extradited to NY on sex trafficking charges
NEW YORK — A Mexican national accused of coercing women into working as prostitutes around the United States has been extradited to New York...
Enrollment at US community colleges plummets amid pandemic
PHOENIX — Peniella Irakoze is cold calling a list of 1,001 fellow students who didn’t return to Phoenix College this semester, checking on how...
Activist charged with felony stemming from Kenosha protests
KENOSHA, Wis. — An activist who participated in protests following the August police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha was charged Friday with a...
Ex-NFL player Kellen Winslow II faces 14 years for assaults
VISTA, Calif. — Former NFL tight end Kellen Winslow II agreed Friday to accept a 14-year prison sentence for raping a homeless woman and...
Judge denies injunction request by MSU women’s swimmers
EAST LANSING, Mich. — A federal judge has denied a request by members of Michigan State's women’s swimming and diving team for an injunction...
10 years after quake, Christ Church Cathedral finally rising
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — The Christ Church Cathedral was arguably New Zealand's most iconic building before much of it crumbled in an earthquake 10...