Tag: Social issues
Families separated at Mexico border build new American life
PHILADELPHIA — In a cramped house with mice in the kitchen and music booming from cars outside, Keldy Mabel Gonzales Brebe lays bare her...
Wyoming candidate undeterred after teen pregnancy disclosure
GILLETTE, Wyo. — A U.S. House candidate in Wyoming who disclosed that he impregnated a 14-year-old girl when he was 18 scoffed at the...
Factory boss defiant as sanctions bite in China’s Xinjiang
AKSU, China — A backlash against reports of forced labor and other abuses of the largely Muslim Uyghur ethnic group in Xinjiang is taking...
GM now says it will support union at new battery factories
DETROIT — General Motors now says it will support efforts by the United Auto Workers union to organize employees at two U.S. electric vehicle...
Citizenship agency eyes improved service without plan to pay
Less than a year after being on the verge of furloughing about 70% of employees to plug a funding shortfall, the U.S. agency that...
Army Reserve reprimands 12 soldiers in sexual assault probe
A monthslong investigation into allegations that leaders of an Illinois-based Army Reserve unit mishandled sexual assault complaints has ended with the reprimand of 12...
Suspect arrested in South Florida synagogue harassment
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. — Police have arrested a man who they say yelled antisemitic remarks at a rabbi and dumped a bag of human...
Judge rules against Georgia in legal fight over Israel oath
ATLANTA — A federal judge has ruled that a Georgia law requiring some people to sign an oath involving Israel is unconstitutional.
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Court rules UK surveillance breached European rights law
LONDON — Europe's top human rights court ruled Tuesday that British mass surveillance and intelligence gathering practices breached human rights laws, in a partial...
Colorado ends ‘legacy admissions’ for higher education
DENVER — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill Tuesday making the state a leader in the nationwide effort to ban legacy admissions at...