Tag: Social issues
Nashville DA won’t enforcement new bathroom sign law
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nashville's top prosecutor said Monday that he will not enforce a newly enacted law that requires businesses and government facilities open...
Liz Weston: How to be a better long-distance caregiver
Long pandemic lockdowns forced many older adults to become comfortable with video calls to stay connected with family. That in turn means that long-distance...
Wolves scare deer and reduce auto collisions 24%, study says
WASHINGTON — Ecologist Rolf Peterson remembers driving remote stretches of road in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and seeing areas strewn with deer carcasses. But that...
High court won’t hear case of Ohio driver killed by police
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is leaving in place an appeals court decision that the family of a Black driver who was fatally shot...
US Judge: Saipan casino builder must pay 7 ex-workers $5.4M
HONOLULU — A judge on the U.S. Pacific island of Saipan on Monday ordered a Hong Kong company to pay seven Chinese construction workers...
Mississippi’s last abortion clinic at center of US debate
JACKSON, Miss. — The bright pink building in an eclectic neighborhood of Mississippi's capital goes by different names. To the anti-abortion protesters whose demonstrations...
Ex-MSU star Keith Appling arrested in homicide investigation
DETROIT — A former Michigan State University basketball star was arrested Monday in the fatal shooting of a 66-year-old man in Detroit, police said.
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Floyd’s death laid bare the ‘Minnesota Paradox’ of racism
MINNEAPOLIS — George Floyd's death under a white Minneapolis police officer's knee severely tarnished Minnesota's reputation as a progressive state on matters of race....
Florida law seeks to rein in large social media companies
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Standing at a lectern with a sign reading “STOP BIG TECH CENSORSHIP," Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill on...
Chicago priest Pfleger reinstated after abuse investigation
CHICAGO — Nationally known activist Chicago priest the Rev. Michael Pfleger will be reinstated as the leader of his parish after an investigation found...