Tag: Social issues
Dunkin’ worker charged with manslaughter in customer’s death
TAMPA, Fla. — Florida prosecutors filed a manslaughter charge Friday against a Dunkin’ store employee accused of fatally punching a 77-year-old customer after the...
Oxford college to keep statue of imperialist Cecil Rhodes
LONDON — The governing body of a college at Oxford University said Thursday it will not take down the statue of Victorian imperialist Cecil...
US to ramp up tracking of domestic extremism on social media
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security plans to ramp up social media tracking as part of an enhanced focus on domestic violent extremism....
US ends use of 2 immigration jails accused of mistreatment
<p>WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Thursday that it will stop using immigration detention facilities in Massachusetts and Georgia that are the subject of...
DOJ: Alabama prisons remain deadly, homicides increasing
<p>MONTGOMERY, Ala, — Alabama prisons remain deadly and dangerous two years after federal officials warned the state of unconstitutional conditions, the U.S. Department of...
Stacey Abrams has deal for 2 more political thrillers
NEW YORK — Nearly 20 years after self-publishing her first novels, Stacey Abrams is hitting full stride as a writer.
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Judge drops murder charges against 2 Mississippi cops
JACKSON, Miss. — A state judge in Mississippi dismissed murder charges Thursday against two police officers accused of body-slamming and beating a Black man....
Feds seize 68 big cats from ‘Tiger King Park’ in Oklahoma
<p>THACKERVILLE, Okla. — Federal authorities have seized 68 big cats from an animal park in Oklahoma featured in Netflix’s “Tiger King.” </p>
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Woman says she set boundaries, but actor Masterson raped her
<p>LOS ANGELES — An attorney for actor Danny Masterson on Thursday repeatedly challenged a woman on the witness stand over why she agreed to...
Court says Romania’s lockdown didn’t amount to house arrest
BUCHAREST — The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday ruled against a member of the European Union parliament who claimed that a lockdown...