Tag: Social issues
100 days in power, Myanmar junta holds pretense of control
<p>BANGKOK — After Myanmar’s military seized power by ousting the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, they couldn’t even make the trains run...
Internal emails reveal WHO knew of sex abuse claims in Congo
<p>BENI, Congo — When Shekinah was working as a nurse’s aide in northeastern Congo in January 2019, she said, she was offered a job...
Men who chased, killed Ahmaud Arbery due in federal court
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Three Georgia men were scheduled to appear before a federal judge Tuesday on federal hate crime charges in the slaying of...
Illinois justices weigh harshness of 19-year-old’s life term
SPRINGFIELD, iLL. — A state prosecutor told the Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday that a man who was 19 when he participated in a...
GOP readies blitz against Democrats’ voting rights bill
<p>WASHINGTON — Republicans are preparing to launch an all-out assault on <a href="https://apnews.com/article/house-passes-sweeping-voting-rights-bill-88088175552f13a8e3f6f25d7bc45f6c">sweeping voting rights legislation</a>, forcing Democrats to take dozens of politically difficult...
Parents sue fraternity over pledge’s death in alleged hazing
<p>TOLEDO, Ohio — The parents of a 20-year-old fraternity pledge who died from alcohol poisoning after an alleged hazing ritual in March filed a...
Pope creates lay ministry to boost supply of faith teachers
ROME — Pope Francis on Tuesday formally created a new lay ministry to encourage greater participation of secular women and men in the teaching...
42 killed in Colombia protests, human rights agency says
BOGOTA, Colombia — Forty-two people have died during anti-government protests that began two weeks ago amid discontent fueled by growing poverty and inequality during...
Neighbors mourn victims of Colorado shooting that killed 7
<p>COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Residents of a tight-knit trailer park in Colorado Springs tried to make sense of a weekend shooting at a birthday...
Arizona GOP passes election bill opposed by business leaders
<p>PHOENIX — Arizona Senate Republicans voted Tuesday to make it easier to purge thousands of people from a list of voters who automatically get...