Tag: Social issues
AGs urge Facebook to drop ‘Instagram for kids’ proposal
A bipartisan group of 44 attorneys general has written to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg urging him to drop company plans for a version of...
UN council meets on Jerusalem violence, considers statement
<p>UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council held emergency consultations Monday on escalating violence in east Jerusalem and was considering a proposed statement calling...
1 killed, suspect caught in shooting at U.S. customs office
ORLANDO, Fla. — A man was fatally shot outside a U.S. Customs and Immigration Services building in central Florida on Monday, and a suspect...
AGs urge Facebook to drop ‘Instagram for kids’ proposal
<p>A bipartisan group of 44 attorneys general has written to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg urging him to drop company plans for a version of...
McConnell poised for starring role in voting bill fight
WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is so determined to stop a sweeping elections overhaul pushed by congressional Democrats that he will...
1 killed, suspect caught in shooting at U.S. customs office
<p>ORLANDO, Fla. — A man was fatally shot outside a U.S. Customs and Immigration Services building in central Florida on Monday, and a suspect...
Lutherans elect Megan Rohrer first transgender bishop
(RNS) — The Rev. Megan Rohrer was elected bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s Sierra Pacific synod on Saturday (May 8), becoming...
Palestinians fear loss of family homes as evictions loom
<p>JERUSALEM — When Samira Dajani’s family moved into their first real home in 1956 after years as refugees, her father planted trees in the...
McConnell poised for starring role in voting bill fight
<p>WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is so determined to stop a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/house-passes-sweeping-voting-rights-bill-88088175552f13a8e3f6f25d7bc45f6c">sweeping elections overhaul </a> pushed by congressional Democrats that he...
UK lawyer fined for defying Heathrow court ruling embargo
LONDON — A British lawyer and climate campaigner was fined 5,000 pounds ($7,070) on Monday after being convicted of contempt of court for a...