Tag: Social issues
Rachel Zoll, much-admired AP religion writer, dead at 55
<p>Rachel Zoll, who for 17 years as religion writer for The Associated Press endeared herself to colleagues, competitors and sources with her warm heart...
Police: Man accused of assaulting worker, using Asian slurs
<p>ARLINGTON, Va. — Authorities in a Virginia suburb of the nation's capital say they are seeking to arrest a man who reportedly left a...
Biden move to share vaccine designed to spread US influence
WASHINGTON — It won’t speed the manufacture of vaccines. It enraged the developers who delivered lifesaving doses in record time. But President Joe Biden’s...
Burkina Faso’s army chaplains tested by extremist conflict
<p>KAYA, Burkina Faso — In the more than 15 years Salomon Tibiri has been offering spiritual succor as a military pastor in Burkina Faso,...
UN condemns killing of Mexican border journalist
<p>MEXICO CITY — The U.N. Human Rights agency on Saturday condemned the killing this week of an online journalist in Mexico’s northern border state...
Prospects dim for passage of LGBTQ rights bill in Senate
WASHINGTON — Controlling Congress and the White House for the first time in a decade, Democrats were hopeful that this would be the year...
Prospects dim for passage of LGBTQ rights bill in Senate
<p>WASHINGTON — Controlling Congress and the White House for the first time in a decade, Democrats were hopeful that this would be the year...
India’s surge hits southern states, prompts more lockdowns
BENGALURU, India — Two southern states in India became the latest to declare lockdowns, as coronavirus cases surge at breakneck speed across the country...
India’s surge hits southern states, prompts more lockdowns
<p>BENGALURU, India — Two southern states in India became the latest to declare lockdowns, as coronavirus cases surge at breakneck speed across the country...
In the French language, steps forward and back for women
LE PECQ, France — The fight to make the French language kinder to women took steps forward, and back, this week.
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