Tag: Social issues
Los Angeles County authorities seize $1 billion in marijuana
LOS ANGELES — Authorities said Wednesday that they seized $1 billion worth of illegal marijuana in the largest eradication effort in Los Angeles County...
California governor kicks off $1B statewide cleanup plan
SAN FRANCISCO — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday kicked off California's $1.1 billion plan to clean trash and graffiti from California’s highways, roads and...
Hungary issues fine over book featuring ‘rainbow families’
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarian authorities have fined the distributor of a children's book that features a family with same-sex parents using a law prohibiting...
UK government urged to hold China ‘to account’ over Uyghurs
LONDON — The British government should back a political boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing to pressure the Chinese government over the...
AME, church with ‘justice in DNA,’ meets after virus delay
The African Methodist Episcopal Church, the United States' oldest historically Black denomination, launched its General Conference on Tuesday with delegates expected to address racial...
Al Sharpton to eulogize Arkansas teen fatally shot by deputy
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Rev. Al Sharpton and an attorney who represented George Floyd's family are speaking at the memorial Tuesday for a...
UK seeks new powers to curb cross-Channel migrant arrivals
LONDON — The British government plans to give itself powers to turn asylum-seekers back at sea or send them abroad while their applications for...
Blinken meets Uyghur ex-detainees; US warns of new sanctions
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony Blinken met virtually on Tuesday with Uyghur Muslims who were detained at camps in China’s northwest Xinjiang region...
Union will defend teachers in ‘critical race theory’ fights
One of the nation’s largest teachers unions on Tuesday vowed to defend members who are punished for teaching an “honest history” of the United...