Tag: Social issues
Ex-priest accused of sexually abusing a minor 4 decades ago
<p>VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A former Virginia priest has been charged with sexually assaulting a minor four decades ago.</p>
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Jens Lehmann off German club’s board in racism dispute
BERLIN — Former Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann was removed from Bundesliga club Hertha Berlin's supervisory board on Wednesday after sending a message to a...
AP: Trooper charged in child rape hid checkered FBI past
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An Alabama state trooper arrested last week on charges he raped an 11-year-old girl had been kicked out of the FBI...
San Francisco OKs task force to study Black reparations
<p>SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco officials on Tuesday approved a task force that will study financial compensation, community programs and other ways to make...
States push back against use of facial recognition by police
<p>COLUMBUS, Ohio — Law enforcement agencies across the U.S. have used facial recognition technology to solve homicides and bust human traffickers, but concern about...
Man arrested in shooting on Arkansas university campus
PINE BLUFF, Ark. — An 18-year-old man was arrested on a first-degree battery charge in connection with an altercation at an Arkansas university campus...
Texas Republicans pushing abortion ban after 6 weeks
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas would ban abortions after as early six weeks — before many women know they are pregnant — and allow private...
San Diego County will provide immigrants with lawyers
<p>SAN DIEGO — San Diego County will provide attorneys to immigrants facing deportation proceedings under a pilot program approved Tuesday by the Board of...
Lawsuit seeks Confederate statue’s removal from courthouse
<p>COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Civil rights advocates sued a Maryland county on Wednesday to seek the court-ordered removal of a Confederate monument from a...
US awards huge shelter contracts amid child migrant increase
Confronted with a stream of unaccompanied children crossing the border from Mexico, the U.S. government has awarded shelter-construction and management contracts to private companies...