Tag: Social issues
AP: Trooper charged in child rape hid checkered FBI past
<p>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...
Shooting highlights lack of body cams among Portland police
PORTLAND, Ore. — Two police officers raised their weapons while sheltering behind a tree in a Portland park. They yelled at a homeless man...
Texas Senate advance bill allowing handguns without license
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas would allow people to carry a handgun without a license, and the background check and training that go with it,...
Man arrested in shooting on Arkansas university campus
<p>PINE BLUFF, Ark. — An 18-year-old man was arrested on a first-degree battery charge in connection with an <a href="https://apnews.com/article/university-of-arkansas-pine-bluff-arkansas-shootings-48bc5edd760e7e0959ca6e6717ef7668">altercation at an Arkansas university...
Texas Republicans pushing abortion ban after 6 weeks
<p>AUSTIN, Texas — Texas would ban abortions after as early six weeks — before many women know they are pregnant — and allow private...
NYC schools rename Columbus Day to fete Italians, Indigenous
NEW YORK — In a possibly futile effort to please both Italian Americans who celebrate Christopher Columbus and racial justice advocates who accuse him...
US awards huge shelter contracts amid child migrant increase
<p>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...
Oregon ensures safe storage of guns; bans them from Capitol
<p>SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would mandate safe storage of guns and ban them from the state Capitol....
Ex-priest accused of sexually abusing a minor 4 decades ago
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A former Virginia priest has been charged with sexually assaulting a minor four decades ago.
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Macron to commemorate 200th anniversary of Napoleon’s death
<p>PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday is marking the bicentenary of the death of Napoleon Bonapart, the warrior and emperor who famously bequeathed...