Tag: Social issues
Deputy shooting becomes part of city’s long history on race
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — The murder trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was wrapping up when Dakwon Gibbs told a friend that...
$%&@!! Maine rethinks decision to stop vetting vanity plates
PORTLAND, Maine — Based on crude license plate messages, one may be forgiven for assuming Maine doesn’t give two flips about obscenities.
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Deputy shooting becomes part of city’s long history on race
<p>ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — The murder trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was wrapping up when Dakwon Gibbs told a friend that...
Suspected extremist in Kenya’s east blow up truck killing 2
<p>NAIROBI, Kenya — At least two people were killed near Kenya's eastern border with Somalia when the vehicle they were travelling in ran over...
Israel’s Netanyahu faces midnight deadline to form coalition
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced a midnight deadline on Tuesday to put together a new coalition government — or be looking...
Police officer who shot man in car is charged with murder
A police officer in Virginia has been indicted on a murder charge in the shooting death of a man in a vehicle near a...
EXPLAINER: Will Donald Trump return to Facebook?
Former President Donald Trump will find out whether he gets to return to Facebook on Wednesday, when the social network’s quasi-independent Oversight Board plans...
As pandemic ebbs, an old fear is new again: mass shootings
<p>PORTLAND, Ore. — Brianne Smith was overjoyed to get an e-mail telling her to schedule a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Hours later,...
Deaths at sea highlight failings in Europe migration policy
CAIRO — As the waves pounded the gray rubber boat carrying more than 100 Africans hoping to reach Europe from Libya, those aboard dialed...