Tag: Social issues
Deaths at sea highlight failings in Europe migration policy
<p>CAIRO — As the waves pounded the gray rubber boat carrying more than 100 Africans hoping to reach Europe from Libya, those aboard dialed...
EXPLAINER: Will Donald Trump return to Facebook?
<p>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...
Government seeks 2-year prison sentence for ex-UAW leader
DETROIT — Prosecutors are seeking a two-year prison sentence for a former president of the United Auto Workers who they say had “two lives"...
Police arrest German who threatened politicians, journalists
<p>BERLIN — Police in Berlin have arrested a 53-year-old German man on suspicion of sending dozens of threatening letters to politicians, lawyers and journalists...
Police officer who shot man in car is charged with murder
<p>A police officer in Virginia has been indicted on a murder charge in the shooting death of a man in a vehicle near a...
Push against trans athletes in girls’ sports fails in Kansas
TOPEKA, Kan. — Conservative Republican legislators in Kansas failed Monday to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's veto of a proposed ban on transgender athletes...
‘Football City, USA’ killings raise sport safety concerns
ROCK HILL, S.C. — Any visitor to Rock Hill, South Carolina, soon learns that “Football City, USA” basks in the glory of the dozens...
Judge hears closing arguments in NRA bankruptcy trial
DALLAS — Are the leaders of the National Rifle Association abusing the legal system to duck accountability for their mismanagement? Or are they making...
Judges hear arguments over Census’ contentious privacy tool
<p>MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The fight over whether the U.S. Census Bureau can use a controversial statistical technique to keep people's information private in the...
Judge hears closing arguments in NRA bankruptcy trial
<p>DALLAS — Are the leaders of the National Rifle Association abusing the legal system to duck accountability for their mismanagement? Or are they making...