Tag: Social issues
GOP seeks to convince vaccine skeptics within its own ranks
<p>WASHINGTON — When a group of Republican doctors in Congress released a video selling the safety of the coronavirus vaccine, their message wasn't explicitly...
How the Gaetz probe grew from sex trafficking to medical pot
<p>ORLANDO, Fla. — When Rep. Matt Gaetz vacationed in the Bahamas in 2018, he was joined by a doctor who donated to his campaign...
Kenya eases curfew, other virus measures after cases decline
<p>NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta loosened infection-control measures Saturday after the number of new COVID-19 cases confirmed in the country dropped from...
May Day protesters demand more job protections amid pandemic
<p>PARIS — Workers and union leaders dusted off bullhorns and flags that had stayed furled during coronavirus lockdowns for slimmed down but still boisterous...
Black Freedmen struggle for recognition as tribal citizens
<p>OKLAHOMA CITY — As the U.S. faces a reckoning over <a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-us-news-race-and-ethnicity-conspiracy-theories-philanthropy-f8f793b94b0dd7e8ec62957dcbeb53d8">its history of racism,</a> some Native American tribal nations that once owned slaves...
How the Gaetz probe grew from sex trafficking to medical pot
ORLANDO, Fla. — When Rep. Matt Gaetz vacationed in the Bahamas in 2018, he was joined by a doctor who donated to his campaign...
Florida casts itself as elections model, but clashes remain
<p>TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In a state famed for election night fiascoes, Florida's handling of the November presidential vote was hailed as a sign it...
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...
GOP seeks to convince vaccine skeptics within its own ranks
WASHINGTON — When a group of Republican doctors in Congress released a video selling the safety of the coronavirus vaccine, their message wasn't explicitly...
DA asks feds to probe unlawful strip searches in NYC suburb
<p>MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. — The Westchester County district attorney has asked federal authorities to investigate “pervasive and persistent” civil rights violations involving the Mount...