Tag: Social issues
Biden’s agenda: What can pass and what faces steep odds
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden laid out a long list of policy priorities in his speech to Congress — and some are more politically...
Social equity in marijuana industry still largely pipe dream
<p>DENVER — Terrence Hewing was working for a package delivery company in 2007 when police approached his cargo van in suburban Denver. He was...
‘It is life-saving’: Elliot Page opens up about surgery
<p>NEW YORK — Actor Elliot Page is revealing how happier he feels after having top surgery and how important he believes it is to...
UN says 125 Europe-bound children rescued off Libyan coast
CAIRO — A total of 125 Europe-bound children were rescued at sea this week by Libyan authorities off the Mediterranean coast, the United Nations...
Turkish police seek to prevent being filmed at protests
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish police have been instructed to prevent citizens from filming them while policing demonstrations, a prominent lawyers group has said, sparking...
Census Bureau: 70% of voters cast ballots early or by mail
DENVER — More than two-thirds of all U.S. citizens of the voting age population participated in the 2020 presidential election, according to a new...
UN report says Myanmar poverty could double from coup chaos
<p>BANGKOK — Political turmoil and disruptions following the coup in Myanmar could undo years of progress and double the number of its people living...
GM spending on Mexico electric vehicle plant angers US union
<p>DETROIT — An announcement by General Motors that it would invest more than $1 billion at a Mexican factory that will build electric vehicles...
On a Scottish isle, ‘Limbo’ breaks the refugee movie mold
LONDON — Egyptian actor Amir El-Masry was reluctant to read the script of “Limbo.”
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1st woman joins suit over Ohio State doc’s sex misconduct
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Twenty-three new plaintiffs are suing Ohio State University over alleged sexual misconduct by a team doctor already accused of abusing hundreds...