Tag: Social issues
Turkish police seek to prevent being filmed at protests
<p>ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish police have been instructed to prevent citizens from filming them while policing demonstrations, a prominent lawyers group has said, sparking...
Social equity in marijuana industry still largely pipe dream
DENVER — Terrence Hewing was working for a package delivery company in 2007 when police approached his cargo van in suburban Denver. He was...
Records: Ma’Khia Bryant’s sister sought help before shooting
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The younger sister of 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant called 911 a few weeks before Bryant's fatal shooting by a Columbus police officer,...
EXPLAINER: English soccer leads social media racism boycott
<p>There will be no goal clips, lineup announcements, banter between clubs or even title celebrations.</p>
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1st woman joins suit over Ohio State doc’s sex misconduct
<p>COLUMBUS, Ohio — Twenty-three new plaintiffs are suing Ohio State University over alleged sexual misconduct by a team doctor already accused of abusing hundreds...
Spain recovers 24 bodies from migrant boat off Canaries
BARCELONA, Spain — The bodies of 24 sub-Saharan migrants, among them two minors, who are believed to have died of thirst and hunger as...
‘I’m still exhaling’: Swing-state voters on Biden’s 100 days
ELM GROVE, Wis. — Standing on the sidelines of her son's soccer practice in this upscale suburb, Laura Hahn looked skyward for answers when...
Young women, grown up without Taliban, dread their return
<p>KABUL, Afghanistan — Inside Ms. Sadat’s Beauty Salon in Afghanistan’s capital, Sultana Karimi leans intently over a customer, meticulously shaping her eyebrows. Make-up and...
Kenya camps with 400,000 refugees to be closed next year
<p>NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya wants two refugee camps which hosts hundreds of thousands of refugees from war-torn countries closed by June 30 next year,...
FDA revives federal effort to ban menthol cigarettes
WASHINGTON — U.S. health regulators are going to try again to ban menthol cigarettes, this time under pressure from African American groups to remove...