Tag: Social issues
Feds accused Georgia sheriff of civil rights violations
ATLANTA — An Atlanta-area sheriff is accused of violating the civil rights of several people in his agency's custody by ordering that they be...
Group challenges segregated meetings about Chauvin verdict
<p>MADISON, Wis. — A conservative legal group is challenging a Wisconsin school district over an email sent to families soliciting their participation in what...
Judge has doubts on voter privacy in Arizona recount
<p>PHOENIX — A judge hearing a challenge to voter privacy policies during the Republican-controlled Arizona Senate's recount of 2.1 million 2020 election ballots in...
Educator threw beer at filmers of wife’s transphobic rant
The vice principal of a New Jersey school apologized Tuesday for tossing beer at a table of outdoor restaurant patrons who had been filming...
Florida school superintendent says he will be vindicated
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Florida school superintendent charged with lying to a grand jury investigating circumstances surrounding the 2018 massacre on one of...
Olympic chief marks Japan’s pride week with LGBTQ event
<p>TOKYO — The head of the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday took part in an event marking Japan's LGBTQ pride week at a center in...
Houston-area sheriff is named to lead immigration agency
<p>HOUSTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday nominated the sheriff of one of the nation's most populous counties to lead the agency that deports...
$585K to be paid in sex harassment suit against ‘TikTok doc’
PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Health and Science University said Tuesday it will pay $585,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed by a social worker...
UN experts say South Sudan divisions widen, new war possible
UNITED NATIONS — U.N. experts are warning that political, military and ethnic divisions in South Sudan are widening, leading to multiple violent incidents between...
US to limit immigration arrests at courthouses under Biden
WASHINGTON — Immigration arrests at courthouses will be more limited than they were under President Donald Trump under a change of policy announced Tuesday...