Tag: Social issues
Settlement reached in suit against ultra-rich Montana club
BILLINGS, Mont. — Dozens of Jamaican citizens recruited to work as cooks, servers and housekeepers at a Montana ski resort for the ultra-rich have...
Zhao’s Oscars get muted reaction, even censorship in China
<p>TAIPEI, Taiwan — Chloe Zhao's history-making Oscars sweep, winning best director and best picture, is being met with a muted response in her country...
Britain targets 22 people with new anti-corruption sanctions
<p>LONDON — Britain imposed asset freezes and travel bans Monday on 22 people accused of bribery, kickbacks and fraud in its first use of...
High court to hear Guantanamo prisoner’s state secrets case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will decide whether a Palestinian man captured in the wake of 9/11 and detained at the prison on the...
Judge tosses lawsuit of man who alleged Jackson molestation
LOS ANGELES — A judge on Monday dismissed the lawsuit of a man who alleged that Michael Jackson sexually abused him as a boy....
Analysis: A reckoning on racism? Not for many leaders of GOP
<p>NEW YORK — If the nation is in the midst of a historic reckoning on racism, most leaders of the Republican Party are not...
Cuomo on sex harassment claims: ‘I didn’t do anything wrong’
<p>ALBANY, N.Y. — In his <a href="https://apnews.com/article/us-news-new-york-media-coronavirus-pandemic-covid-19-pandemic-4937f55d7c3ff2376162f9b08e2c8d71">first face-to-face encounter with journalists in months</a>, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday flatly denied he had done anything...
Supreme Court rejects Texas suit over California travel ban
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider Texas' challenge to California's ban on state-funded business trips to Texas and other states...
Biden’s first 100 days: Where he stands on key promises
<p>WASHINGTON — As he rounds out his first 100 days in office, President Joe Biden’s focus on reigning in the coronavirus during the early...
Spokesman: Israel to deport dozens of African Hebrews
<p>JERUSALEM — Dozens of members of a polygamous, vegan sect in Israel have received deportation orders from the government, the group's spokesman said Monday,...