Tag: Social issues
Venezuela’s Maduro begins allowing aid against hunger, virus
CARACAS, Venezuela — For a second time this month, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has reached an agreement with the sort of global aid agencies...
Democrats move 2 bills showing strength and limits of power
<p>WASHINGTON — Democrats were on a roll. The House voted along party lines to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/dc-statehood-congress-9edf21fe93e813808f1488ceb0b7900b">make the nation’s capital the 51st state</a>, and two...
EXPLAINER: Can Chauvin get his convictions tossed on appeal?
<p>MINNEAPOLIS — The unique circumstances surrounding Derek Chauvin's trial in George Floyd's death could offer the former Minneapolis police officer some shot at winning...
Evidence in Chauvin case contradicted first police statement
PHILADELPHIA — Moments after former officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder in George Floyd's death, copies of the original Minneapolis police statement began...
‘Look after my babies’: In Ethiopia, a Tigray family’s quest
Gunfire crackled near the home of Abraha Kinfe Gebremariam. He hoped it drowned out the cries of his wife, curled up in pain, and...
Ku Klux Klan membership records made public in Denver
DENVER — History Colorado has debuted an online archive this week of 1,300 pages of original Ku Klux Klan membership records from 1924 through...
Evidence in Chauvin case contradicted first police statement
<p>PHILADELPHIA — Moments after former officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder in George Floyd's death, copies of the original Minneapolis police statement began...
Video shows Black soldiers harassed at Virginia restaurant
<p>FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — A group of Black soldiers was recently harassed at a northern Virginia restaurant by a woman who used racist language,...
Albania heads to polls after a bitter political fight
TIRANA, Albania — Albania holds parliamentary elections on Sunday amid the virus pandemic and a bitter political rivalry between the country’s two largest political...
Israeli police say dozens arrested in Jerusalem clashes
JERUSALEM — Israeli police say 44 people were arrested and 20 officers were wounded in a night of chaos in Jerusalem, where security forces...