Tag: Social issues
Facebook says it halts hackers tied to Palestinian security
<p>JERUSALEM — Facebook said Wednesday it has broken up a hacker network used by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' intelligence service in an attempt to...
Families, doctors urge Alabama to reject trans treatment ban
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Transgender youth, parents and advocates on Tuesday urged the Alabama House of Representatives, as well as the state’s governor, to reject...
McCloskeys want grand jury to take a new look at their case
A St. Louis husband and wife facing criminal charges for waving guns at racial injustice protesters last summer have told a judge they are...
Biden to America after Floyd verdict: ‘We can’t stop here’
<p>WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said the conviction of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd “can be a...
Biden faces calls on pledge to recognize Armenian genocide
<p>WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is facing calls to recognize the Armenian genocide of more than a century ago, something he pledged to do...
Lawyer shifts legal fight from George Floyd to Pamela Turner
MINNEAPOLIS — The conviction Tuesday of former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin on murder and manslaughter charges for pinning George Floyd's neck with his knee...
Facebook says it halts hackers tied to Palestinian security
JERUSALEM — Facebook said Wednesday it has broken up a hacker network used by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' intelligence service in an attempt to...
Floyd verdict gives hope, if only fleeting, to Black America
<p>MINNEAPOLIS — Relief, even if fleeting and momentary, is a feeling that Black Americans have rarely known in America: From slavery to Jim Crow...
Feds push to extradite Phoenix driving school owner to Iraq
<p>PHOENIX — Prosecutors are urging a judge to approve a request to extradite a Phoenix driving school owner to Iraq on allegations that he...
Report: Mideast countries top 2020 global executioners list
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Apart from China and despite a worldwide drop in death sentences, countries in the Middle East remained among the...