Tag: Social issues
Vote near on Indiana budget with schools boost, vaping tax
<p>INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana public school and teachers groups are cheering the education funding increase included in the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/health-state-budgets-business-government-and-politics-coronavirus-21deec0f4a0b63544c3f2c7433f2bebf">new state budget plan</a> that’s poised...
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...
Biden faces calls on pledge to recognize Armenian genocide
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is facing calls to recognize the Armenian genocide of more than a century ago, something he pledged to do...
Myanmar refugee crisis brewing as turmoil hits economy
<p>BANGKOK — Aid workers and activists are warning Myanmar’s political upheavals risk causing a regional refugee crisis as the strife following a February coup...
House votes to curb power of presidency on travel bans
<p>WASHINGTON — The Democratic-led House passed legislation Wednesday designed to constrain a president’s power to limit entry to the U.S., a response to former...
Floyd’s hometown exalts in verdict but tempers expectations
HOUSTON — The streets of Houston’s Third Ward, a historically black neighborhood where George Floyd grew up, echoed with screams filled with the word...
Feds push to extradite Phoenix driving school owner to Iraq
PHOENIX — Prosecutors are urging a judge to approve a request to extradite a Phoenix driving school owner to Iraq on allegations that he...
Hungary’s government spars with mayor over homeless hospital
<p>BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary's right-wing government and the liberal leadership of the country's capital city are absorbed in a conflict over a hospital for...
Medical cannabis legal in Utah, but not always affordable
<p>SALT LAKE CITY — Pain left from oil-field work defeated traditional pain pills and dominated William Adams’ life — until he tried medical cannabis....
Despite growing chorus, DOJ is limited in police probes
CHICAGO — The only way for 13-year-old Adam Toledo to get justice, activists say, is with a federal probe into the Chicago police officer...