Tag: Social issues
North Carolina won’t pass bill to ban youth trans procedures
RALEIGH, N.C. — The office of North Carolina's Republican Senate leader said on Tuesday the chamber won't advance a controversial bill put forward...
Leaders hail verdict in Floyd death, say much work remains
The nation watched as former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin went on trial for pinning George Floyd to the pavement with his knee, and news...
Older Korean-Americans in LA fearful amid anti-Asian attacks
<p>Los Angeles — Yong Sin Kim, an 85-year-old Korean immigrant living in a senior apartment complex in downtown Los Angeles, says he rarely leaves...
Ted Nugent, who once dismissed COVID-19, sickened by virus
<p>Rocker Ted Nugent is revealing he was in agony after testing positive for coronavirus — months after he said the virus was “not a...
Belarus decries sanctions US reimposed on 9 state companies
<p>KYIV, Ukraine — Belarus' Foreign Ministry on Tuesday expressed regret over sanctions that the United States reimposed on nine state-owned companies in the ex-Soviet...
Nashville civil rights veterans see hope for future
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — On April 20, 1960, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., stood at a podium at Fisk University and said he had...
Activists call for IOC to sanction Iran Olympic program
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — A group of athletes and human rights activists is calling on the IOC to sanction Iran's Olympic program for what it...
In Minneapolis, a fortified city awaits Chauvin verdict
<p>MINNEAPOLIS — Just outside the entrance to Smile Orthodontics, in a Minneapolis neighborhood of craft breweries and trendy shops, two soldiers in jungle camouflage...
Greek Church to allow worshippers at Easter Week services
<p>ATHENS, Greece — The powerful Church of Greece said Tuesday it would allow the faithful to take part in Orthodox Easter services next week...
US military: 32 of 40 Guantanamo prisoners now vaccinated
<p>WASHINGTON — Most of the prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention center have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as of Tuesday,...