Tag: Social issues
Tennessee House: Fetal remains must be buried or cremated
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Medical providers in Tennessee would be required to cremate or bury fetal remains from surgical abortions under legislation advanced by the...
Review: Love, loss and racism in ‘The Son of Mr. Suleman’
“The Son of Mr. Suleman,” Eric Jerome Dickey (Dutton)
“The Son...
Birmingham to pardon 15,000 with marijuana convictions
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama's largest city will issue blanket pardons for more than 15,000 people with misdemeanor marijuana convictions dating back to 1990, Birmingham...
Watchdog: Media freedom has deteriorated during pandemic
<p>PARIS — There's been a “dramatic deterioration” of press freedom since the pandemic tore across the world, Reporters Without Borders said in its annual...
Protesters seeking release of school shooting video arrested
<p>KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Seven protesters demanding the release of police body camera video of a student's fatal shooting at a Tennessee high school have...
Democrats point to Georgia in push for new elections law
<p>WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are spotlighting Georgia as they build their case for a broad overhaul of U.S. election law, arguing <a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-legislature-bills-state-elections-voting-rights-b2b014cc81894a50fc513168a5f1d0b8">the new...
Mexican president wants work visas, citizenship for farmers
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Monday he will ask U.S. President Joe Biden to give work visas to Mexican...
Navalny’s doctors prevented from seeing him at prison clinic
MOSCOW — Several doctors were prevented Tuesday from seeing Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a prison hospital after his three-week hunger strike and...
Russian shot at border pleads guilty to illegal re-entry
PHOENIX — A Russian immigrant who once staged a monthlong hunger strike at an Arizona detention center and was shot several months later during...
Feds weighing how to respond after verdict in Chauvin trial
<p>WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is privately weighing how to handle the upcoming verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin,...