Tag: Social issues
Video: Louisville officer punches protester during arrest
<p>LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A police officer in Kentucky was seen on video repeatedly punching a protester in the head while the man was face...
Supreme Court likely to bar some ‘green card’ applicants
<p>WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared ready Monday to prevent thousands of people living in the U.S. for humanitarian reasons from applying to become...
Judge keeps supervision of union for Disney performers
ORLANDO, Fla. — Until there's an election, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters can keep control of a local affiliate whose leader was removed because...
Rockets say Sterling Brown was attacked, injured in Miami
MIAMI — The Houston Rockets say that guard Sterling Brown was assaulted by unknown individuals after the team arrived in Miami late Sunday night,...
Radical Islamist party frees 11 Pakistani police hostages
<p>LAHORE, Pakistan — An outlawed Pakistani Islamist political group freed 11 policemen almost a day after taking them hostage in the eastern city of...
Apple signals return of right-wing ‘free speech’ app Parler
<p>Apple said it has reached an agreement with the right-wing social app Parler that could lead to its reinstatement in the company's app store....
EXPLAINER: Chauvin defense argues he acted reasonably
CHICAGO — Attorneys and witnesses have used the words “reasonable” or “unreasonable” often at the trial of the former Minneapolis police officer charged with...
Protesters detained at Raleigh police brutality march
<p>RALEIGH, N.C. — Several protesters were taken into custody Sunday night after authorities in North Carolina declared a police brutality demonstration an “unlawful assembly.”</p>
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US under Biden will no longer call migrants ‘illegal aliens’
<p>WASHINGTON — Employees of the two main U.S. immigration enforcement agencies were directed Monday to stop referring to migrants as “aliens,” a dated term...
Miners’ union backs shift from coal in exchange for jobs
WASHINGTON — The nation's largest coal miners' union said Monday it would accept President Joe Biden's plan to move away from coal and other...