Tag: Social issues
Gaetz, Greene, flaunt new paths to power, trying GOP leaders
<p>WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders have always faced rebels in their ranks. But Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene are presenting top House Republicans...
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...
Liz Weston: How the pandemic has shaken up retirement
<p>Pandemic-related job losses forced many older Americans out of the workplace i n the past year, perhaps permanently. But the COVID-19 crisis also seems...
LA homeless spending could near $1B as crisis rages
<p>LOS ANGELES — Faced with an out-of-control homeless crisis, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Monday will propose spending nearly $1 billion in the...
Georgia’s Abrams navigates voting law fight with eye on 2022
ATLANTA — President Joe Biden called Georgia's new voting law an “atrocity.” A leading Black bishop called for a national boycott of companies headquartered...
Sudan repeals Israel boycott law amid normalization efforts
CAIRO — Sudan on Monday abolished a decades-old law on boycotting Israel, part of efforts to establish normal ties with the Jewish state.
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Egypt: 3 militants involved in Christian’s slaying killed
<p>CAIRO — Egypt police killed three suspected militants allegedly involved in the slaying of a Coptic Christian man kidnapped more than five months ago...
Attorney: Accusations against Texans QB based on lies
<p>HOUSTON — An attorney for Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson on Monday accused the 22 women who have filed lawsuits alleging they were sexually...
Video: Louisville officer punches protester during arrest
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
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared ready Monday to prevent thousands of people living in the U.S. for humanitarian reasons from applying to become...