Tag: Social issues
Radical Islamist party frees 11 Pakistani police hostages
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
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....
Oregon gun storage law would be among the toughest in the US
<p>SALEM, Ore. — A proposed gun storage law that would be among the toughest in the U.S. is headed for a vote Monday in...
The 12 jurors deliberating in the trial of Derek Chauvin
<p>MINNEAPOLIS — The jury deliberating in the trial of <a href="https://apnews.com/article/8b486c2622de5504f1e65a606b0eac7f">Derek Chauvin</a>, a former Minneapolis police officer charged in <a href="https://apnews.com/article/a55d2662f200ead0da4fed9e923b60a7">George Floyd</a> 's death,...
Protesters detained at Raleigh police brutality march
RALEIGH, N.C. — Several protesters were taken into custody Sunday night after authorities in North Carolina declared a police brutality demonstration an “unlawful assembly.”
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US under Biden will no longer call migrants ‘illegal aliens’
WASHINGTON — Employees of the two main U.S. immigration enforcement agencies were directed Monday to stop referring to migrants as “aliens,” a dated term...
A look at high-profile cases over killings by US police
<p>MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin i <a href="https://apnews.com/article/derek-chauvin-trial-live-updates-e1d714c68ab5b067b101af7c6d486c6c">s charged with murder and manslaughter</a> in George Floyd's death after pressing his knee...
Castellanos’ 2-game suspension upheld, to start Tuesday
<p>NEW YORK — The two-game suspension of Cincinnati Reds outfielder Nick Castellanos for his role in an on-field brawl during the season’s opening weekend...
UN experts slam UK report for repackaging ‘racist tropes’
LONDON — A body of experts that advises the United Nations on human rights concerns has slammed a widely criticized British government-backed report that...
Gaetz, Greene, flaunt new paths to power, trying GOP leaders
WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders have always faced rebels in their ranks. But Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene are presenting top House Republicans...