Tag: Social issues
Inmate charged in Iowa prison deaths had threatened before
IOWA CITY, Iowa — An inmate charged with beating two Iowa prison employees to death with a hammer had threatened to assault staff at...
Pandemic, hunger forces thousands into sex work in Mexico
<p>MEXICO CITY — Hardships caused by the coronavirus pandemic have forced former sex workers in Mexico back into the trade years after they left,...
ADL: Fox should fire Carlson for white-supremacist rhetoric
<p>The Anti-Defamation League has called for Fox News to fire prime-time opinion host Tucker Carlson because he defended a white-supremacist theory that says whites...
Blackmore bids to be 1st female jockey to win Grand National
She’s the new face of British and Irish horse racing, to some the savior of a sport that has endured the worst kind of...
Judge sets bail for some in sex abuse case at youth center
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Five men charged in a sex abuse case at a New Hampshire youth detention center made court appearances Friday.
...
AP Interview: Stacey Abrams on voting rights, her next move
<p>ATLANTA — Georgia is at the forefront of the partisan fight over voting rights and election law. </p>
...
US to keep migrant families in hotels as amid rush for space
<p>Migrant families will be held at hotels in the Phoenix area in response to a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/is-us-mexico-border-in-crisis-explained-6a412f3edf07715509e3181b8bc63ca7">growing number of people</a> crossing the U.S.-Mexico border,...
Greece OKs Venezuelan Embassy assets seizure in legal case
ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s Justice Ministry has authorized a court order to seize assets from the Venezuelan Embassy in Athens following a court case...
Plan would return beachfront taken from Black family in ’20s
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County plans to return prime beachfront property to descendants of a Black couple who built a seaside resort for...
Israeli university heads defend free speech in prize dispute
<p>JERUSALEM — Presidents of Israeli universities released a joint letter Friday criticizing the government's decision to withhold the country's most prestigious prize from a...