Tag: Social issues
Lawmaker seeks to end Louisiana’s ‘slavery exception’ clause
BATON ROUGE — A Louisiana lawmaker has put forward legislation to amend the state’s Constitution to abolish forced labor as punishment for those convicted...
EXPLAINER: Is the US border with Mexico in crisis?
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<a href="https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-coronavirus-pandemic-immigration-central-america-united-states-cfc974a2358e926438e8a8f24bd642b6">Nearly 19,000 children traveling alone were stopped...
Trump-loving Alabama county faces uphill vaccination effort
<p>HALEYVILLE, Ala. — Tending a thrift store that displays a faded Trump flag in a nearly all-white Alabama county with a long history of...
Texas church gunman likely planned mass shooting for months
<p>SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas — The man who killed more than two dozen people at a Texas church in 2017 appeared to have been planning...
Sudan official: Death toll in Darfur clashes rises to 132
CAIRO — The death toll from tribal violence in Sudan’s restive Darfur region has climbed to 132 as looting continued on Thursday, a local...
$50M suit alleges retaliation over allegations against coach
BATON ROUGE, La. — In a $50 million federal racketeering lawsuit, an associate athletic director at Louisiana State University accuses university officials of retaliating...
Ohio city to pay couple $450K to settle police abuse lawsuit
<p>CLEVELAND — A Cleveland suburb has agreed to pay a couple $450,000 to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit filed after a dashcam video...
Kenya court suspends gov’t move to close 2 refugee camps
<p>NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya's high court on Thursday suspended the government move to shut down two camps that hold hundreds of thousands of refugees...
With a wave and smile, Lee Elder helps open the Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The applause started when Lee Elder’s golf cart began moving toward the first tee. It only got louder when he arrived...
Indiana Legislature OKs religious activities as essential
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Senate approved a bill Thursday that designates religious activities as essential services and prohibits any restrictions on them during a...