Tag: Social issues
Judge from Mississippi civil rights murder trial dies at 79
<p>JACKSON, Miss. — A private funeral will be held Friday for the Mississippi judge who handed down a life sentence to the white supremacist...
Ohio city to pay couple $450K to settle police abuse lawsuit
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
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya's high court on Thursday suspended the government move to shut down two camps that hold hundreds of thousands of refugees...
Defrocked US priest revered in East Timor accused of abuse
<p>It was the same every night. A list of names was posted on the Rev. Richard Daschbach’s bedroom door. The child at the top...
Indiana school voucher expansion rolled back in Senate plan
<p>INDIANAPOLIS — A proposed expansion of Indiana’s private school voucher program would be scaled back under the new state budget plan from state Senate...
Dems blast Oklahoma lawmaker who compared slavery, abortion
OKLAHOMA CITY — A white Republican lawmaker from southeast Oklahoma is facing criticism for comparing lawmakers' efforts to end abortion to the fight against...
Nassau DA drops more than 1100 warrants after NY laws change
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Warrants in more than 1,100 Nassau County cases were dropped on Thursday, as the prosecutor's office moved to dismiss them in...
Holocaust survivors harness social media to spread message
<p>BERLIN — Alarmed by a rise in online anti-Semitism during the pandemic, coupled with studies indicating younger generations lack even basic knowledge of the...
Lawyers raise a stink over British socialite’s jail care
<p>NEW YORK — The rancorous fight over jail conditions for Ghislaine Maxwell is reaching new lows, with prosecutors blaming the British socialite and Jeffrey...
Judge tosses former Rep. Katie Hill’s suit against tabloid
LOS ANGELES — A lawsuit by former U.S. Rep. Katie Hill of California against the Daily Mail was dismissed Wednesday by a judge who...