Tag: Social issues
LSU’s Orgeron gives lawmakers statement on Guice complaint
LSU coach Ed Orgeron maintained in a statement provided to state lawmakers Tuesday that he does not recall speaking with an elderly female security...
In shinty or in golf, Robert MacIntyre shows plenty of fight
<p>AUGUSTA, Ga. — Robert MacIntyre was 12 tournaments into his rookie season on the European Tour when he wanted to go home to Scotland,...
Police: Teacher offered $200 for sex with 2-year-old
<p>FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida school district fired a teacher shortly after a law enforcement report was released Monday saying he offered to...
Weinstein appeals conviction blaming ‘cavalier’ judge
NEW YORK — More than a year after Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction, his lawyers are demanding a new trial, arguing in court papers Monday...
AP-NORC poll: Border woes dent Biden approval on immigration
<p>WASHINGTON — More Americans disapprove than approve of how President Joe Biden is handling waves of <a href="https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-army-health-coronavirus-pandemic-3f6231479aa5d5418495d2bd04eaa1a1">unaccompanied migrant children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico...
Faith leaders call for elimination of Senate filibuster
<p>A coalition of faith leaders and activists on Monday demanded the elimination of the Senate filibuster, wading into a crucial debate in Washington with...
Tesla appeals federal order to delete Musk tweet about union
NEW ORLEANS — Tesla is asking an appeals court to set aside a federal agency’s order that a Twitter post discouraging union organizing be...
McBride, Trethewey among winners of Anisfeld-Wolf awards
<p>NEW YORK — Novelist James McBride, former U.S. poet laureate Natasha Trethewey and science fiction great Samuel R. Delaney are among this year's winners...
Arkansas lawmakers advance scaled-back hate crimes measure
<p>LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas Senate panel advanced a drastically scaled-back hate crimes bill on Monday that longtime supporters of such legislation have...
Bucs CB Davis apologizes for tweeting anti-Asian slur
TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Carlton Davis has apologized for tweeting an anti-Asian slur, saying he didn’t understand the offensive nature of...