Tag: Social issues
EU, UN hold talks to tackle Syria’s humanitarian crisis
<p>BRUSSELS — Dozens of nations and international organizations were holding virtual talks on Tuesday to help tackle the humanitarian crisis deepening in Syria and...
Breonna Taylor’s death: A push to limit no-knock warrants
<p>FRANKFORT, Ky — Kentucky’s lawmakers passed a partial ban on no-knock warrants Tuesday, more than a year after the death of Breonna Taylor during...
Indiana woman gets 12 years for crash the led to amputation
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A Fort Wayne woman who admitted ramming her car into another car, leaving a man so badly injured one of...
UK watchdog: Police acted correctly at vigil for slain woman
<p>LONDON — A U.K. police watchdog said Tuesday that officers didn't behave “in a heavy-handed manner” when they broke up a vigil for a...
Appeals court upholds constitutionality of terror watchlist
<p>FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned a challenge to the constitutionality of the government's terrorist watchlist, ruling that the...
One Good Thing: A Singapore skyline view for migrant workers
SINGAPORE — The capsules of the Ferris wheel in Singapore were peppered with rain.
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‘Concrete Cowboy’ shows Philadelphia’s Black cowboy culture
NEW YORK — Historians estimate that 1 in 4 American cowboys were Black but you would be hard pressed to find a movie genre...
Michigan fines barber over Capitol protest, other violations
<p>LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan barber who defied Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and reopened his shop last spring during the coronavirus pandemic was fined $9,000...
NCAA President to meet with protesting basketball players
<p>NCAA President Mark Emmert is planning to meet this week with a group of basketball players who used a social media campaign at the...
New Mexico lawmakers reconvene to consider legalizing pot
SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico lawmakers are responding to the call of Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to try and forge an agreement...