Tag: Social issues
NCAA President to meet with protesting basketball players
NCAA President Mark Emmert is planning to meet this week with a group of basketball players who used a social media campaign at the...
Court lets woman’s defamation suit vs. Trump proceed again
<p>NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump could face questioning under oath about a former “Apprentice” contestant's sexual assault allegations against him, following a...
UConn soccer player facing aggravated sexual assault charge
<p>VERNON, Conn. — A UConn men's soccer player, already facing domestic violence charges, was arrested Monday night in Elmsford, New York, and will be...
Spain: German men arrested in probe of killing at party
MADRID — Police in Spain have arrested two German nationals as the main suspects in the killing of a Spanish man who was found...
N Carolina NAACP sues to have Confederate monument removed
GRAHAM, N.,C. — The North Carolina chapter of the NAACP filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking the removal of a Confederate monument which stands in...
Tennessee flood deaths rise to 6 with more rain coming
<p>NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee emergency officials have reported a sixth person died in flash flooding over the weekend, and four of the six deaths...
Latest graphic novel about John Lewis coming in August
NEW YORK — The award-winning series of graphic novels about congressman and civil rights activist John Lewis will continue a year after his death....
Lawsuit targets Virginia’s policies on transgender students
RICHMOND, Va. — A faith-based conservative group filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging Virginia's new state guidelines on the treatment of transgender students in public...
Federal charges leveled against man in Everglades shooting
<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A Florida man who opened fire with an AK-47 rifle on officers inside Everglades National Park is facing federal charges,...
NY social service agency sued for not allowing X gender mark
ALBANY, N.Y. — Nonbinary New Yorkers who currently must declare themselves as male or female to receive Medicaid, food stamps and other public assistance...