Tag: Social issues
Pope taps Chilean sex abuse whistleblower for Vatican panel
<p>VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Wednesday named a Chilean man who helped uncover a clerical sex abuse scandal to a Vatican commission that...
Michigan school accused of failing to respond to assaults
<p>DETROIT — Eastern Michigan University “turned a blind eye” to the sexual assault of students by other students, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday...
New study triples estimate of red snapper in Gulf of Mexico
NEW ORLEANS — There are about three times as many red snapper as previously estimated in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a study...
Judge rejects ex-CIA worker’s try to dismiss hacking charges
NEW YORK — A former CIA employee cannot get espionage charges against him dismissed on the grounds that there weren’t enough Hispanic or Black...
US, Europe, NATO close ranks to counter ‘aggressive’ China
<p>BRUSSELS — The United States and countries around Europe are stepping up cooperation to respond to “aggressive and coercive” behavior by China, days after...
Ex-head of NYC homeless housing group charged with fraud
<p>NEW YORK — The former top executive of a New York City homeless housing group that is one of the city's largest was arrested...
Fired West Virginia teacher loses suit over bigoted posts
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a high school teacher in West Virginia who was fired in 2017...
Mississippi to increase lowest welfare payments in the US
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi will increase the lowest monthly welfare payments in the nation under a bill signed into law Wednesday by the state's...
New study triples estimate of red snapper in Gulf of Mexico
<p>NEW ORLEANS — There are about three times as many red snapper as previously estimated in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a study...
UN Women urges world to press gender equality post-pandemic
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N.’s premiere global body fighting for gender equality should be tackling the yawning gap between men and women when it...