Tag: Social issues
Arkansas abortion bill would require rape, incest reports
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Senate on Thursday voted to require victims of rape and incest to have first reported the crime to...
South Carolina judge: Abortions to continue during lawsuit
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A lawsuit challenging South Carolina's new ban on most abortions is “likely to succeed," a judge wrote Friday, ruling that abortions...
Australian police boss suggests app to prove sexual consent
<p>CANBERRA, Australia — A senior Australian policeman suggested on Thursday a phone app be developed to document sexual consent in a bid to improve...
Biden dispatching Sen. Coons to Ethiopia amid Tigray crisis
<p>President Joe Biden is dispatching <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/03/18/statement-by-national-security-advisor-jake-sullivan-on-senator-christopher-coons-d-de-travel-to-ethiopia/">Sen. Chris Coons to Ethiopia t</a> o meet with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to express the administration’s “grave...
Public reaction to killings at Atlanta-area massage parlors
Reactions to the shootings at three Atlanta-area massage parlors that left eight dead, mostly women of Asian descent:
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New Jersey district pays $325K in Trump yearbook censorship
WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. — A New Jersey school district is paying $325,000 to a former New Jersey teacher who claimed she was forced to...
Biden and Harris to focus on shootings during Georgia trip
ATLANTA — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris plan to meet with Asian American community leaders in Georgia in the wake of...
Asian American churches plan acts beyond prayer for healing
Asian American Christian leaders said Thursday their congregations are saddened and outraged after a white gunman killed eight people — most of them women...
No charges for Texas officer in killing of college student
DENTON, Texas — A grand jury has declined to indict a North Texas police officer in the fatal shooting of a college student who...
Alabama House approves bill to ban transgender athletes
<p>MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama could become the next conservative state to prevent transgender girls from playing on female sports teams as the state House...