Tag: Social issues
US VP Harris: `status of women is the status of democracy’
<p>UNITED NATIONS — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris told the U.N.’s premiere global body fighting for gender equality that “the status of women is...
Army under fire from Congress over Fort Hood response
<p>WASHINGTON — Lawmakers expressed frustration Tuesday with how slowly improvements are being made to criminal investigation at Fort Hood, Texas, where rates of violent...
EXPLAINER: What drives possible boycott of Beijing Olympics
Some kind of boycott is almost sure to affect next year’s Beijing Winter Olympics.
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Russia opposition leader Navalny describes prison conditions
MOSCOW — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny described tight controls at his prison in a letter posted Monday, saying they include hourly checks during...
Diverse jury so far for ex-cop’s trial in Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS — The jurors seated so far in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death are a diverse...
Appeals court upholds conviction in Black partygoer’s death
RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina appeals court upheld the murder conviction Tuesday of a white man who fired a shotgun at an unarmed...
CBS says ‘The Talk’ staying off air after racism talk
NEW YORK — CBS says its daytime show “The Talk” will stay on hiatus for another week after a discussion about racism involving co-host...
Ex-Mali coup leader won’t stand trial for 2012 killings
<p>BAMAKO, Mali — The man who overthrew Mali’s president in 2012, former Gen. Amadou Haya Sanogo, will no longer stand trial on charges he...
Diverse jury so far for ex-cop’s trial in Floyd’s death
<p>MINNEAPOLIS — The jurors seated so far in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death are a diverse...
Appeals court upholds conviction in Black partygoer’s death
<p>RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina appeals court upheld the murder conviction Tuesday of a white man who fired a shotgun at an unarmed...