Tag: Social issues
Children packed into Border Patrol tent for days on end
HOUSTON — Hundreds of immigrant children and teenagers have been detained at a Border Patrol tent facility in packed conditions, with some sleeping on...
EXPLAINER: Striking jurors in ex-cop’s trial in Floyd death
As attorneys in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death screen potential jurors, they're on guard for anything...
Anti-abortion bills abound; their fate in court is unknown
<p>At an intense pace, lawmakers in Republican-governed states are considering an array of tough anti-abortion restrictions they hope might reach the Supreme Court and...
Black space engineer, housing advocate Ken Kelly dies at 92
Kenneth C. Kelly, a Black electronics engineer whose antenna designs contributed to the race to the moon, made satellite TV and radio possible and...
Le Graet re-elected as French Football Federation president
PARIS — French Football Federation president Noel Le Graet was re-elected on Saturday despite opposition from anti-racism activists who describe him as out of...
EXPLAINER: Striking jurors in ex-cop’s trial in Floyd death
<p>As attorneys in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death screen potential jurors, they're on guard for anything...
Ex-San Diego deputy sentenced to jail for illegal gun sales
SAN DIEGO — A former San Diego County sheriff’s captain who used his law enforcement credentials to run a gun trafficking business was sentenced...
3 players in drug arrests suspended from Tennessee football
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Three University of Tennessee football players are facing an indefinite suspension from the team after campus police logs show they were...
Le Graet re-elected as French Football Federation president
<p>PARIS — French Football Federation president Noel Le Graet was re-elected on Saturday despite opposition from anti-racism activists who describe him as out of...
Democrats find support for Biden in small-city America
MANKATO, Minnesota — Mary McGaw grew up in a Republican home on the rural prairie of south central Minnesota. But as she moved from...