Tag: Social issues
Folk activist Judy Collins revisits her first live album
<p>NEW YORK — When she was 24, folk singer Judy Collins went onstage in New York City to record her first live concert and...
Man United’s chase of Premier League leader City hit by draw
<p>LONDON — Manchester United’s Premier League title hopes took another blow in a 1-1 draw at West Bromwich Albion on Sunday.</p>
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Ethiopia gives UN green light to deploy 25 staff to Tigray
UNITED NATIONS — U.N. agencies received approval from Ethiopia’s government Monday to send 25 more staff members to embattled Tigray, a region where the...
MLB opens harassment hotline after Porter, Callaway scandals
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball has created a hotline for people not employed by the league or teams to report harassment or discrimination...
White House says it will defer to CDC on reopening schools
Facing criticism that President Joe Biden has not acted aggressively enough on reopening schools, the White House on Thursday said it’s aiming for a...
Man United’s chase of Premier League leader City hit by draw
LONDON — Manchester United’s Premier League title hopes took another blow in a 1-1 draw at West Bromwich Albion on Sunday.
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6N: Scotland backs players who don’t take a knee
<p>EDINBURGH, Scotland — The Scottish Rugby Union has backed its players who did not kneel before the Six Nations win over England, insisting it...
Deer native to India starve to death amid drought in Hawaii
<p>HONOLULU — Axis deer, a species native to India presented as a gift from Hong Kong to the king of Hawaii in 1868, have...
Timeline: Yemen war began in 2014 when Houthis seized Sanaa
<p>CAIRO — Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Wednesday targeted an airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia, causing a civilian plane on the tarmac to catch fire....
Syrian who fled to Germany 5 years ago runs for parliament
BERLIN — Five years ago, Tareq Alaows crossed the Mediterranean in a flimsy rubber dinghy and trekked north through the Balkans toward Germany, fleeing...