Tag: Language
Judge tosses Afghanistan fraud case, cites years of delays
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A federal judge on Wednesday tossed out all charges against six defendants accused of cheating the government by supplying unqualified...
Judge tosses Afghanistan fraud case, cites years of delays
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A federal judge on Wednesday tossed out all charges against six defendants accused of cheating the government by supplying unqualified...
Venezuela asks Spain to extradite leading opposition figure
MADRID — Venezuela has filed a request to get a prominent opposition activist extradited from Spain to complete the remaining 8 years of a...
UK police probe video of antisemitic abuse hurled from cars
LONDON — British police were investigating videos posted on social media Sunday that appeared to show violent antisemitic language being shouted from a convoy...
Buffalo tabs Michigan’s Linguist to take over football team
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Maurice Linguist was hired as the University at Buffalo’s football coach Friday night, just months after he became Michigan's co-defensive coordinator.
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In the French language, steps forward and back for women
LE PECQ, France — The fight to make the French language kinder to women took steps forward, and back, this week.
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NJ teacher suspended after profane Floyd comments to class
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — A New Jersey high school teacher has been suspended with pay after profanity-laced comments to students in his class about...
Wary Supreme Court weighs student’s Snapchat profanity case
WASHINGTON — A wary Supreme Court on Wednesday weighed whether public schools can discipline students for things they say off campus, worrying about overly...
Student’s Snapchat profanity leads to high court speech case
WASHINGTON — Fourteen-year-old Brandi Levy was having that kind of day where she just wanted to scream. So she did, in a profanity-laced posting...
Video shows Black soldiers harassed at Virginia restaurant
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — A group of Black soldiers was recently harassed at a northern Virginia restaurant by a woman who used racist language,...