Tag: Social issues
The US Civil Rights Trail from SC to Mississippi and more
From the port where enslaved Africans entered America to the home where Medgar Evers was murdered, a new guidebook helps readers explore for themselves...
Palestinians expand vaccination campaign after UN shipment
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Palestinian Health Ministry began administering the first doses of coronavirus vaccines it received from the global COVAX initiative...
Some states to seek gun waiting periods after shootings
Not long before the deadly Atlanta-area shootings spread fear and anger through Asian American communities nationwide, police say the attacker made a legal purchase:...
Acclaimed Egyptian feminist Nawal Saadawi dies at age 89
CAIRO — Nawal Saadawi, a renowned Egyptian feminist, psychiatrist and novelist, whose writings have stirred controversy for decades in an overwhelming conservative society, died...
Glasgow rivals’ pre-derby stand in solidarity against racism
GLASGOW, Scoltand — Glasgow's rival soccer teams stood rather than taking a knee in a pre-match display of solidarity before the derby at Celtic...
Mexico limits non-essential travel on southern border
CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico —
The Mexican banks of the Suchiate...
Police contacted after Ohio State’s Liddell receives threats
Ohio State officials have reached out to police about threatening and insulting social media messages sophomore E.J. Liddell received following the Buckeyes' NCAA Tournament...
Brazil security law being turned on president’s critics
SAO PAULO — Protesters against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro defied police in the capital Friday, a day after the latest round of arrests of...
Prosecutor: Seymour officers justified in fatal shooting
SEYMOUR, Ind. — A prosecutor has determined that the use of deadly force in the fatal police shooting of a man who pointed a...
Critics of Brazil’s president being targeted by security law
SAO PAULO — Police in Brazil are starting to employ a dictatorship-era national security law against critics of President Jair Bolsonaro, while lawyers and...
