Tag: Human rights and civil liberties
Biden and Carter, longtime allies, reconnect in Georgia
PLAINS, Ga. — President Joe Biden was a first-term Delaware senator in 1976 when he endorsed an upstart former Southern governor for the presidency...
Oklahoma House OKs ban on teaching critical race theory
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma public school teachers would be prohibited from teaching certain concepts of race and racism under a bill given final approval...
US appeals court listens to Tennessee abortion ban arguments
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A federal appeals court on Thursday quizzed the defense presented by Tennessee's attorneys of the state's sweeping abortion ban, focusing particular...
Arizona vote recount contractor will release privacy policy
PHOENIX — A contractor overseeing the Arizona Senate's unprecedented recount of 2.1 million ballots from the November election complied Thursday with a court order...
Sheikh’s missing daughter casts shadow over Derby favorite
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has spent millions trying to win the Kentucky Derby, and in the process plowing money...
Ecuador’s high court backs decriminalizing abortion for rape
QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador’s Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday in favor of decriminalizing abortion in cases of rape, a decision that paves the way for...
‘I’m still exhaling’: Swing-state voters on Biden’s 100 days
ELM GROVE, Wis. — Standing on the sidelines of her son's soccer practice in this upscale suburb, Laura Hahn looked skyward for answers when...
Young women, grown up without Taliban, dread their return
KABUL, Afghanistan — Inside Ms. Sadat’s Beauty Salon in Afghanistan’s capital, Sultana Karimi leans intently over a customer, meticulously shaping her eyebrows. Make-up and...
Indiana ‘abortion reversal’ bill signed by governor
INDIANAPOLIS — Doctors in Indiana would be required to tell women undergoing drug-induced abortions about a disputed treatment for potentially stopping the abortion process...
‘Clean out our insides’: Ethiopia detains Tigrayans amid war
NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia has swept up thousands of ethnic Tigrayans into detention centers across the country on accusations that they are traitors, often...
