Tag: Human welfare
Inmates sue over county’s handling of COVID-19
PORTLAND, Ore. — More than a dozen current and former inmates have sued Multnomah County over its handling of COVID-19.
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Canceled flights, expired clearances: resettlements in limbo
(RNS) — It’s been two months since President Joe Biden signed an executive order he said would “begin the hard work of restoring our...
Letter: Prison shouldn’t shackle women who just had babies
ATLANTA — Women at a Georgia prison who have given birth just days or weeks earlier are improperly and inhumanely shackled and placed in...
Judge sets bail for some in sex abuse case at youth center
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Five men charged in a sex abuse case at a New Hampshire youth detention center made court appearances Friday.
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Kim compares North Korea’s economic woes to 1990s famine
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for waging another “arduous march” to fight severe economic difficulties, for the...
Defrocked US priest revered in East Timor accused of abuse
It was the same every night. A list of names was posted on the Rev. Richard Daschbach’s bedroom door. The child at the top...
A city wrestled down an addiction crisis. Then came COVID-19
HUNTINGTON, W. Va. — Larrecsa Cox steered past the used tire shop, where a young man had collapsed a few days before, the syringe...
Struggling Bosnia sees infection surge in migrants, refugees
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnia is seeing a rise in coronavirus infections among migrants and refugees living in its camps, as it struggles to cope...
EXPLAINER: Is the US border with Mexico in crisis?
Nearly 19,000 children traveling alone were stopped at...
Dems blast Oklahoma lawmaker who compared slavery, abortion
OKLAHOMA CITY — A white Republican lawmaker from southeast Oklahoma is facing criticism for comparing lawmakers' efforts to end abortion to the fight against...
