Tag: Political issues
Tears, politics and money: School boards become battle zones
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Local school boards around the country are increasingly becoming cauldrons of anger and political division, boiling with disputes over such...
File on deputy shooting of Arkansas teen goes to prosecutors
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas State Police on Friday handed over to prosecutors the results of its investigation into a deputy's fatal shooting of...
File on deputy shooting of Arkansas teen goes to prosecutors
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas State Police on Friday handed over to prosecutors the results of its investigation into a deputy's fatal shooting of...
Amid growing frustration, White House pushes voting rights
WASHINGTON — Facing a call to “save American democracy,” the Biden administration has unveiled new efforts to help protect voting rights amid growing complaints...
Corruption anger may yield new leadership as Bulgaria votes
SOFIA, Bulgaria — Voters will go to the polls in Bulgaria for the second time in three months this weekend after no party secured...
Iowa amusement park became a political force before accident
IOWA CITY, Iowa — The Iowa amusement park where a ride accident killed one boy and critically injured another has become increasingly influential in...
Biden to convene session on rising gun violence Monday
WASHINGTON — Facing a nationwide increase in violent crime — particularly involving firearms — President Joe Biden will meet Monday with law enforcement, local...
Officers shoot man while trying to arrest him in Chicago
CHICAGO — Law enforcement officers in Chicago shot and wounded a 33-year-old man who pointed a gun at them as they tried to arrest...
Adams’ win in NYC latest in surge for moderate Democrats
NEW YORK — The triumph of a moderate Democrat in the mayoral primary in deep blue New York City appears to accelerate a recent...
Hungary activists vow to resist LGBT law, symbol of EU rift
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Activists in Hungary erected a 10-meter-high (30-foot-high) rainbow-colored heart opposite the country's neo-Gothic parliament on Thursday, vowing to wage a civil...
