Tag: Social affairs
Syrian government forces hit last rebel enclave, killing 9
BEIRUT — Syrian government rockets hit two villages in the last rebel stronghold in northwestern Syria on Thursday, killing at least nine civilians, including...
Biden’s Census nominee promises independence, transparency
President Joe Biden's nominee to lead the U.S. Census Bureau told a Senate committee on Thursday that he would bring transparency and independence to...
Donations for racial equity have surged. But by how much?
More than a year after the police killing of George Floyd and the avalanche of donations toward racial equity initiatives that followed, the actual...
UAW factory workers ratify deal, will end Volvo truck strike
NORFOLK, Va. — Striking blue-collar workers at a Volvo heavy truck plant in southwestern Virginia have narrowly ratified what the company said was its...
Official: Nearly 70% of medical workers in Moscow vaccinated
MOSCOW — The majority of medical workers, teachers and social workers in Moscow have been vaccinated against the coronavirus a month after authorities in...
Biden’s Census nominee promises independence, transparency
President Joe Biden's nominee to lead the U.S....
Child tax credit starts hitting US families’ bank accounts
WASHINGTON — The child tax credit had always been an empty gesture to millions of parents like Tamika Daniel.
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Judge to hear bid to extradite driving school owner to Iraq
PHOENIX — An Arizona judge will hold a hearing Thursday over whether to sign off on a request by the Iraqi government to extradite...
Uncovering boarding school history makes for monumental task
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — They sat inside a dust-covered box that had been stashed away, untouched, for years: black-and-white photographs of Apache students who were...
Sex harassment lawsuit against Yale, doctor, is settled
HARTFORD, Conn. — A settlement has been reached in a wide-ranging sexual harassment lawsuit filed by six women who were doctors at Yale University...
