Tag: Social issues
Blind Chinese dissident who escaped in 2012 now a US citizen
A blind Chinese dissident who escaped to the United States in 2012 is now an American citizen.
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Attorney Lee Merritt joins race for Texas attorney general
DALLAS — Dallas civil rights attorney Lee Merritt, who has represented the families of Black people killed by police, joined a crowded 2022 race...
Ex-St. Louis cop sentenced in beating of undercover officer
ST. LOUIS — A former St. Louis police officer was sentenced Tuesday to more than four years in prison for his role in the...
High court ruling gives immigrants facing deportation hope
BOSTON — Just a few short months ago, Lucio Perez moved out of the western Massachusetts church he’d lived in for more than three...
European court urges Russia to acknowledge same-sex unions
MOSCOW — A top European human rights court issued a ruling Tuesday urging Russia to recognize same-sex unions, but the Kremlin was quick to...
Feds charge 4 in Iran plot to kidnap US journalist, 4 others
NEW YORK — An Iranian intelligence officer and three alleged members of an Iranian intelligence network have been charged in Manhattan with plotting to...
Black female WWII unit hoping to get congressional honor
BOSTON — Maj. Fannie Griffin McClendon and her Army colleagues never dwelled on being the only Black battalion of women to serve in Europe...
Lawsuit challenges Texas law banning abortion after 6 weeks
A coalition of abortion providers and advocates filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging a Texas law that would allow private citizens to sue anyone...
Israel faces calls to let jailed Palestinian attend funeral
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian activists and human rights groups have called on Israel to allow a prominent jailed lawmaker to attend her daughter's...
Oregon heat wave victims older, lived alone, had no AC
PORTLAND, Ore. — Most people who perished in last month’s record-smashing heat wave in Oregon’s most populous county were white, male, older and socially...
