Tag: Social issues
Deported veteran returns to US to become American citizen
LOS ANGELES — It took nearly a decade and a federal lawsuit for U.S. Marine Corps veteran Hector Ocegueda to finally come home.
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Pope tells South Sudan leaders to make sacrifices for peace
ROME — Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Canterbury marked the 10th anniversary of the independence of South Sudan on Friday by urging its...
Watchdog: 2 Trump EPA appointees defrauded agency of $130K
WASHINGTON — Two high-ranking Trump political appointees at the Environmental Protection Agency engaged in fraudulent payroll activities — including payments to employees after they...
White man sentenced in attack on Black teen at Michigan park
DETROIT — A white man has been sentenced to five years in prison for attacking a Black teenager with a bike lock because of...
Behind the numbers: Heat wave victim was WA Capitol regular
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Among the hundreds of people who died from heat-related issues during the Pacific Northwest’s record-breaking heat wave last week, one man...
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...
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...
Central European leaders worry over Afghan migration ‘wave’
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — Central European leaders on Friday voiced concern over what they said was a potential migration rush from Afghanistan as U.S. and...
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...
Bug experts seeking new name for destructive gypsy moths
Bug experts are dropping the common name of a destructive insect because it's considered an ethnic slur: the gypsy moth.
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