Tag: Social issues
Judge extends order halting WVa needle exchange law
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A federal judge Thursday extended a temporary restraining order on West Virginia's new law that tightens requirements on needle exchange programs.
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Police testimony will lead off panel’s first Jan. 6 hearing
WASHINGTON — A new House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol is expected to hold its first public hearing this month...
Democrats bet on early Latino outreach to avoid ’20 pitfalls
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — On a sweaty recent Thursday afternoon, Alex Berrios was instructing his team on how to get people to register to vote....
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...
Mexico high court strikes down limit in rape case abortions
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a state law limiting legal abortions for rape victims to the first trimester of a...
Man whose case helped end death penalty in Illinois dies
CHICAGO — A former Illinois death row inmate whose exoneration became an incentive to end the death penalty in the state has died, his...
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...
As France plans to shrink Sahel force, jihadi threat grows
GAO, Mali — During a grueling, weeks-long mission in northern Mali, French soldiers were confronted by a familiar threat: Extremists trying to impose the...
Rights groups hail imprisonment of South Africa’s ex-leader
NKANDLA, South Africa — Former South African President Jacob Zuma has begun serving a 15-month prison sentence for contempt of court after handing himself...
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...
