Category Archives: Justice
Killings of protesters continue in Colombian city of Cali
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Two protesters were killed early Tuesday in the Colombian city of Cali as they guarded one of several roadblocks set up by demonstrators to show their discontent with growing poverty and inequality during the pandemic.
Execution set for 2nd SC inmate suing over death penalty law
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court on Tuesday issued an execution date for the second of two men on death row suing the state over a new law forcing inmates to choose between dying by firing squad
Missouri court strikes down public labor union restrictions
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a 2018 state law that could have made it harder for some public-sector unions to organize and collect dues, overturning a past priority of the Republican-led Legislature.
Officials say ballots safe after alarm at elections facility
ATLANTA (AP) — An alarm linked to a motion sensor inside a warehouse in Atlanta where ballots from last year's election are stored went off over the weekend but the ballots remained secure, officials said Tuesday.
Top GOP senator: Easing police protections hurts departments
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate’s top Republican on Tuesday linked Democrats’ efforts to make it easier to sue police officers to problems many law enforcement agencies are having recruiting and retaining personnel, drawing a hard line on the thorniest di...
Survivor of B.C. residential school breaking silence and calling for action
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — News of the remains of 215 children being discovered at the site of a former residential school in British Columbia jolted Clayton Peters, whose seven years of torment there have been mostly encased in silence around fears
California task force launches study of slave reparations
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A first-in-the-nation task force in California to study and recommend reparations for African Americans held its inaugural meeting Tuesday, launching a two-year process to address the harms of slavery and systemic racism despite th...
US lawmakers want Ma’Khia Bryant foster care journey probed
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Three Democratic members of Congress are asking the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to investigate the foster care experience of Ma'Khia Bryant that preceded the 16-year-old's fatal police shooting in Ohio.
Feds: Seattle man arrested trying to join ISIS terror group
SEATTLE (AP) — A 20-year-old Seattle man is facing a terrorism-related charge after being arrested while trying to board a flight to join the Islamic State group, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday.
Judge rules national civil liberties group can challenge New Brunswick abortion law
FREDERICTON — A New Brunswick judge on Tuesday authorized a national civil liberties group to mount a legal challenge to the province's abortion law, which bans government funding for abortions conducted outside three approved hospitals. Court of Queen...
