Category Archives: Social
Flood risk prompts call for volunteers to fill sandbags in Yukon
WHITEHORSE — The Yukon government is calling for volunteers to fill sandbags in two areas where a flood warning has been issued, while evacuation alerts are in effect elsewhere due to rising water levels. It says sandbagging stations are accessible aro...
Advocates decry homeless sweeps ahead of MLB’s All-Star game
DENVER (AP) — Ahead of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game in Denver this week, city officials are facing scrutiny from advocates who accuse them of accelerating the clearing of homeless encampments near Coors Field as the sports world turns its
Maine senators join push to fund low-income college students
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's U.S. senators have joined a push to continue funding a program that helps first-generation and low-income students attend college.
For top #MeToo legal duo, a pandemic year brings no pause
She’d just upended her life by going public with sexual harassment allegations against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. And Charlotte Bennett, a former aide to the governor, realized that Saturday night in February that she had no plan for what
Robert E. Lee statue removed in Charlottesville
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was hoisted away from its place of prominence in Charlottesville on Saturday and carted off to storage, years after its threatened removal became a rallying point for white
Pre-election spending limits on party ads don’t apply without fixed voting day
OTTAWA — Canadian party leaders worked their way around the country this week, in what some see as a sure sign the pandemic is near its end, but also as proof that a federal election is on its way. But with
Biden fires Trump-appointed head of Social Security agency
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday fired the commissioner of Social Security after the official refused to resign, and Biden accepted the deputy commissioner's resignation, the White House said.
File on deputy shooting of Arkansas teen goes to prosecutors
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas State Police on Friday handed over to prosecutors the results of its investigation into a deputy's fatal shooting of a white teenager that has drawn the attention of civil rights activists nationwide.
White House calling out critics of door-to-door vaccine push
WASHINGTON (AP) — “A disservice to the country.” “Inaccurate disinformation.” “Literally killing people.” For months, the Biden White House refrained
Judge to hear case challenging new Alaska election process
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A state court judge is scheduled to hear arguments Monday in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a voter-approved initiative that would end party primaries in Alaska and institute ranked-choice voting in general electio...
