Category Archives: Social
At Communist Party centenary, Xi says China won’t be bullied
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Thursday that anyone who tries to bully China “will face broken heads and bloodshed," in a defiant speech hailing the country's rise that elicited loud cheers from a carefully chosen crowd at
GOP donor pays $1M to deploy South Dakota national guard
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — In a story June 30, 2021, about a billionaire Republican donor who is paying $1 million to help defray the cost of deploying the South Dakota National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border, The Associated Press
15 killed in Haiti’s capital amid spike in violence
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A shooting rampage down a main street running through a neighborhood in Haiti's capital killed at least 15 people, including a journalist and a political activist, national Police Chief Leon Charles said Wednesday.
GOP donor pays $1M to deploy South Dakota national guard
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Willis Johnson said he just wanted to help. So, earlier this month the billionaire Republican
San Jose to require gun owners to carry liability insurance
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — San Jose officials have passed the first law in the nation that requires gun owners to carry liability insurance and pay a fee to cover taxpayers’ costs associated with gun violence.
Minneapolis dropping duplicate effort to replace police
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Three Minneapolis City Council members who were trying to advance a proposal to replace the police force with a new agency are dropping that effort after a similar citizen-led approach made it onto the November ballot.
UK Methodist Church votes to allow same-sex marriages
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Methodist Church announced Wednesday that same-sex couples will be allowed to get married on its premises. After
New Mexico opens door to new era of civil rights lawsuits
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Efforts among a handful of states to hold police accountable for brutality and misconduct are expanding Thursday as New Mexico opens the door to civil rights lawsuits against government agencies in state court.
California hate crime up 31% in 2020, led by anti-Black bias
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Hate crime in California surged 31% in 2020, fueled mainly by a big jump in crimes targeting Black people during a year that saw the worst racial strife in decades, according to an annual report released
‘No guarantees’ of papal apology for residential schools after Vatican trip: AFN
OTTAWA — Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde says there are no guarantees an Indigenous delegation travelling to the Vatican will lead to Pope Francis apologizing in Canada for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools — b...
