Category Archives: Social
Knowing diabetes risk years ahead could mean targeted prevention, lower costs: study
A new study suggests Type 2 diabetes can be predicted years in advance by a machine learning model that can scour and analyze routinely collected health data for a variety of risk factors. Lead author Laura Rosella, a scientist at the
Zimbabwe unveils statue honoring anti-colonialist heroine
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s president on Tuesday unveiled a towering bronze statue in the center of Harare, the capital, honoring a 19th-century Black anti-colonialist heroine who was hanged for leading a rebellion against white occupation. ...
Dictator or ‘Dad’? Belarus leader suppresses all dissent
MOSCOW (AP) — When Alexander Lukashenko became its president in 1994, Belarus was an obscure country that had not even existed for three years. Over the next quarter-century, he brought it to the world’s notice through dramatic repression, erratic beha...
Rallies, moments of silence honor George Floyd a year later
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A family-friendly street festival, musical performances and moments of silence were held Tuesday to honor George Floyd and mark the year since he died at the hands of Minneapolis police, a death captured on wrenching bystander video
San Diego gives vaccines to Mexican workers at border plants
MEXICO CITY (AP) — San Diego County and private businesses have donated 10,000 coronavirus vaccine doses for workers at U.S.-owned border assembly plants in Tijuana known as maquiladoras, Mexico’s top diplomat said Tuesday.
Tennessee bans teaching critical race theory in schools
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee is the latest state to ban teachers from teaching certain concepts of race and racism in public schools, where teachers risk losing valuable state funding if they violate the new measure.
Charleston shooter lawyer: Racist delusion showed incapacity
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The man on federal death row for the racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation was wrongly allowed to represent himself during a critical phase of his trial, his attorneys argued Tuesday,
Fairbanks detective cites sexual harassment in resignation
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The only female detective in the Fairbanks Police Department cited relentless sexual harassment when quitting on the spot Monday.
Children’s advocate in Manitoba able to investigate more deaths, injuries
WINNIPEG — The children's advocate in Manitoba will be able to investigate more deaths and serious injuries of children. Families Minister Rochelle Squires says the province is expanding the advocate's mandate to also review deaths of kids who were rec...
Assault rifles missing in turbulent southern Thailand
BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand said Tuesday that 28 assault rifles intended for defense volunteers are missing in the country’s deep south, which has been wracked by a Muslim separatist insurgency for the past 17 years.
