Category Archives: Social
Defense Secretary tells West Point cadets they’re ready
WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told U.S. Military Academy cadets Saturday they were graduating during “exceptionally tough circumstances” but that West Point prepared them to face the extraordinary threats from pandemics to...
With more border crossers, US groups seek to stem deaths
FALFURRIAS, Texas (AP) — Every week, migrant rights activist Eduardo Canales fills up blue water drums that are spread throughout a vast valley of Texas ranchlands and brush. They are there for migrants who venture into the rough terrain to
Alaska village eyes return of ancestral lands
Catholic missionaries first started venturing into the Alaska territory in the late 19th century, not long after Russia sold the land to the United States for 2 cents per acre.
Biden betting on wage growth, while GOP warns of inflation
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration recently gave a bit of simple advice to businesses that are unable to find workers: Offer them more money.
Albania’s president denounces US sanction of former leader
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania's president offered public support Saturday to a former prime minister who was sanctioned by the United States this week for corruption.
Black man’s death fuels debate over police shooting at cars
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — Police departments across the U.S. — including in large cities such as New York and Denver — strictly limit shooting at moving vehicles because they consider the practice ineffective and not worth the risk to
EXPLAINER: Why ‘world’s pharmacy’ India is short on shots
NEW DELHI (AP) — Last year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the United Nations his country would make enough COVID-19 vaccines “to help all humanity." Now India is struggling to meet its own domestic needs for the shots amid
US steers El Salvador funding away from government
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The United States Agency for International Development will redirect its funding from El Salvador's state institutions to its civil society groups as tensions rise between the two governments over the Central American c...
Biden to host George Floyd’s family at White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host George Floyd’s family at the White House Tuesday to mark the first anniversary of his death at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer.
USDA to begin paying off loans of minority farmers in June
Minority farmers who for decades have faced systemic discrimination will begin to receive debt relief beginning in early June under what Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack called Friday one of the most significant pieces of civil rights legislation in d...
