Category Archives: Social
‘This is being done slowly’: Provinces balance reopenings and vaccination progress
Many provinces are setting their sights on reopening as Canada's COVID-19 vaccination pace brings optimism, but leaders are warning that those plans could be curtailed if people don't get their shots. Canada was expected to move ahead of the United St...
Justice delayed? In wealthy California town, officer kills 2
DANVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Two fatal shootings by the same police officer in a wealthy San Francisco suburb have cast a spotlight on what criminal justice activists are calling a case of delayed justice and its deadly consequences.
US ends use of 2 immigration jails accused of mistreatment
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration announced Thursday that it will stop using immigration detention facilities in Massachusetts and Georgia that are the subject of abuse allegations.
US ends use of 2 immigration jails accused of mistreatment
WASHINGTON (AP) — A detention facility in Georgia where women claim they were subjected to unwanted medical procedures and a Massachusetts jail that has drawn complaints of inhumane conditions will no longer be used to detain immigrants, the Biden admi...
Justice delayed? In wealthy California town, officer kills 2
DANVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Just past the Village Theatre and a quaint corner chocolate shop is the intersection where Officer Andrew Hall shot and killed a 33-year-old mentally ill man in 2018.
Mediating in Gaza conflict, Egypt seeks broader influence
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt is trying to prove itself to the world once again as an indispensable mediator as it rushes to broker a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, the fourth in just over a decade.
Mediating in Gaza conflict, Egypt seeks broader influence
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt on Thursday reasserted itself as an indispensable mediator in the Middle East after it successfully brokered a cease-fire deal in the short but costly Israel-Hamas war that killed scores of people and caused much destruction in
Nervous workers struggle to adjust to new mask policies
NEW YORK — An abrupt relaxation of mask policies has left workers at supermarkets and other stores reeling as they try to sort out what the new environment means for their own safety and relationship with customers.
Court says Romania’s lockdown didn’t amount to house arrest
BUCHAREST (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday ruled against a member of the European Union parliament who claimed that a lockdown to curb COVID-19 infections in his native Romania last year deprived him of liberty.
Husband’s charges newest woe for Rochester, New York, mayor
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A mayor in upstate New York whose past year has been marred by protests over police brutality and her indictment in a campaign finance case now faces a new crisis: Her husband is charged with being part
