Category Archives: Social
Massachusetts town says it can’t fire officer for Hitler pic
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts select board ruled that it does not have the authority or grounds to fire the police officer that kept a photo of Adolf Hitler in his locker for two decades.
Bill to curb racial teaching goes to North Carolina governor
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republicans sent a bill Wednesday to the state's Democratic governor that would limit how teachers can discuss certain racial concepts in the classroom.
US faith groups unite to help Afghanistan refugees after war
America’s major religions and denominations, often divided on other big issues, have united behind the effort to help receive an influx of refugees from Afghanistan following the end of the United States’ longest war and one of the largest airlifts
Despite ‘graphic’ death threats, transgender St. John’s election candidate undeterred
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A non-binary woman running in the St. John's, N.L., municipal election says months of death threats may have forced changes in her campaign style, but they haven't ended her quest to become the province's first openly
Despite ‘graphic’ death threats, trans St. John’s municipal candidate undeterred
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Non-binary Canadian politicians past and present are speaking out against death threats and harassment faced by a transgender woman running in the St. John's, N.L., municipal election who, if elected, will make provincial history. Op...
Officers, medics indicted in 2019 death of Elijah McClain
DENVER (AP) — Three suburban Denver police officers and two paramedics were indicted on manslaughter and other charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man put into a chokehold and injected with a powerful sedative in
New Greek health minister apologizes over Holocaust remarks
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's new right-wing health minister apologized Wednesday for past remarks that the country's Jewish community had taken strong issue with, and avowed his “absolute respect” for Holocaust victims and his opposition to antisemit...
2 Missouri students lauded for fast action on runaway bus
The school bus carrying children home suddenly lurched off the rural roadway outside of St. James, Missouri. As it tore through a fence and into a field, seventh-grader Tandon Baker realized the driver had passed out.
Morocco starts vaccinating children ages 12 to 17
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco has launched a campaign to administer COVID-19 vaccines to children from 12 to 17, becoming one of the first African countries to inoculate that age group.