Buttigieg decision on police chief shadows presidential run
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Karen DePaepe had been waiting all day for a call back from Pete Buttigieg.
Leader of St. Louis black police union says racial bias real
ST. LOUIS — The president of a predominantly black St. Louis police union said Wednesday that the city prosecutor’s lawsuit is correct in pointing out...
Experts advise synagogues on use of armed security personnel
NEW YORK — Jewish congregations opting to deploy armed security personnel in the wake of deadly attacks on synagogues should — if possible -- use unif...
Rights group says China is trying to silence critics abroad
The head of Human Rights Watch said Tuesday the Chinese government has not only constructed "an Orwellian high-tech surveillance state” at home but is...
Debate to highlight vanishing diversity in Democratic field
A half dozen White House hopefuls will gather on a debate stage in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday night at a critical moment in the Democratic primary. ...
Black prosecutors back Gardner, say they’ve faced resistance
ST. LOUIS — One day after St. Louis’ top prosecutor filed a federal lawsuit alleging a concerted and racist conspiracy to push her out of office, othe...
Questions of racism linger as Harry, Meghan step back
LONDON — When accomplished, glamorous American actress Meghan Markle married Prince Harry in 2018, she was hailed as a breath of fresh air for Britain...
Cannes does ‘right thing’ in appointing Spike Lee to lead
PARIS — American director Spike Lee will lead the jury of this year's Cannes Film Festival, the first black person to hold the post in the event's 73-...
South Africa to strip refugees’ status for any political act
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa can now strip refugees of their asylum status if they engage in any political activity related to their home countries, ac...
Black mayor of racially diverse Iowa city backs Buttigieg
DES MOINES, Iowa — Quentin Hart, the black mayor of Iowa's most racially diverse city, is backing Pete Buttigieg for president, giving the former Sout...
St. Louis prosecutor: Racist interests try to force her out
ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner on Monday filed what she called an unprecedented federal civil rights lawsuit, accusing the city, t...
Not on form, but brawl over citizenship question continues
The U.S. Supreme Court decided a citizenship question won't be on this spring's census form, but that doesn't mean the fight over it has ended in cou...
Italian fashion world adopts manifesto promoting diversity
MILAN — The Italian National Fashion Chamber is promoting a diversity agenda among Milan’s major fashion houses, a year after several top Italian bran...
Advocates warn citizenship, digital divide may affect Census
Leaders of advocacy groups warned lawmakers on Thursday that the fight over a failed citizenship question, the digital divide and the wording of quest...
Stabbings, shootings, assaults weigh on US Jewish youth
NEW YORK — When a man spewed anti-Semitic slurs and spat on her face, Shoshana Blum remembered her ancestors who survived the Holocaust, and instead o...
HUD seeks to roll back Obama rule on housing desegregation
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration took steps Tuesday to roll back an Obama-era rule intended to ensure that communities confront and address racia...
Palestinians face mounting barriers to peaceful protest
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Abdullah Abu Rahma has been arrested by Israeli soldiers eight times in the last 15 years, spending weeks or months in prison an...
Castro’s exit is latest blow to diversity of 2020 field
AUSTIN, Texas — The 2020 Democratic presidential primary initially featured the most racially diverse field in history. Now, with one month until voti...
Hanukkah stabbing suspect questioned in prior Monsey attack
NEW YORK — The man charged in the machete attack on a Hanukkah celebration north of New York City had been questioned by local authorities in connecti...
As Jewish enclaves spring up around NYC, so does intolerance
MONSEY, N.Y. — For years, ultra-Orthodox Jewish families priced out of increasingly expensive Brooklyn neighborhoods have been turning to the suburbs,...
Fleeing war, poverty, African migrants face racism in Egypt
CAIRO — Two Sudanese sisters, Seham and Ekhlas Bashir, were walking their children home from elementary school in a Cairo neighborhood when a group of...
Family: Man stabbed in Hanukkah attack may have brain damage
NEW YORK — A man wounded in the Hanukkah stabbings north of New York City may have permanent brain damage and be partially paralyzed for the rest of h...
Rutgers’ Stringer offers condolences to Imus family
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer has offered her condolences to the family of late radio personality Don Imus, who used a racial sl...
Iowa woman accused of racist attacks to undergo mental tests
DES MOINES, Iowa — A judge Monday approved a competency evaluation of a woman accused of hate crimes in the Des Moines area, including intentionally r...
Congressman John Lewis says cancer is his latest battle
ATLANTA — As a civil rights activist at 25, John Lewis was beaten so badly his skull was fractured and the TV images from an Alabama bridge in the 196...
Jewish leaders urge action after another ‘senseless’ attack
NEW YORK — When a suspect walked into the home of a rabbi celebrating Hanukkah and stabbed five celebrants it was the latest in a week of anti-Semitic...
Sports editor apologizes for tweeting ‘scalps’ after game
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — A sports editor for a New Mexico newspaper apologized this week after using “scalps” in a tweet to describe a high school basketb...
5 stabbed at Hanukkah celebration in latest attack on Jews
MONSEY, N.Y. — A knife-wielding man stormed into a rabbi's home and stabbed five people as they celebrated Hanukkah in an Orthodox Jewish community no...
California takes lead on laws affecting gig economy, privacy
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s long tradition of advancing nation-leading legislation continues into the new year, with laws reining in the gig eco...
Woman charged with hate crime amid NYC anti-Semitic attacks
NEW YORK — A woman accused of slapping three people in one of a series of apparently anti-Semitic attacks reported throughout New York during Hanukkah...