The Russian authorities on Monday sought a prison sentence of nearly three years for a veteran human rights advocate who spoke out against the war in Ukraine. The prosecution demanded that Oleg Orlov, 70, be convicted of “repeatedly discrediting” the Russian army and sentenced to two years and 11 months in prison, in a retrial […]
Finding an affordable place to live in Clovis may soon become a lot easier now that a landmark lawsuit filed by housing advocate Desiree Martinez was recently settled, opening the door for up to 3,000 new home opportunities. Martinez and her team of attorneys alleged in their 2019 lawsuit that the city was out of […]
Steven Wise, a Coral Springs lawyer who achieved worldwide fame for his work to free animals from laboratories and zoos, has died of cancer. He was 73. Wise, who started out as a trial lawyer, brought landmark cases on behalf of captive chimpanzees, elephants and other animals. He founded the Nonhuman Rights Project, which works […]
Three days earlier, it had been sunny. An uncommonly warm February day seemingly foretold an equally warm celebration for the hometown team. Chiefs Kingdom came out en masse to celebrate their Super Bowl win — together — a victory for the city. Three days earlier, chilling gusts of wind didn’t pierce the skin, as they […]
Feb. 10—Veronica Krupnick can almost point to the day her life changed forever. She was 10, a few weeks from the end of fourth grade and about to be adopted by her latest foster parents. In one sense, it would be the end of a period marked by turmoil. Born to a 16-year-old mother who […]
Feb. 5—A Boulder homelessness advocate will host an event Friday to give away almost $80,000 worth of high-end outerwear. Jennifer Livovich, founder of the nonprofit homelessness advocacy organization Streetscape, will be giving away approximately 3,000 articles of clothing, including women’s and men’s coats, snow pants and boots, by Arctix Apparel. The clothing giveaway will run […]
A Travellers’ rights advocate has won a discrimination case and must get €6,500 compensation and an apology from the head of JD Wetherspoons after the chain’s Dun Laoghaire pub refused to serve her a drink. “I felt such an equal walking into that pub, and horrible walking out,” Margaret O’Leary told Dublin District Court on […]
Joseph Zadroga, an advocate for sick 9/11 first responders, died after he was hit by a vehicle in a New Jersey parking lot, police said. Galloway Township police responded to a call shortly after 2 p.m. ET on Saturday about a car accident at Bacharach Institute for Rehabilitation in Pomona. Investigators at the scene said […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A young woman who dominated the discussion about abortion during Kentucky’s campaign last year stepped forward again Tuesday to call on lawmakers to relax the state’s near-total abortion ban. Months after revealing the trauma of being raped and impregnated in a powerful campaign ad, Hadley Duvall went to the statehouse to […]
FILE – Klee Benally gathers with other opponents of snowmaking on Dec. 11, 2012 outside a federal courthouse in Flagstaff, Ariz. Benally, a Navajo man who advocated on behalf of Indigenous people and environmental causes, has died Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023,, his sister said. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca, File) PHOENIX (AP) — Klee Benally, a Navajo […]
A 97-year-old Texas woman known for her pivotal role in making Juneteenth a federal holiday has been given back the land in Fort Worth, where her family home was destroyed by a racist mob in 1939. Opal Lee, who became known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth” after she walked 1,400 miles from her Texas home […]
Russian propagandist Anton Krasovsky, known for advocating the genocide of Ukrainians and the killing of Ukrainian children, has reportedly been poisoned, according to Ukrainian English-language newspaper Kyiv Post, citing sources in Ukraine’s HUR military intelligence service on Dec. 25. Krasovsky said on Telegram on Dec. 24 that at the beginning of the week he “suddenly […]