Tag: Human welfare
UN Libya migrant center plagued with crowding, TB, food cuts
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - The United Nations center in Libya was opened as an “alternative to detention,†a last, safe stop for migrants before...
Archives board OKs plan to move Ole Miss Confederate statue
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The University of Mississippi's proposal to move a Confederate soldier monument from a central spot on the Oxford campus to...
UN Libya migrant center plagued with crowding, TB, food cuts
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - The United Nations center in Libya was opened as an “alternative to detention,†a last, safe stop for migrants before...
Ex-boyfriend pleads guilty in helpful-homeless-man scam
MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey man pleaded guilty Friday to a state charge stemming from a scheme that raked in more...
A locker, a chirp: How tiny clues help solve child sex...
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - It was the odd-looking locker handles that caught their eye.Investigators spent hours poring over graphic images of little boys changing...
Abandoned baby giraffe befriended by dog in Africa dies
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - A South African animal orphanage says a baby giraffe that was befriended by a dog after it was abandoned in the...
TB, armed guards, lack of food at UN migrant center in...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - The United Nations center in Libya was opened as an “alternative to detention,†a last, safe stop for migrants before...
Indicted jail officers faced earlier excessive force claims
BALTIMORE (AP) - When a prisoner shattered glass panes in a control center at a Baltimore jail, the staff summoned a paramilitary-style tactical team...
25 jail officers indicted, accused of using excessive force
BALTIMORE (AP) - More than two dozen correctional officers in Baltimore were charged Tuesday with using excessive force on prisoners at state-operated jails in...
Albania demolishes quake-damaged building with explosives
TIRANA, Albania (AP) - A remote-controlled explosion has demolished a six-story building considered a threat after it was damaged in a 6.4-magnitude earthquake in...