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Catalans stop work to protest police force during referendum
By Aritz Parra and Ciaran Giles, The Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain — Striking workers, students and hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Barcelona and other Catalan towns...
View ArticleSpain’s top court halts Catalan secession parliament meeting
By Aritz Parra and Ciaran Giles, The Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain — Spain’s Constitutional Court on Thursday ordered Catalonia’s parliament to suspend a planned session next week during which...
View ArticleCandlelight vigil in Aurora calls for stricter gun laws
A candlelight vigil for victims of gun violence Friday night in Aurora, by design, became a political rally calling for stricter gun laws. The rally, attended by about 75 people, kicked off about 6:30...
View ArticleCharlottesville white supremacist rally in August drew attendees from 35...
A torchlight rally by white supremacists that descended into violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August drew participants from at least 35 states and spoke to the ability of the self-described...
View ArticleMike Ditka on NFL protests: “No oppression in the last 100 years that I know of”
Even before this NFL season, which has featured team owners linking arms with players as shows of solidarity amid sharply critical comments from President Donald Trump, some players were noting that...
View ArticleCatalan leader stakes claim to independence, then delays it
BARCELONA, Spain — Catalan separatists on Tuesday signed what they called a declaration of independence from Spain to cheers and applause in the regional parliament. Catalonia’s president said he would...
View ArticleBlack man attacked at white nationalist rally in Charlottesville faces felony...
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The black man beaten in a Charlottesville, Virginia, parking garage by white supremacists after a “Unite the Right” rally has been charged with a crime in connection with the...
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Police officers’ lives are at risk because of a false media narrative
Tasos Katopodis, Getty ImagesA Baltimore police officer stands during the national anthem before the Baltimore Ravens host the Pittsburgh Steelers at M&T Bank Stadium on Oct. 1. The 24-hour news...
View ArticleDemocrat stops just short of forcing House vote on Trump’s impeachment
WASHINGTON – A Democratic congressman stopped just short of forcing a House vote on President Trump’s impeachment Wednesday, pulling back under apparent pressure from his own party. Rep. Al Green,...
View ArticleSpain gives ultimatum to Catalonia: Back down or be punished
By Ciaran Giles and Aritz Parra, The Associated Press MADRID — Spanish authorities gave Catalonia’s separatist leader five days to explain whether his ambiguous statement on secession was a formal...
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s lesson for NFL protesters
Matt York, Associated Press fileThe Dallas Cowboys, led by owner Jerry Jones, take a knee prior to the national anthem before the Cowyboys Sept. 25 game against the Arizona Cardinals in Glendale, Ariz....
View ArticleMexico’s largest state rocked by slayings of women
By Gustavo Martinez, The Associated Press VILLA CUAUHTEMOC, Mexico — Just like any other day, Dr. Jessica Sevilla Pedraza went to work at the hospital that morning, came home for a quick lunch and then...
View ArticleWhen is a Facebook “like” a crime?
By Ann E. Marimow, The Washington Post Federal prosecutors in Washington appear willing to limit the scope of search warrants for the Facebook accounts of local activists connected to protests of...
View ArticleFlorida declares state of emergency in advance of speech by white nationalist...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Citing past clashes and protests, Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Monday declared a state of emergency in advance of a speech white nationalist Richard Spencer is scheduled to give at...
View ArticleA black protester hugged a white nationalist outside Richard Spencer’s talk....
Wearing a white T-shirt emblazoned with swastikas, Randy Furniss, hands in his pockets, walked slowly through a crowd Thursday that had largely gathered to protest white nationalist Richard Spencer,...
View ArticleNeil Gorsuch says civility doesn’t mean suppressing disagreement
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch says that suppressing disagreement in the name of civility is wrong. Gorsuch tells a conference of lawyers meeting near the high court that he’s worried...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Women dressed as handmaids protest Mike Pence’s Colorado visit
Members of Indivisible Front Range Resistance and others chant together while Vice President Mike Pence’s motorcade drives into the parking lot Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017 outside the Marriott Denver Tech...
View ArticleSpain cracks down hard after Catalonia declares independence
BARCELONA, Spain — In one of the most momentous days in recent Spanish history, Spain fired Catalonia’s regional government and dissolved its parliament Friday after a defiant Catalan declaration of...
View ArticleAfter “inmates” comment, Texans owner Robert McNair meets with players before...
While discussing what NFL owners should do over players’ continued protests during the national anthem earlier this month at league meetings, Houston Texans owner Robert McNair blurted out, “We can’t...
View Article“White Lives Matter” organizers cancel second rally in Tennessee after being...
SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. – Crowds of protesters began gathering at 8 a.m. on a cold, cloudy Saturday morning. They’d come to see Nazis. But, but two hours later, there were still no Nazis. Around 10:30 a.m.,...
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