Following some in-person protests outside of Frederick County Board of Education meetings in recent weeks, some parents of Frederick County Public Schools students have planned an all-day logout protest that is scheduled to take place on Tuesday. Sarah Steinberg, a mother of four FCPS students and one homeschooled student, is […]
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Some of the people charged in the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer shared the stage in May with a county sheriff during a protest against state coronavirus restrictions. Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf is also in the hot seat for remarks made during an on-camera interview last week regarding those associated with the […]
Good morning, and welcome to the TimesOC newsletter. It’s Wednesday, Sept. 30. My name is David Carrillo Peñaloza, the author of the TimesOC newsletter and an editor for Los Angeles Times Community News. Orange County is living through some of the same issues affecting other parts of the country — […]
MBA students at NYU Stern are protesting a 3.5% hike in tuition during the pandemic and asking for discounts of 5% to 10% due to the shift toward remote instruction. Stern photo MBA students at New York University’s Stern School of Business are urging the school to reverse a decision […]
Some protesters were opposed to the method used to impede development of the eggs, and others were upset that any effort was being done in an attempt to manage the goose population. “We spent many years making this their home,” said Megan Mathis, who recalled years of visiting the park […]
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Police in Myanmar’s biggest city fired tear gas Monday at defiant crowds who returned to the streets to protest last month’s coup, despite reports that security forces had killed at least 18 people a day earlier. The protesters in Yangon were chased as they tried to […]
WASHINGTON — For years, West Coast cities have borne the brunt of violent confrontations between far-right extremists and counterprotesters who come to meet them. Brawls broke out in Berkeley, Calif. White-supremacist rallies in Sacramento ended in bloodshed. Violent clashes have become common in Portland, Ore., where gunfire broke […]
Up and down the western United States, protests have devolved into violent clashes replete with thrown rocks, exploding fireworks and streams of chemical irritants. But the nation’s capital — with its strict gun laws and history of orderly, peaceful protest — has largely avoided these violent conflicts. Extremism experts who […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Conservative groups alleging without evidence that President-elect Joe Biden stole the U.S. election gathered for protests across the country on Saturday, including one in Washington that threatened to turn violent as darkness fell. Organizers of Stop The Steal, linked to pro-Trump operative Roger Stone, and church groups […]