Civil Rights News
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Pennsylvania Sued by US Over Police Fitness Tests
… Department said. The practice violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and does not qualify under the law as a ..... assistant attorney general for the department's civil rights division , said in a statement. A test begun in 2003 consisted …
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The Legal Loophole That Could Endanger Your Mortgage Modification… Protection Bureau or at the HUD's website . For more info on mortgage scams, check out Prevent Loan Scams , a project of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. - The ABC News Fixer CLICK HERE to go to The ABC News Fixer homepage
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Clean-Air Rules Assailed as Too Much, Too Little
… electric utilities, labor unions, environmental groups, renewable-energy companies, government agencies, religious and civil rights organizations and others sent representatives to the hearings. Some endorsed the proposals, while others said they were …
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US Court: Virginia Marriage Is for All Lovers
… raising a 16-year-old daughter. "I am proud that the Commonwealth of Virginia is leading on one of the most important civil rights issues of our day," Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring said. "We are fighting for the right of loving, committed …
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The NFL's domestic violence problem… Janay Palmer's decision to marry Rice after he was indicted for aggravated assault. That said, Edwards -- a longtime civil rights advocate -- thinks the NFL and other leagues can do more to combat violence against women among players and in society at …
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A Double-Header of Biopics for Chadwick Boseman
… revolutionary breaker of baseball's color line, the other the Godfather of Soul. Both were unstoppable forces that blazed across civil rights -era America. One could steal home; the other could do the Mashed Potato. Tackling one such historical figure is daring …
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Widow: Man Who Died in NYPD Custody Wasn't Violent
… headquarters of the Rev. Al Sharpton. On Friday, Sharpton and the family met with federal prosecutors to ask them to bring a civil rights case against the New York Police Department officers who stopped Garner on Staten Island on suspicion of selling untaxed …
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The NFL's domestic violence problem
… Janay Palmer's decision to marry Rice after he was indicted for aggravated assault. That said, Edwards -- a longtime civil rights advocate -- thinks the NFL and other leagues can do more to combat violence against women among players and in society at …
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Family Seeks Federal Probe of Police Custody Death… closed-door meeting in Brooklyn with officials from the civil rights division of the U.S. attorney's office. An amateur video ..... placed on desk duty. Sharpton alleges Garner's civil rights were violated and that led to his death. Garner's …
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Albuquerque Agrees to Court Oversight of Police
Albuquerque agrees to independent and court oversight of troubled police department
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Ga. Teen Sues for in-Home Classes During Pregnancy
A Georgia teen says in a civil rights complaint that she should have been allowed to complete her schoolwork from home while pregnant and on doctor-ordered bed rest …
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Biden, in Ohio, Urges Infrastructure, Job Training
… business needs and to improve roads, bridges and other transportation to spur growth. Sprinkling his speech with quotes from civil rights leaders, Biden also blasted what he called efforts around the country to repress minority voting. Earlier, Republican …
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Biden Decries Voting Restrictions in NAACP Address
… before the midterm elections. In a 31-minute speech to the civil rights group's annual convention in Las Vegas, Biden said that ..... to combat corruption where there is none," Biden said. Civil rights groups complain the measures make it harder for minorities …
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CBS Event Marks Civil Rights Anniversary
… Thursday marking the 50th anniversary of civil rights legislation is both a look back at history ..... program, "CBS News: 50 Years Later, Civil Rights ," moderated by Bob Schieffer features civil rights activist Harry Belafonte, U.S. Rep …
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Black Leaders Worry About Low Turnout in November
Civil rights leaders at the NAACP annual convention in Las Vegas on Tuesday worried that dwindling African-American turnout in November could …
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Black Leaders Worry About Low Turnout in November
Civil rights leaders at the NAACP annual convention in Las Vegas on Tuesday worried that dwindling African-American turnout in November could …
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Black Leaders Worry About Low Turnout in November
Civil rights leaders at the NAACP's annual convention worry that black voters won't ..... it harder for minorities to vote. During a panel discussion at the civil rights organization's conference in Las Vegas, black political leaders worried …
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Denver Proposes $3.3M Jail-Abuse Settlement
… to be among the largest in Denver's history to resolve a civil rights case. Word of a settlement came Tuesday, a day after Denver ..... Mohamedbhai, told reporters that his client "feels that his civil rights have been vindicated. He is proud to be an instrument of …
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Seeking the Limelight, Biden Courts Key Dem Groups
… engagements scheduled for the foreseeable future. Biden's remarks Wednesday in Las Vegas to the NAACP, the nation's oldest civil rights organization, precede a Thursday speech at the National Urban League Conference in Ohio, another key presidential state …
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Exxon Mobil Says It'll Follow New Anti-Bias Rules
… protections Monday. The energy company, which has hundreds of millions in federal contracts, has resisted pressure from civil rights groups and shareholders to enumerate such protections in its formal policy. Many companies have added anti-gay bias as …
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FBI 'Monitoring' NYPD Chokehold Death Case… that the FBI is "monitoring the situation in case (agents) need to move on it." The case could fall under the FBI's civil rights -enforcement authority, according to officials. The NYPD told ABC News today that an internal police report prepared right …
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Recruits open to gay teammates
… of Youth Well-Being Project at the Human Rights Campaign. Pompei said in June 2012, the HRC -- the nation's largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans -- conducted "Growing up …
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Alabama State U. Picked for Historic March Exhibit
University picked for interpretive center along Selma-to-Montgomery civil rights march trail
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Obama Gives Protection to Gay, Transgender Workers
… GOP-controlled House. "We're here to do what we can to make it right," Obama said. Some prominent gay-rights and civil - rights organizations which had been longtime supporters of that bill announced earlier this month that they were withdrawing their …
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Obama Gives Protection to Gay, Transgender Workers
… GOP-controlled House. "We're here to do what we can to make it right," Obama said. Some prominent gay-rights and civil - rights organizations which had been longtime supporters of that bill announced earlier this month that they were withdrawing their …
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Obama Gives Protection to Gay, Transgender Workers
… GOP-controlled House. "We're here to do what we can to make it right," Obama said. Some prominent gay-rights and civil - rights organizations which had been longtime supporters of that bill announced earlier this month that they were withdrawing their …
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Trial to Start in Death of Unarmed Woman on Porch
… convicted of the murder charge, he could face up to life in prison, although the actual term would likely be shorter. Civil rights activists immediately seized on race after the November shooting — Wafer is white and McBride was black — and some likened …
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Emotional Rally Held for Man Who Died in Custody… sparked outrage. Police officer Francis Livoti was dismissed from the NYPD and convicted by a federal jury of violating the civil rights of a Bronx man who died after Livoti apparently used a chokehold on him in 1994. Livoti has denied he used a chokehold …
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Liberals Swoon for Warren, Point to Clinton in '16
… backing for same-sex marriage. "I come out of the civil rights movement and there's not a way in God's green earth that I could sit there and be asked a question about the civil rights issue of our day and remain silent," Biden said …
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Actor Settling Shopper-Profiling Suit Vs. Macy's
A black actor who accused Macy's of racially profiling shoppers is settling a civil rights lawsuit he filed after he was stopped and detained at the flagship New York store. Macy's says in a statement Friday that …
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UConn to Pay $1.3M in Sex Assault Handling Lawsuit
… sought unspecified monetary damages and changes in university policies. The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights began a Title IX investigation in December based on complaints filed by four of the plaintiffs and three other women …
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APNewsBreak: UConn Settles Sex Assault Lawsuit
… It sought unspecified monetary damages and changes in university policies. The U.S. Justice Department's Office for Civil Rights began a Title IX investigation in December based on complaints filed by four of the plaintiffs and three other women …
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Lawsuit Filed in LA Woman's Pummeling by Patrolman
… alongside a Los Angeles freeway filed a civil rights lawsuit Thursday. The lawsuit that ..... litigation. He has met with community and civil rights leaders in Los Angeles multiple times ..... or circumvent the discovery rules in civil rights violation matters." Farrow couldn't …
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Judge OKs Gay Marriage in Florida Keys
… in 2000 and re-elected twice since then, invoked other moments in American history when the courts had to guarantee the civil rights of minorities. He said Florida's ban violates the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees equal …
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NY's Medicaid Covering Post-Birth Contraceptives
… take and prescriptions to fill, they are the least disruptive to their lifestyles. The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights opposes the Medicaid contraceptive coverage, saying in an email Thursday that "anti-child crusaders" in the city and …