Our Daily Walk
January 8th, 2013
Written by The Associated Press in Latest News, Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
ZURICH (AP) - FIFA fined Bulgaria and Hungary around $40,000 each on Tuesday and ordered them to play a World Cup qualifier in an empty stadium after fans aimed racist and anti-Semitic abuse at opposing teams.
The punishments were announced as players and anti-discrimination groups demand a tougher response to fan actions at stadiums, including in Italy and Serbia.
"FIFA strongly condemns all...
January 7th, 2013
Written by Marlene Caroselli in Latest News, Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
The holidays are over and the annual sensitivity about the various religious and ethnic holidays and other trappings of the season are laid to rest for 12 more months. This year, however, Kwanzaa took on a special challenge, not one usually heard amid the religious/ethnic chatter. Josh Feldman, writing in the online publication, Media-ite, describes the controversy where CNN’S Ashleigh Banfield...
January 3rd, 2013
Written by Jack Elliott Jr. - Associated Press in Latest News, Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A sixth man has pleaded guilty in connection with racially motivated attacks by young whites against blacks in Jackson.
Joseph Paul Dominick, 21, of Brandon pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to commit a hate crime. He faces up to five years in prison. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves will sentence him later.
Prosecutors say that starting about April 2011, the group...
December 19th, 2012
Written by Verena Dobnik - Associated Press in Latest News, Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
NEW YORK (AP) - The family and friends of an Asian-American soldier who committed suicide after being hazed by fellow soldiers said Tuesday that the punishment the soldiers have received was only a slap on the wrist.
"Our son died, and there is no reason why he should have died," said Suzhen Chen, the mother of Pvt. Danny Chen. "These sentences do not give justice to his life; we want the system...
December 17th, 2012
Written by Oskar Garcia - Associated Press in Latest News, Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
HONOLULU (AP) - A high school on Hawaii's Big Island was temporarily closed after officials say racial tension and multiple fights culminated in a brawl involving 20 to 30 students, with eight arrests.
Police and state education officials said Kealakehe High School in Kailua-Kona was closed as teachers and administrators figured out how to get control of problems with students as they began...
Pages
