UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu said Thursday he is as committed to abolishing child marriage around the globe as he was to fighting apartheid in South Africa. Tutu made his remarks at the launch of U.N. campaign to end child marriage by 2030, in a bid to free girls from poverty, ignorance, and oppression at the hands of their husbands.
NEW YORK (AP) — Morgan Stanley is being accused of discriminating against black homeowners and violating federal civil rights laws by providing strong incentives to a subprime lender to originate mortgages that were likely to go unrepaid.
The lawsuit, which seeks class-action status, was filed Monday by the American Civil Liberties Union and others on behalf of five Detroit residents and Michigan Legal Services. It was filed in U.S. District Court in New York.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday, Oct. 10, in the first case the Court has taken up in nearly a decade on the use of race in higher education admissions.
The Court was petitioned in February this year to hear Fisher v. University of Texas, which could be a precursor to a shift in affirmative action and how U.S. colleges and universities use the race of student applicants to attain higher diversity on campuses.
NEW YORK (AP) — Crime rates are low enough that New York can lay claim to being America's safest big city. The police commissioner is so popular that some have urged him to run for mayor.
And yet, city lawmakers are discussing proposals to rein in the New York Police Department, including the appointment of an independent inspector general to monitor it.
