SUMTER, S.C. — After South Carolina electrocuted George J. Stinney Jr. in 1944, his family buried his burned, 14-year-old body in an unmarked grave in the hopes the anonymity would allow him to rest in peace.
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SAMMAMISH, Wash. — Eastside Catholic prides itself on teaching acceptance. At the end of Crusader Way, by the school’s entrance, banners hang celebrating “relationships” and exhorting passers-by to “remember to take care of each other.” Students use a sign-language gesture to remind one another of the school’s emphasis on unconditional love.
WASHINGTON — The two women might at first seem more like political rivals
WASHINGTON — Gay men and lesbians may not be excluded from juries based on their sexual orientation, the federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled on
Arizona State University has suspended its Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity chapter for throwing an “MLK Black Party” that offended many people on the Tempe campus, according
Politically charged ideas are a mainstay on many campuses. So is the controversy they provoke.
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WASHINGTON — When the Republican National Committee gathers for its winter meeting here on Wednesday, the action will start a few hours late to accommodate anyone who wants to stop first at the March for Life, the annual anti-abortion demonstration on the National Mall. And if they need a lift to the meeting afterward, they