Week In Review

ABOVE PHOTO: Activists demonstrate as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on a pair of cases that could decide the future of affirmative action in college admissions, in Washington, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO ASSOCIATED PRESS  WASHINGTON — The survival of affirmative action in higher education…

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WASHINGTON — This week, as a part of ongoing efforts to end veteran homelessness, the Department of Veterans Affairs published three grant opportunities for fiscal year 2024 that will help Veterans who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness. The first grant opportunity is for the VA’s Supportive Services for Veteran Families program, which provides…

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ABOVE PHOTO: New British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak waves after arriving at Downing Street in London, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022, after returning from Buckingham Palace where he was formally appointed to the post by Britain’s King Charles III. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) By Danica Kirka ASSOCIATED PRESS  LONDON — Harmeet Singh Gill was excited to hear…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Traders gather around a post as Twitter shares resume trading on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, on Oct. 4, 2022. Elon Musk’s lawyers said Thursday, Oct. 6, that Twitter is refusing to accept the Tesla billionaire’s renewed $44 billion bid for the social media company and are…

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ABOVE PHOTO: NAACP national president Derrick Johnson, who lives in Jackson, Miss., with his family, tells residents that the state needs to direct federal money toward “clean, safe drinking water for every citizen of this city” during a town hall meeting hosted by the NAACP on the failing water system in Mississippi’s majority-Black capital city,…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Jean McGuire, then executive director of METCO, speak at a news conference, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2003, in Boston. McGuire, a 91-year-old civil rights activist, was stabbed multiple times while walking her dog in a Boston park on Tuesday night Oct. 11, 2022, according to the Suffolk District Attorney’s office. (AP Photo/Julia Malakie, File)…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Comunidades Indígenas en Liderazgo (CIELO) and leaders from Indigenous communities across California carry signs and march in the streets of Los Angeles during a demonstration demanding the resignations of L.A. City Councilmen Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo for their participation in a leaked discussion that included racial slurs on Saturday, Oct. 15,…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Oakland cannabis activist and entrepreneur Evelyn LaChappelle, right, talks to an employee at Blunts and Moore Dispensary displaying her line of cannabis accessories in Oakland, Calif. on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. While most in the cannabis industry are celebrating President Biden’s announcement pardoning thousands of Americans convicted of marijuana possession, LaChapelle said she…

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By Stan Choe ASSOCIATED PRESS  NEW YORK — Tens of millions of older Americans are getting the biggest raise of their lifetimes. The U.S. government announced Thursday that Social Security beneficiaries will see an 8.7% increase in monthly payments this upcoming year, the largest increase in four decades. It’s all part of an annual ritual…

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ABOVE PHOTO: FILE – An enlarged photo of Daniel Prude, who died following a police encounter, is held by his nephew Armin, left, and his uncle Joe Prude right, in Rochester, N.Y. Newly released grand jury transcripts shed more light on why police officers who restrained Daniel Prude avoided criminal charges in his death, but…

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