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FILE - People sleep near discarded clothing and used needles on a street in the Tenderloin neighborhood in San Francisco, on July 25, 2019. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved an emergency order the mayor wants to tackle an opioid epidemic in its troubled Tenderloin district. (AP Photo/Janie Har, File)

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San Francisco board OKs mayor's emergency order over opioids
By JANIE HAR - Associated Press
Fri,12/24/21-11:13AM , 229 Reads
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Board of Supervisors approved an emergency order to tackle the opioid epidemic in San Francisco’s troubled Tenderloin neighborhood, despite reservations by some that the declaration will be used by the mayor to criminalize people who are homeless, addicted to drugs or both.
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A man passes by a TV screen showing a file image of former South Korean President Park Geun-hye during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 24, 2021. The South Korean government said Friday it will grant a special pardon to Park, who is serving a lengthy prison term for bribery and other crimes. The Korean letters read "President Moon Jae-in pardons Park Geun-hye." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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SKorea ex-President Park, jailed for corruption, is pardoned
By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press
Thu,12/23/21-7:08PM , 138 Reads
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Friday he will pardon his chief conservative rival and predecessor, Park Geun-hye, who is serving a lengthy prison term for bribery and other crimes.
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AP Exclusive: Polish opposition senator hacked with spyware
By VANESSA GERA AND FRANK BAJAK - Associated Press
Thu,12/23/21-10:47AM , 66 Reads
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Sen. Krzysztof Brejza’s mobile phone was hacked with sophisticated spyware nearly three dozen times in 2019 when he was running the opposition's campaign against the right-wing populist government in parliamentary elections, an internet watchdog found.
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Atlanta owns up to legacy of convict labor that rebuilt city
By MICHAEL WARREN - Associated Press
Thu,12/23/21-9:05AM , 192 Reads
ATLANTA (AP) — The City of Atlanta's official seal shows a phoenix rising from the ashes of the Civil War. What it doesn’t show is that Atlanta was rebuilt with slavery’s successor: convict labor, working in horrific conditions to break granite at the Bellwood Quarry and burn clay at the Chattahoochee Brick Company.
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