Sentences with phrase «in nationwide protests»

On Jan. 27, Trump signed the first executive order for a travel ban — related to travelers from seven Muslim - majority countries — which led to confusion across U.S. and overseas airports and resulted in nationwide protests against the order.

Flares are fired and a flotilla of boats head out of Whitstable Harbour as fishermen take part in a nationwide protest on April 8th, 2018, against the Brexit deal in Whitstable, England.

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The company, which is based in Austin, Tex., and also operates a networking service for professionals and a friend - matching function, is donating $ 100,000 toward a nationwide protest against gun violence planned for later this month.

Demonstrators planned to gather again on Saturday in U.S. cities nationwide to protest against Trump, whose election they say poses a threat to their civil and human rights, a day after a protester was shot in Portland, Oregon.

The Democratic committee is touting a surge of 675,000 new supporters in January, many of whom joined the cause amid nationwide protests against Trump's policies.

Despite the West Coast clashes, most nationwide protests were peaceful as immigrants, union members and their allies staged a series of strikes, boycotts and marches to highlight the contributions of immigrants in the United States.

The low wage sentiment has definitely been a hot topic lately, especially after the nationwide wage protest that occurred in April 15, 2015.

But as eager as Republicans might be to move on from gun control, it will likely be a difficult issue to avoid in coming months, as gun violence prevention activists expand nationwide protests.

Students are protesting nationwide on Wednesday, calling for action in Congress on gun control.

Christians and human rights groups protested the killings in major cities as Christian schools nationwide closed for three days in symbolic protest.

Other celebs took part in rallies nationwide protesting the California initiative.

It would be recalled that organized labour on Wednesday January 20 organized a nationwide demonstration to protest the hikes in utility and fuel prices.

What began as a localised protest over a shopping centre and the demolition of the Gezi Park in Istanbul's central Taksim Square turned into a nationwide conflagration in response to the inciting rhetoric of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the unfettered police brutality unleashed upon peaceful protestors.

Thousands of students, emboldened by a growing protest movement over gun violence, stood up in their classrooms and walked out of their schools in a nationwide demonstration, one month after a gunman killed 17 people at a high school in Florida.

Cuomo asked state education officials to investigate reports that some New York schools prevented students from taking part in Wednesday's nationwide student walkout to protest gun violence.

Fresh off the second weekend of nationwide protests against President Donald Trump, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has released its initial list of Republican - held seats it plans to target in 2018.

A group of Stoneman Douglas shooting survivors over the weekend announced plans for a nationwide march to protest gun violence, with students criticizing the NRA's impact on stalling gun legislation in Congress.

Though Mr. Donovan's inability to secure an indictment of a NYPD officer in the death of Eric Garner, a black man, sparked protests nationwide, the otherwise low - key prosecutor is popular on Staten Island.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo asked state education officials Thursday to investigate reports that some New York schools prevented students from taking part in Wednesday's nationwide student walkout to protest gun violence.

The two killings, on top of fatal police encounters elsewhere in the country, helped spark protests nationwide, calling for law enforcement officials to be held accountable for killing unarmed civilians.

Nationwide protests kicked - off just after 6 a.m. in New York City outside the Flatbush Avenue McDonald's in Brooklyn - and an hour later at the Holland Avenue McDonald's in Albany.

PHOTO ESSAY BY DONNA ACETO In the first of several nationwide actions initiated by high school students to protest the lack of meaningful legislative action on gun control, young people nationwide walked out of their classrooms on March 14 — some for 17 minutes to commemorate the 17 people killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High -LSB-...]

It was the worst school shooting since the February assault on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., where a young man with an AR - 15 rifle left 17 people dead and prompted a wave of nationwide, student - led protests calling on lawmakers to tighten gun laws.

As women prepare to protest in sister marches in Washington, D.C., New York City and across the country on Saturday, more than 6,000 nationwide have signed up to boycott everything from fake smiles to paid jobs to laundry for two days starting tomorrow.

The umbrella body of Muslim faithfuls in Nigeria, the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has announced its plan to embark on a nationwide protest against the Nigerian Law School over its law against the use of hijab.

In January, popular Nigerian artiste, Innocent Idibia, better known as 2Baba, solicited the support of well - meaning Nigerians as he planned a nationwide protest against President Muhammadu Buhari's administration.

New Paltz, NY — Hudson Valley college, high school, and middle school students were among the thousands nationwide to walk out of class in protest of a war against Iraq.

Even after a grand jury decided not to indict NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner, sparking nationwide protests, the case promised to drag on for years thanks to a federal civil rights investigation, internal NYPD probe, and civil suit from Garner's family.

When the survivors of the Valentine's Day mass shooting at Parkland, Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School took to Florida's capitol in February, sparking nationwide actions in solidarity, they were echoing the actions of an earlier group of young people protesting a shooting.

They've announced a nationwide protest on March 24 in Washington, D.C.. They've traveled to the Florida State Capitol lobbying for stricter gun laws.

A gunman killed three police officers and wounded three others in Louisiana's capital, Baton Rouge, just days after the police shooting of a black man there sparked nationwide protests, one of which led to the massacre of five Dallas policemen.

MoveOn also responded to electrical blackouts and skyrocketing energy costs in California by calling for cost controls on electricity utility companies, organizing a nationwide «roll your own energy blackout» - a voluntary, three - hour electricity - free evening on June 21, in which more than 10,000 participants turned out lights and unplugged TVs and other appliances to protest Bush's energy plan.

Mr. Donovan rose to prominence after he did not secure an indictment of a white police officer in the death of Garner, a black Staten Island man, spurring protests nationwide.

That attack in February killed 17 and led to nationwide protests, and the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history occurred in Las Vegas last year.

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It would be recalled that members of SSANU nationwide embarked on an indefinite strike to protest the alleged skewed distribution of earned allowances in federal universities.

The shooting spurred nationwide protests and school walkouts in support of stronger gun laws.

The decision not to indict Pantaleo sparked nationwide outrage and protests in New York, but it was hailed by police supporters.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — After a week of nationwide protests, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on 19 April sought to reassure scientists that her government was rethinking a rumored $ 423 million (AUD $ 400 million) cut to medical research over 3 years, starting in the 2011 - 12 budget.

The nationwide anti-government protests in Iran could have significant implications in Syria and beyond.

A year after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an 18 - year - old black man, by a white police officer touched off protests that echoed nationwide, Davis spoke with Education Week Staff Writer Denisa R. Superville about his still - developing plans to address inequity and bias in the district.

Milwaukee participants in the Feb. 17 nationwide walk - ins hold signs protesting a proposed state takeover of the city's public schools.

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While many districts favor a hands - off approach focused on safety as they prepare for the nationwide protest on March 14 — in which students throughout the country will walk out of class to advocate for gun... Read More

Leaders of the education protests say they are joining the other groups in solidarity and expect hundreds of thousands of people to participate in events held at more than 2,000 schools nationwide.

The survey results came days ahead of Wednesday's nationwide student walkout to protest gun violence, after 17 people were shot dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. last month.

Capturing the Baltimore protests in response to the 2015 police killing of Freddie Gray, Devin Allen's photographs went viral on social media and gained nationwide attention from mainstream media.

draws on the video Diamond Reynolds captured moments after her fiancé, Philando Castile, had been fatally shot by a police officer in July 2016 in Falcon Heights, Minnesota — an incident that sparked protests nationwide.

NEWS In the wake of the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, nationwide protests against police killing unarmed Black men and youth reach Miami Dec. 5, shutting down I - 95 and blocking traffic in Midtown and Wynwood during Art Basel Miami BeacIn the wake of the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, nationwide protests against police killing unarmed Black men and youth reach Miami Dec. 5, shutting down I - 95 and blocking traffic in Midtown and Wynwood during Art Basel Miami Beacin Midtown and Wynwood during Art Basel Miami Beach.

This week has seen nationwide protests after two police killings were documented in graphic video: Sterling, who was shot and killed when officers responded to a disturbance call in Baton Rouge, and Castile, who was shot during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights, Minnesota.