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The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit struck down part of Maryland’s Firearm Safety Act of 2013, which the Maryland General Assembly passed in response to the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting. This decision partially reverses a decision from the US District Court for the District of Maryland at Baltimore. Following oral arguments, [...]

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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit on behalf of Planned Parenthood Tuesday challenging a Nebraska law that restricted abortion access and gender-affirming care for transgender youth. The complaint asserts that the law, LB574, violates the Nebraska constitution because it is not limited to one subject, and asks the court to block the [...]

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A UK court Thursday convicted a senior Nigerian senator and his wife of organ trafficking. The Central Criminal Court of England and Wales found Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy president of the Nigerian senate, and his wife Nwanneka Ekweremadu guilty of exploitation following a six-week trial led by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). Both Ike and [...]

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The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Tuesday heard oral arguments on whether the West Virginia Medicaid Program’s denial of gender-affirming surgery for individuals with gender dysphoria violates the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid Act and Equal Protection Clause under the US Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment. Caleb David, attorney for the state defendants, argued that [...]

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Former US Ambassador to the UN Bill Richardson Sunday stated in an exclusive to CNN that WNBA star Brittney Griner and former US Marine Paul Whelan could be released from Russian detention following meetings he held with senior Russian officials. Richardson visited Russia on behalf of Griner, Whelan and other American detainees in Russia. Richardson [...]

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A New York judge Monday exonerated a sixth defendant in the Central Park jogger case. Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, Raymond Santana, Korey Wise and Yusef Salaam, known as the Central Park Five, were also wrongfully convicted and were exonerated in 2002 using DNA evidence. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr. filed a motion to vacate [...]

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The Emmett Till case is one of, if not the most, important events of the civil rights movement in the United States. His case, like so many others from the era, galvanized minorities and African-Americans, calling global attention to the civil rights movement and the barbaric treatment of African-Americans in the Southern United States. Though [...]

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