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News Turkish president rejects court ruling ordering journalists’ release
Turkish president rejects court ruling ordering journalists’ release
Jacqueline Jones
February 28, 2016 10:54:50 am

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Sunday that he rejects a court ruling that the detention of two journalists violated their rights. Two Turkish journalists were released from Silivri prison early Friday after Turkey's Constitutional...

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Virginia governor signs gun bills into law
Jacqueline Jones
February 28, 2016 10:22:57 am

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe on Friday signed gun safety measures into law that will prevent domestic abusers and certain types of criminals from owning and carrying guns. The laws will still allow individuals to have...

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News Accused 9/11 conspirator seeks court delay over treatment by guards
Accused 9/11 conspirator seeks court delay over treatment by guards
Emelina Perez
February 27, 2016 04:44:32 pm

A Guantanamo Bay prisoner accused of involvement in the 9/11 attacks testified on Friday that he has been subject to torment and mistreatment by prison guards. Ramzi bin al Shibh, from Yemen, is facing the death penalty with four other...

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News California Supreme Court rules in favor of prison overcrowding ballot measure
California Supreme Court rules in favor of prison overcrowding ballot measure
Emelina Perez
February 27, 2016 03:56:20 pm

The Supreme Court of California on Friday ruled that Governor Jerry Brown can put his plan to ease prison over-crowding on the ballot this November, reversing a lower court's previous ruling. A court in Sacramento decided...

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News Federal appeals court overturns Apple patent win against Samsung
Federal appeals court overturns Apple patent win against Samsung
Taylor Gillan
February 27, 2016 11:45:35 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Friday overturned a 2014 verdict against Samsung in its patent infringement conflict with Apple . The appeals court found that Samsung did not infringe...

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News UN Security Council unanimously approves Syria ceasefire plan
UN Security Council unanimously approves Syria ceasefire plan
Taylor Gillan
February 27, 2016 11:11:45 am

The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously approved resolution 2268 , voting to endorse a Russian and American plan for a cessation of hostilities in Syria. The plan, which was drafted jointly by Russia and the US,...

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Federal appeals court rules Somali pirate cannot withdraw plea deal
Kasey Tuttle
February 26, 2016 05:50:45 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled Wednesday that a Somali man convicted of piracy cannot withdraw his plea deal . Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse was the sole surviving pirate suspect from the...

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News Turkish court releases two journalists charged with espionage
Turkish court releases two journalists charged with espionage
Matthew Santiago
February 26, 2016 05:09:27 pm

Two Turkish journalists were released from Silivri prison early Friday after Turkey's Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the detention violated their personal liberty, security, and freedom of expression and press. Can Dundar and Erdem Gul, employees of...

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News Argentina prosecutor’s death classified as homicide
Argentina prosecutor’s death classified as homicide
Alonso Diaz
February 26, 2016 02:01:51 pm

Former Argentine lawyer and federal prosecutor, Alberto Nisman, was the victim of murder according to a Criminal Appeals Court Prosecutor Ricardo Sáenz. The declaration is the first time a judicial authority has suggested the death as a homicide...

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BP supervisor found not guilty of clean water act violation
Alexis Wheeler
February 26, 2016 12:16:46 pm

Robert Kaluza, a former rig supervisor for BP, was found not guilty in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Thursday of violating the Clean Water Act over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill...

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Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery

On September 3, 1838, abolitionist and human rights advocate Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery in Baltimore by posing as a free sailor and boarding a train bound for Philadelphia. Read Douglass' 1881 tract My Escape from Slavery.

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