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News Turkey lawmakers elect judicial board under new constitution
Turkey lawmakers elect judicial board under new constitution
William Theisen
May 17, 2017 12:15:49 pm

The Turkish Parliament elected seven new members to the country's 13-member Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) in an overnight vote Wednesday under changes made to the constitution in a referendum last...

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News Germany court allows government websites to save user data
Germany court allows government websites to save user data
Jonathon Churchin
May 17, 2017 12:01:26 pm

Germany's Federal Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that government websites can store personal data as long as they provide adequate justification. Patrick Beyer sued the German government over the storing of IP addresses, which...

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News House oversight chair seeks Comey memos on Trump
House oversight chair seeks Comey memos on Trump
William Theisen
May 17, 2017 11:07:47 am

Representative Jason Chaffetz , chairman of the House Oversight Committee , sent a letter to the Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations on Tuesday requesting "all memoranda, notes, summaries, and recordings referring or relating...

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News Mississippi man sentenced in first US transgender hate crime conviction
Mississippi man sentenced in first US transgender hate crime conviction
Autumn Callan
May 16, 2017 03:38:21 pm

A Mississippi man was sentenced to 49 years in prison and a fine of $20,000 on Monday in the first-ever conviction under the Matthew Shepard, James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act , a federal hate crime statute....

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News Appeals court denies Georgia death row inmate request for firing squad
Appeals court denies Georgia death row inmate request for firing squad
Jennifer Suder
May 16, 2017 02:59:04 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Monday denied Georgia death row inmate J.W. Ledford's request that his execution be carried out by firing squad rather than lethal injection. Ledford's counsel argued...

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News Government deal ends mutiny on the Ivory Coast
Government deal ends mutiny on the Ivory Coast
Madison Chajson
May 16, 2017 02:46:40 pm

After a five-day mutiny soldiers in the Ivory Coast on Tuesday agreed to a government settlement to end the disruption. The mutiny began Friday when soldiers began firing bullets at the army headquarters in the central...

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News Security researchers: North Korea possible source of WannaCry cyber attack
Security researchers: North Korea possible source of WannaCry cyber attack
Autumn Callan
May 16, 2017 01:54:48 pm

Cybersecurity researchers on Tuesday said they have found evidence that could link North Korea to the recent cyberattack that affected 300,000 computers in 150 countries over the weekend. The so-called WannaCry ransomware has lines of code that...

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News ICJ hears case of Pakistan planned execution of India officer
ICJ hears case of Pakistan planned execution of India officer
Madison Chajson
May 16, 2017 01:42:14 pm

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday heard the case of the coming execution of Indian officer Kulbhushan Jadhav who was sentenced to death by a Pakistani Field General...

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News Trump administration cuts international healthcare aid to groups promoting or performing abortions
Trump administration cuts international healthcare aid to groups promoting or performing abortions
Autumn Callan
May 16, 2017 12:52:42 pm

President Donald Trump's administration announced plans Monday to expand the so-called Mexico City Policy blocking international family planning assistance through the US Agency for International Development to any groups or programs that provide abortion or abortion...

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News State Department: Syria used crematorium to hide prison deaths
State Department: Syria used crematorium to hide prison deaths
Lindsay Offutt
May 16, 2017 12:39:12 pm

The US State Department said Monday that it has evidence showing the Syrian government has been using crematoriums to dispose of inmates' bodies in the Saydnaya prison . Assistant Secretary of State for Near East...

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Catalonia declares independence from Spain

The Parliament of Catalonia declared independence from Spain in a failed bid for sovereignty on October 27, 2017. The declaration followed an independence referendum, boycotted by pro-union residents, that saw 92% of voters choose independence. The declaration was subsequently declared illegal by Spain's Supreme Court. Many Catalan independence figures such as then-Catalan President Carles Puigdemont were criminally charged as a result of their involvement in the independence attempt. Read the Catalan Declaration of Independence.

First of the Federalist Papers published

On October 27, 1787, the first of the Federalist Papers, written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison under the pen-name "PUBLIUS" to promote the ratification of the new US Constitution, was published in a New York newspaper.

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