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News Germany top court rejects petition seeking to halt European Central Bank’s bond-buying program
Germany top court rejects petition seeking to halt European Central Bank’s bond-buying program
Erik Slobe
October 19, 2017 07:35:40 am

Germany's Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a petition to block the Bundesbank from participating in the European Central Bank plan to purchase bonds. The European Central Bank is currently purchasing 2.3...

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News SEC files federal lawsuit against mining giant Rio Tinto
SEC files federal lawsuit against mining giant Rio Tinto
Lindsay Offutt
October 19, 2017 07:15:28 am

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday against international mining group Rio Tinto and two of its chief executives alleging fraud and deception in violation of federal law. The...

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News Federal judge orders DACA materials be made public
Federal judge orders DACA materials be made public
Jennifer Suder
October 18, 2017 03:39:14 pm

US District Judge William Alsup in California on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to turn over emails, letters, memoranda, notes, media items, opinions and other materials directly or indirectly considered in the final agency decision to rescind ...

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News EU top court rules height requirements for police discriminate against women
EU top court rules height requirements for police discriminate against women
Jennifer Suder
October 18, 2017 02:40:48 pm

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Wednesday that Greek police cannot enforce a blanket height requirement for police recruits because such a policy discriminates against women. Prior to Wednesday's ruling, Greece enforced a minimum height requirement...

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News Missouri appeals court vacates award in talcum powder suit
Missouri appeals court vacates award in talcum powder suit
Akira Tomlinson
October 18, 2017 12:59:52 pm

The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District on Tuesday vacated a $72 million award to a woman who claimed that Johnson & Johnson (J&J) baby powder products containing talcum contributed to her ovarian cancer,...

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Maryland federal judge blocks new travel ban
Akira Tomlinson
October 18, 2017 12:20:35 pm

Judge Theodore Chuang of the US District Court for the District of Maryland on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's latest version of the travel ban , finding that the president's purpose was to...

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News Former South Korea president’s defense team resigns in protest of trial
Former South Korea president’s defense team resigns in protest of trial
Lawrenz Fares
October 18, 2017 09:22:18 am

The legal defense team for former South Korean presidentPark Guen-hye resigned en masse Monday to protest their client's corruption trial, citing beliefs that the court was biased against her. In her trial, which is already...

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Federal judge in Hawaii blocks new travel ban
Devin Montgomery
October 17, 2017 04:24:49 pm

A judge for the US District Court for Hawaii on Tuesday blocked the implementation of the latest version of President Donald Trump's so-called travel ban . The ban significantly limits travel to the US...

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News Spain top court: Catalonia referendum law void
Spain top court: Catalonia referendum law void
Rachel Gerber
October 17, 2017 02:46:47 pm

Spain's Constitutional Court unanimously ruled Tuesday that Catalonia's referendum on independence was illegal as the regional law upon which it was based was illegal under Spain's Constitution. Spain's Constitution prohibits any...

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Europe rights court: Russia opposition leader’s conviction arbitrary
Rachel Gerber
October 17, 2017 01:42:18 pm

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that the conviction of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny for fraud and money laundering was arbitrary and unfair, and granted damages. The court also found [press release,...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Mexican Army kills over 400 Texas prisoners of war

The Mexican army executed more than 400 Texian prisoners of war on March 27, 1836, during the Texas Revolution, in an event that would become known as the Goliad Massacre. A decree passed in December 1835 allowed Mexican soldiers under General Antonio López de Santa Anna to shoot any foreigners in rebellion. Texian Colonel James Fannin and his men surrendered to the Mexican government under the expectation that they would be treated as prisoners of war, but they were executed regardless, engendering sympathy (and eventual support) from the neighboring United States. Learn more about the Goliad Massacre.

Khrushchev becomes USSR leader

On March 27, 1958, Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev became the new Premier of the USSR, replacing Joseph Stalin as the Soviet leader. During his rise to power, Khruschev denounced crimes of the Stalinist regime and the "cult of personality" surrounding his predecessor. While in office as Soviet Premier, Khruschev oversaw some of the most famous and influential events of the Cold War: the launch of Sputnik, the Sino-Soviet split, the U-2 Spy Plan incident, and finally the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1963, which led to his ouster by reactionary elements the following year. The conspirators forced Khruschev's resignation on October 15, 1964 and replaced him with Leonid Brezhnev.

Read the New York Times obituary of Nikita Khrushchev.

President Andrew Johnson vetoed citizenship for slaves

On March 27, 1866, President Andrew Johnson vetoed a civil rights bill that would later become the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, conferring full US citizenship on all slaves. Read President Johnson's veto letter, transmitted to the US Senate.

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