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News Chief judge of EU Kosovo mission resigns alleging corruption
Chief judge of EU Kosovo mission resigns alleging corruption
Christopher Anderson
November 16, 2017 02:54:22 pm

The chief judge of the EU's rule of law mission in Kosovo, Malcom Simmons, resigned Thursday over frustrations with corruption, he alleged in an interview with the French newspaper Le Monde. The mission, known as EULEX, exists...

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News Russia lawmakers approve foreign media law
Russia lawmakers approve foreign media law
David Zwier
November 16, 2017 02:18:32 pm

Russia's State Duma , the lower house of parliament, voted unanimously Thursday to require foreign media organizations to label their materials as the work of...

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News Transgender woman sues Massachusetts Department of Corrections for treatment in male prison
Transgender woman sues Massachusetts Department of Corrections for treatment in male prison
Kylee Clark
November 16, 2017 02:14:22 pm

An unnamed transgender woman being held in an all-male prison in Massachusetts filed suit Wednesday alleging unfair treatment. The lawsuit, filed by GLAD Legal Advocates and Defenders in the US District Court for the District of...

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News LGBT Activist files federal lawsuit challenging Tennessee therapist law
LGBT Activist files federal lawsuit challenging Tennessee therapist law
Erin McCarthy Holliday
November 16, 2017 02:09:53 pm

An LGBT rights activist filed a federal lawsuit Monday challenging a Tennessee law that allows counselors to refuse to serve clients based on religious views. The law, signed in April 2016 by Tennessee Governor...

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News Federal judge orders changes to St. Louis police protocol toward protesters
Federal judge orders changes to St. Louis police protocol toward protesters
Tate Brown
November 16, 2017 01:41:08 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri issued an order Wednesday placing restrictions on how the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department may interact with protesters. The order states that the City of...

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News Keystone Crossroads tours “one of the nation’s most gerrymandered” congressional districts
Keystone Crossroads tours “one of the nation’s most gerrymandered” congressional districts
Andrew Morgan
November 16, 2017 01:37:28 pm

PennLive's Wallace McKelvey tours Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District, calling it "one of the nation's most gerrymandered." The Seventh spans a wide swath of southeastern Pennsylvania, from the Delaware border in to the suburbs outside Reading. While we're talking about the...

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News House Democrats file five articles of impeachment against Trump
House Democrats file five articles of impeachment against Trump
Raven Moore
November 16, 2017 01:37:14 pm

Five House Democrats on Wednesday introduced five new Articles of Impeachment against President Donald Trump. Tennessee Representative Steve Cohen sponsored the measure, joined by Luis Gutierrez of Illinois, Al Green of Texas, Marcia Fudge...

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News Cambodia Supreme Court dissolves nation’s primary opposition party
Cambodia Supreme Court dissolves nation’s primary opposition party
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
November 16, 2017 01:23:43 pm

The Cambodia Supreme Court dissolved the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) , the nation's primary opposition party, on Thursday, effectively opening the door for Prime Minister Hun Sen to extend his 30-year reign as leader...

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News Federal judge rules for Philadelphia in ‘sanctuary city’ funding case
Federal judge rules for Philadelphia in ‘sanctuary city’ funding case
Patrick Sherry
November 16, 2017 01:03:01 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Wednesday ruled for the city of Philadelphia in a dispute over Attorney General Jeff Sessions withholding federal law enforcement grants in response to the...

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News HRW accuses Myanmar military of sexual crimes against Rohingya women and children
HRW accuses Myanmar military of sexual crimes against Rohingya women and children
Christopher Hsu
November 16, 2017 12:00:23 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday accused the Myanmar military of committing sexual crimes against Rohingya women and girls. HRW conducted interviews with 52 women and girls who fled from the Maungdaw and Buthidaung townships. Twenty-nine of them were...

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President Carter signed bill restoring US citizenship of Jefferson Davis

On October 17, 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed a bill retroactively restoring the US citizenship of Jefferson Davis, former President of the Confederate States of America, US Senator from Mississippi and US Secretary of War in the administration of President Franklin Pierce.

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