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News France ex-president to stand trial for corruption
France ex-president to stand trial for corruption
Lawrenz Fares
March 30, 2018 08:30:23 am

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy must stand for trial for charges of corruption and influence the 2007 French presidential election. The case will focus on alleged phone calls that transpired between Sarkozy and a French...

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Sessions appoints federal prosecutor to investigate DOJ actions
Erik Slobe
March 30, 2018 08:21:47 am

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed US Attorney for Utah John Huber on Thursday to investigate determinations made by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in 2016 and 2017. The investigation will look...

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News UN-based investigation unit claims possession of overwhelming evidence of war crimes in Syria
UN-based investigation unit claims possession of overwhelming evidence of war crimes in Syria
Lindsay Offutt
March 29, 2018 02:15:35 pm

The International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011 (IIIM), a UN quasi-prosecutorial body, issued a...

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NAACP files lawsuit against Census Bureau
Erin McCarthy Holliday
March 29, 2018 02:08:32 pm

The NAACP filed a lawsuit Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Maryland against the US Census Bureau and President Donald Trump, arguing that the federal government's unpreparedness for the 2020 Census is...

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Lawsuit against Saudi Arabia for involvement in 9/11 terror attacks moves forward
Sean Rohtla
March 29, 2018 01:58:06 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday denied Saudi Arabia's motion to dismiss a lawsuit for involvement in the September 11, 2001, terror attacks. Victims and families...

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Federal appeals court rules in favor of Uber in antitrust case
Tate Brown
March 29, 2018 01:54:19 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Tuesday rejected a claim by a number of Philadelphia taxi companies and the Philadelphia Taxi Association that Uber Technologies was violating antitrust laws. The companies were...

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Wisconsin appeals court requires governor to order special elections
Christopher Anderson
March 29, 2018 01:26:49 pm

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals on Wednesday denied Governor Scott Walker's attempt to delay special elections for two vacant seats in the state's legislature . Walker had appealed after a county court ruled...

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DC, Maryland emoluments suit against Trump proceeds
Erin McCarthy Holliday
March 29, 2018 01:22:33 pm

A federal judge in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland on Wednesday partially granted President Donald Trump's motions to dismiss an emoluments challenge , allowing the remainder of the claims to proceed....

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Maryland Senate passes bill making conversion therapy illegal for minors
Tate Brown
March 29, 2018 01:02:49 pm

The Maryland Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that would prohibit licensed mental health professionals from offering conversion therapy to minors. The bill passed 34-12 , with 1 senator not voting. Conversion therapy, as...

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Trump administration ends program shielding Liberians from deportation
Sean Rohtla
March 29, 2018 12:48:02 pm

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued a memorandum announcing his decision not to extend the Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) protection for Liberians that had been in place since the 1990s. In the memo, Trump justified this action...

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West Germany becomes a sovereign nation

On May 5, 1955, the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) became a fully sovereign nation. Four days later on May 9, West Germany joined NATO. West Germany then became a founding member of the European Economic Community in 1958. Read the German Basic Law (Grundgesetz), which served as the constitution of West Germany and became the governing document of the reunited Germany in 1990.

Scopes arrested for teaching evolution in TN public schools

On May 5, 1925, high school science teacher John Scopes was arrested for teaching evolution in the Tennessee public schools. Learn more about the Scopes Monkey Trial.

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