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News Israel and UN Refugee Agency reach agreement on African asylum seekers
Israel and UN Refugee Agency reach agreement on African asylum seekers
Zachary Uram
April 2, 2018 03:40:10 pm

The Israeli government reached a common understanding Monday with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to remove half of the African asylum seekers to Western countries. The UNHCR will facilitate the departure of 16,250 migrants from Israel to various...

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News ICC takes Mali war crimes suspect into custody
ICC takes Mali war crimes suspect into custody
Brittney Zeller
April 2, 2018 03:22:07 pm

The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced Saturday that Mr Al Hassan was surrendered to the court's detention center in the Netherlands by Malian authorities. According to the arrest warrant , he is accused of crimes...

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News Supreme Court rules auto service advisors exempt from overtime pay
Supreme Court rules auto service advisors exempt from overtime pay
Austin Koltonowski
April 2, 2018 02:40:59 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that service advisors at car dealerships are excluded from federal overtime pay requirements. In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled that service advisors are exempt from overtime pay under the...

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News Supreme Court declines to hear Michigan cross case
Supreme Court declines to hear Michigan cross case
Brittney Zeller
April 2, 2018 02:38:36 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal in a dispute to determine whether a pole can be turned into a cross on public land in Michigan. More than 50 years ago, the "Dewey...

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News Supreme Court reverses denial of qualified immunity in police shooting case
Supreme Court reverses denial of qualified immunity in police shooting case
Ashley Rundell
April 2, 2018 02:02:10 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday reversed a lower court denial of qualified immunity in a civil rights suit involving a shooting by a University of Arizona Police officer. Hughes, who was shot four...

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News Supreme Court agrees to hear case regarding definition of ‘violent felony’
Supreme Court agrees to hear case regarding definition of ‘violent felony’
Kenneth Hall
April 2, 2018 01:05:48 pm

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in Stokeling v. United States on Monday, where it will determine whether a state criminal offense requiring only a slight amount of force is categorically a "violent crime"...

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News Vermont Senate approves final version of gun restriction law
Vermont Senate approves final version of gun restriction law
Akira Tomlinson
April 2, 2018 11:50:53 am

The Vermont Senate on Friday voted 17-13 to approve legislation that will place restrictions on access to guns and gun-altering devices. Some of the measures include raising the purchase age for guns to 21 and...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Attica NY prison revolt ended in assault killing 41

On September 13, 1971, National Guardsmen stormed the Attica Correctional Facility in New York state after a four-day standoff with rioting prisoners. This photo, released by New York state authorities, shows Corrections Commissioner Russell Oswald in the Attica prison yard after it was retaken. Thirty-two prisoners and nine guards died in the final assault. Learn more about the Attica revolt and the conditions the prisoners were trying to improve in this retrospective.

Khrushchev takes over leadership of USSR

On September 13, 1953, Nikita Khrushchev was appointed General Secretary of the USSR Communist Party, taking over leadership of the country after the death of Joseph Stalin. Soon after taking office, Khrushchev exposed many of the crimes of his predecessor. He was later forced from power in 1964, largely in response to his handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Read an obituary of Nikita Khrushchev from the New York Times.

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