The Maine House of Representatives voted Tuesday to remove non-medical exemptions from vaccine requirements. The bill specifically targets religious and philosophical exemptions, which recently rose from 5 percent to 5.6 percent, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (MCDCP). The MCDCP stated this rise threatens to breach the threshold at which the [...]

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia executed 37 men Tuesday for terrorism related crimes. Among those killed, 11 were accused by authorities for spying on behalf of Iran. Fourteen were convicted for violent offenses pertaining to prior anti-government protests. Most of the convicts identified as Shia and were predominantly from the country’s majority Shia eastern province. Most [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled Tuesday that city parking violation officers’ chalking of parked vehicles violates the Fourth Amendment. In the event of a parking violation, parking officers acting on behalf of the city of Saginaw, Michigan, would mark the tires of parked civilian cars. The officers would then monitor [...]

The UN passed a watered-down version of a resolution meant to combat rape and sexual violence in conflict zones Tuesday. After threatening to veto the resolution, the US placed pressure to have 2013 resolution language removed, including “reproductive health” services for survivors. Germany first sent a letter to the UN Secretary General detailing the impacts of [...]

The California State Senate passed SB 188 on a 37-0 vote to end discrimination based on hair texture and styles in schools and the workplace. Democratic Senator Holly Mitchell introduced the bill to include in the California Fair Employment and Housing Act a definition of race that includes different hair textures and styles such as [...]

The US Supreme Court heard arguments in three cases Tuesday, including a case challenging the Trump administration’s citizenship question in the 2020 census, another concerning the Fourth Amendment’s scope in relation to blood draw of unconscious motorists, and the last regarding the meaning of “knowingly violates” under the Firearm Owners’ Protection Act. In Department of [...]

The Myanmar Supreme Court of the Union on Tuesday rejected the appeals of two Reuters journalist who were sentenced to seven years in prison for violating the Official Secrets Act. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were detained in December 2017 while investigating the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys. They were alleged to have [...]

A coalition of Animal rights groups on Monday filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Iowa’s new “Ag-Gag” Law that makes it a trespass crime to conduct undercover investigations at livestock farms. The lawsuit was filed in US District Court in Des Moines and claims that the new law violates constitutional free speech and [...]

House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) on Monday issued a subpoena to former White House Counsel Donald F. McGahn II following “revelations” uncovered during Robert Mueller’s investigation into obstruction of justice by President Donald Trump. The subpoena calls for “testimony and documents related to the Committee’s ongoing investigation into obstruction of justice, public corruption and other [...]

The FBI on Saturday arrested Larry Mitchell Hopkins, a member of the United Constitutional Patriots, which recently posted a video of private citizens detaining migrants, catching the attention of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Hopkins, along with the other members of the group, were reportedly carrying firearms and ammunition for the purposes of using [...]