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News Senate releases health care bill proposing Medicaid cuts, end to ACA penalties
Senate releases health care bill proposing Medicaid cuts, end to ACA penalties
Autumn Callan
June 22, 2017 02:08:32 pm

Senate Republicans unveiled their version of a health care bill Thursday, proposing numerous changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) . The bill will repeal many of the ACA's measures including the tax increases it enforced...

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News Israel court rules airline cannot force women to move to accommodate men
Israel court rules airline cannot force women to move to accommodate men
Autumn Callan
June 22, 2017 11:34:02 am

A Jerusalem court ruled on Wednesday that El Al Airline employees cannot ask women to change seats to accommodate men. Recently there has been an increased number of disruptions on flights due...

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News Missouri AG files suit against three opioid manufacturers
Missouri AG files suit against three opioid manufacturers
Autumn Callan
June 21, 2017 03:52:22 pm

Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley filed a lawsuit against three of the largest opioid manufacturers on Wednesday. Purdue Pharma LP, Johnson & Johnson and units of Endo International Plc. are accused of violating consumer...

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News Egypt top court halts Red Sea decisions
Egypt top court halts Red Sea decisions
Autumn Callan
June 21, 2017 01:47:35 pm

Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court has temporarily halted decisions regarding a deal to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia until it can establish who has jurisdiction over them. The Egyptian government transferred the two islands, Tiran and...

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News EU Court: vaccines can be blamed for illnesses without scientific proof
EU Court: vaccines can be blamed for illnesses without scientific proof
Autumn Callan
June 21, 2017 11:15:53 am

The European Court of Justice ruled Wednesday that vaccines can be blamed for causing illnesses even if there is no scientific proof. In a press release , the court explained:In today's judgment, the Court holds that...

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News Britain charges Barclays and top executives with fraud and conspiracy
Britain charges Barclays and top executives with fraud and conspiracy
Autumn Callan
June 21, 2017 07:52:27 am

Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) charged Barclays and four of its former executives on Tuesday with conspiracy to commit fraud and violation of the Companies Act of 1985 by providing unlawful financial assistance. The...

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Europe rights court rules Russia ‘gay propaganda law’ discriminatory
Autumn Callan
June 20, 2017 10:57:51 am

The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that a Russian law prohibiting the promotion of homosexuality is discriminatory and violates the European Convention on Human Rights . The suit was brought by three...

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Federal judge rules cross in Florida park unconstitutional
Autumn Callan
June 20, 2017 07:44:00 am

A judge for the US District Court of the Northern District of Florida ruled Monday that a large cross erected in a Pensacola park is in violation of the First Amendment , specifically the Establishment Clause....

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News Supreme Court agrees to hear Wisconsin partisan gerrymandering case
Supreme Court agrees to hear Wisconsin partisan gerrymandering case
Autumn Callan
June 19, 2017 02:57:36 pm

The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to review Gill v. Whitford , a partisan-gerrymandering case from Wisconsin. The state is appealing the decision of a three-judge panel for the US District Court for the Western District...

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Supreme Court rules California courts lack jurisidction in pharmaceutical mass action case
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June 19, 2017 01:43:44 pm

The US Supreme Court held on Monday that California courts lack specific jurisdiction to hear the claims brought against Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMS) . BMS manufactures and sells Plavix, a prescription drug that prevents blood...

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Phillip III of Spain expels Muslim converts to Christianity

Phillip III of Spain began the expulsion of the country's "Morisco" (Muslims who converted to Christianity and their descendants) population on April 9, 1609, based on the Crown's fears that the Morisco population retained Muslim beliefs. Hundreds of thousands of Moriscos would be expelled from the country from 1609-1614. The expulsions took place just over 100 years after Spain's Jewish population was expelled in 1492. Learn more about the expulsion of the Moriscos.

Senate approves purchase of Alaska

On April 9, 1867, the U.S. Senate voted to ratify the Treaty with Russia for the Purchase of Alaska and thereby approve the purchase of the territory from Russia for $7.2 million. Initially, the purchase was made to keep Alaska away from the British. It was politically unpopular with many Americans who denounced it is "Seward's Folly", after U.S. Secretary of State William Seward, who had lobbied for the purchase. Seward was later vindicated by the discovery of gold and oil in Alaska.

Learn more about the Alaska Purchase from the U.S. State Department.

Last beheading in England

On April 9, 1747, Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, became the last man to be beheaded in England when he was executed on Tower Hill for his part in the Jacobite rising of 1745. Learn more about the legal history and practice of beheading.

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