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Guatemala votes to refer conflict with Belize to ICJ
Ashley Rundell
April 16, 2018 03:29:18 pm

In a referendum Sunday, Guatemalans voted overwhelmingly to request that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) resolve the country's centuries-old territorial dispute with Belize. On Monday the government of Belize issued a press...

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Former South Korea president will not appeal prison sentence
Ashley Rundell
April 16, 2018 02:19:22 pm

Former South Korean president Park Geun-hye , who was sentenced to 24 years in prison earlier this month, has decided not to appeal, according to a filing Monday. Park has submitted her intention not to proceed with...

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Former South Korea president faces formal corruption charges
Ashley Rundell
April 9, 2018 02:25:41 pm

South Korean prosecutors formally charged jailed ex-president Lee Myung-Bak on Monday with a slew of corruption charges, including bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power. These charges make him the country's fourth leader to face a criminal trial in...

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First sentence handed down in Mueller investigation
Ashley Rundell
April 3, 2018 04:13:38 pm

In the first sentencing in the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Muller into Russian meddling, 33-year-old Dutch attorney Alex van der Zwaan was sentenced Tuesday to 30 days in prison and a $200,000 fine, followed by two months...

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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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BMW faces class action lawsuit over diesel emissions
Ashley Rundell
March 27, 2018 04:20:15 pm

Three plaintiffs filed a class action lawsuit on Tuesday in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey alleging that BMW cheated during emissions tests of their diesel vehicles. The plaintiffs, individual...

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Cambridge Analytica accused of violating election laws
Ashley Rundell
March 26, 2018 02:20:40 pm

Government watchdog group Common Cause filed a pair of legal complaints on Monday accusing Cambridge Analytica LTD and its affiliates of violating federal election laws that prohibit foreigners from participating in the decision-making process of US...

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Former South Korea president arrested for corruption
Ashley Rundell
March 22, 2018 03:14:32 pm

Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak was arrested and jailed early Friday on multiple corruption charges, including bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power. The Seoul Central District Court approved the arrest warrant based on serious allegations...

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Europe rights court rejects Ireland’s request to revise torture judgment
Ashley Rundell
March 21, 2018 09:28:53 am

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday rejected a request made by Ireland to find that the "Hooded Men" previously detained by the UK had suffered torture. Dismissing the request 6-1, the ECHR...

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Idaho House approves “abortion-reversal” bill
Ashley Rundell
March 13, 2018 04:07:37 pm

The Idaho House of Representatives passed a bill on Monday requiring the Idaho Department of Health & Welfare to provide information to women seeking abortions about reversing a medical abortion once it has begun....

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Congress passed Roosevelt's New Deal legislation

On June 16, 1935, Congress passed President Roosevelt's "New Deal" legislation to start a recovery program from Great Depression. Learn more about FDR and the New Deal from the US Library of Congress.

U.K. repeals prohibition on non-conformists at its universities

On June 16, 1871, the United Kingdom passed the University Tests Act, repealing a prohibition on non-conformists at the British Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham. The Tests Acts were a series of laws that started in 1673 and eventually required officeholders, university students, civil servants and other persons associated with the government to swear allegiance to the Anglican Church. The Tests Act was repealed by the Catholic Relief Act of 1829, but the university policy lasted until 1871.

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