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NRA files lawsuit challenging new Florida gun law
Ashley Rundell
March 12, 2018 02:20:32 pm

The National Rifle Association filed a federal lawsuit on Friday seeking to overturn the new Florida law that imposes a 21-year-old age limit and three-day waiting period on all gun purchases. The NRA argues...

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Catalan leader denied release by Spain supreme court
Ashley Rundell
March 9, 2018 02:24:44 pm

Judge Pablo Llarena of Spain's Supreme Court denied on Friday the requested release of former president of the Catalan National Assembly (ANC) Jordi Sànchez. The request was filed to allow Sànchez to attend the investiture...

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News Mississippi legislature approves restrictive abortion bill
Mississippi legislature approves restrictive abortion bill
Ashley Rundell
March 9, 2018 01:25:04 pm

Lawmakers in Mississippi have passed a bill banning abortion after 15 weeks of gestation. The bill passed in the Senate 35-14 after lawmakers removed provisions imposing criminal penalties on physicians. The House then approved the...

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News Federal appeals court finds Title VII protects against sexual orientation discrimination
Federal appeals court finds Title VII protects against sexual orientation discrimination
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February 26, 2018 01:26:49 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Monday that a federal law banning workplace discrimination based on sex extends to sexual orientation. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ...

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EU court advisor: Poland logging unlawful
Ashley Rundell
February 20, 2018 02:50:06 pm

The Advocate General at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) , Yves Bot , issued an advisory opinion on Tuesday finding the recent logging of Polish forests violates international law. In recent years, Polish authorities have...

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Pennsylvania governor rejects proposed congressional map
Ashley Rundell
February 13, 2018 03:11:29 pm

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf on Tuesday told the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that he rejects the new proposed congressional map submitted last week by House Speaker Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) and Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati (R-Jefferson) [official...

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French June Rebellion ends

A republican uprising known as the June Rebellion was put down by French authorities in Paris on June 6, 1832. The rebels sought the abdication of French King Louis Philippe I, who assumed the throne two years prior following the overthrow of King Charles X. Louis Philippe would go on to rule until 1848 when he was overthrown in the wave of revolutions that took hold across Europe that year. Author Victor Hugo would later dramatize the June Rebellion in his novel Les Miserables Read excerpts of contemporary coverage about the June Rebellion from the Guardian.

Count Camillo di Cavour, the first Prime Minister of Italy, dies

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