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News Apple files objections to order to unlock iPhone
Apple files objections to order to unlock iPhone
Alexis Wheeler
February 26, 2016 12:06:23 pm

Apple filed a brief in the US District Court for the Central District of California Thursday in opposition of the US government's request for the company to unlock the iPhone of San Bernardino shooter...

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News Texas court dismisses charges against former governor
Texas court dismisses charges against former governor
Alexis Wheeler
February 24, 2016 01:24:05 pm

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday dismissed the last charge in a criminal case against former governor Rick Perry . The charge for abuse of official capacity under Texas Penal Code Sec. 39.02...

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News US lawmakers file brief challenging clean power plan
US lawmakers file brief challenging clean power plan
Alexis Wheeler
February 24, 2016 01:07:27 pm

More than 200 members of Congress filed an amici curiae brief in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Tuesday, challenging the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over...

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News Wisconsin governor signs bills to reduce funding to abortion providers
Wisconsin governor signs bills to reduce funding to abortion providers
Alexis Wheeler
February 19, 2016 12:37:20 pm

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed legislation Thursday that will effectively cut funding to Planned Parenthood in the state by millions of dollars, although the two bills do not target Planned Parenthood by name. The first new law ...

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News Oregon lawmakers approve highest minimum wage in country
Oregon lawmakers approve highest minimum wage in country
Alexis Wheeler
February 19, 2016 11:47:59 am

The Oregon legislature approved a law to create the highest minimum wage rate in the country Thursday. The system works according to the specific economic need in a particular region, taking the cost of living of each into account....

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Puerto Rico lawmakers pass debt restructuring bill
Alexis Wheeler
February 17, 2016 01:50:25 pm

The Puerto Rico Legislature passed a bill Tuesday that would restructure the island's estimated $9 billion debt. After the Puerto Rico House of Representatives approved the bill on Monday, the Puerto Rico Senate [official websites, in...

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North Carolina voters ask Supreme Court to uphold redistricting order
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February 17, 2016 01:11:06 pm

North Carolina voters in two racially formulated voting districts filed a response in the US Supreme Court Tuesday rejecting the merits of the state's request to a stay a district court order to redistrict prior to...

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Amnesty: Bahrain rights reform outlook bleak
Alexis Wheeler
February 12, 2016 01:54:01 pm

Amnesty International (AI) reported on Thursday that nearly five years after Bahrain's Day of Rage protests sparked international concern over Bahraini government accountability in human rights, the hope for reform has dwindled. In Bahrain, February...

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News Kansas court rules school funding law unconstitutional
Kansas court rules school funding law unconstitutional
Alexis Wheeler
February 12, 2016 01:05:09 pm

The Supreme Court of Kansas upheld a decision on Thursday that found unequal state educational funding to be unconstitutional. The court gave the state's legislature until June 30 to implement a valid dispersal of funds. If...

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Romania court affirms sentence of soviet-era prison commander
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February 10, 2016 02:09:51 pm

The High Court of Cassation and Justice of Romania on Wednesday upheld the 20-year sentence of Soviet-era prison commander Alexandru Visinescu for crimes against humanity. Visinescu was head of the Romanian prison Râmnicu Sărat for seven years, beginning in...

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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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