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News Italy restricts motor vehicle use due to excessive smog
Italy restricts motor vehicle use due to excessive smog
Brittany Felder
December 28, 2015 12:59:31 pm

Italian cities Milan and Rome on Monday restricted the use of cars, motor cycles, and scooters as smog levels have increased. Experts believe that the unseasonably dry and calm weather contributed to the increased smog pollution. Restrictions...

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News Arkansas top court suspends ruling allowing same-sex couples to be listed as birth parents
Arkansas top court suspends ruling allowing same-sex couples to be listed as birth parents
Brittany Felder
December 11, 2015 01:25:48 pm

The Arkansas Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked lower court ruling allowing both partners in same-sex couples to be listed as the "birth parents" on birth certificates of their children. The court and state health department will,...

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News Rwanda genocide suspect arrested
Rwanda genocide suspect arrested
Brittany Felder
December 11, 2015 11:40:58 am

Interpol agents on Thursday announced the arrest of Rwandan genocide suspect, Ladislas Ntaganzwa, who had a USD $5 million bounty . Ntaganzwa, who was indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official...

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News Brazil Supreme Court suspends impeachment proceedings
Brazil Supreme Court suspends impeachment proceedings
Brittany Felder
December 9, 2015 01:47:01 pm

The Federal Supreme Court of Brazil on Wednesday suspended impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff until the court can determine the constitutional validity of a secret ballot. The vote is to determine whether the congressional...

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News UN: serious rights concerns persist in Ukraine
UN: serious rights concerns persist in Ukraine
Brittany Felder
December 9, 2015 01:13:28 pm

Although hostilities have significantly declined in Ukraine, "serious human rights concerns persist," the UN said Wednesday in a new report . The UN attributes this decrease in hostility to the August 26 ceasefire , as certain...

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News Egypt researcher and freelance journalist detained for spreading false news
Egypt researcher and freelance journalist detained for spreading false news
Brittany Felder
December 2, 2015 01:38:11 pm

Egyptian researcher and freelance journalist, Ismail Alexandrani, was detained and interrogated upon his arrival in Egypt Tuesday for spreading false news. After an eight-hour interrogation Alexandrani was ordered to be jailed for 15 days pending an investigation...

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News Germany court rules accused Auschwitz paramedic fit for trial
Germany court rules accused Auschwitz paramedic fit for trial
Brittany Felder
December 2, 2015 01:20:36 pm

A German court on Tuesday allowed the trial of a 95-year-old German man, Hubert Z, accused of being an accessory to the murder of 3,681 people at Auschwitz. Hubert Z. had previously been deemed too fragile to stand trial,...

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News Israel Court convicts two minors of murder of Palestinian
Israel Court convicts two minors of murder of Palestinian
Brittany Felder
November 30, 2015 09:25:59 am

An Israeli court on Monday found two Israeli minors guilty of murdering and kidnapping Mohammed Abu Khdeir, a Palestinian minor, in 2014 in Jerusalem. The minors, whose names were not mentioned in court proceedings , will face...

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News Northern Ireland court: restrictive abortion laws violate human rights
Northern Ireland court: restrictive abortion laws violate human rights
Brittany Felder
November 30, 2015 09:11:10 am

The High Court in Belfast on Monday ruled that Northern Ireland's abortion laws, which only allow abortion when the mother faces the risk of death or serious injury, is a violation of human rights. The court...

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News Kenya president: corruption threatens national security
Kenya president: corruption threatens national security
Brittany Felder
November 24, 2015 08:17:08 am

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said Monday declared that corruption is a "standing threat to our national security" . Kenyatta's comments come amid criticism that he has lost the fight against corruption. Noting that "the bribe...

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Memphis Massacre of 1866 breaks out

The Memphis Massacre of 1866 broke out on May 1 of that year after Black Union veterans and police were involved in an altercation surrounding the arrest of a Black soldier. The ensuing skirmish spiralled out of control due to the racial tensions that followed the end of the US Civil War, lasting for two days and claiming the lives of 46 Black people and six whites.  The riot later cemented support for what would become the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Consitution, ensuring equal protection under the law. Learn more about the Memphis Massacre.  

Acts of Union creates Great Britain

On May 1, 1707, the two Acts of Union went into effect, implementing the Treaty of Union and thereby uniting the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The Union with Scotland Act was passed by the Parliament of England in 1706, and the Scottish Parliament promulgated the Union with England Act. Learn more about the Acts of Union from the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

First US trade union formed

On May 1, 1794, the Federal Society of Journeymen Cordwainers (shoemakers) was organized in Philadelphia to negotiate wages for its members, becoming the first trade union in the United States. Learn more about the history of the labor movement in the United States, and visit the website of the AFL-CIO, the federation of America's labor unions, representing more than 13 million workers.

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