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News JP Morgan agrees to settlement in Madoff case
JP Morgan agrees to settlement in Madoff case
Bradley McAllister
January 7, 2014 12:35:42 pm

The US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with JP Morgan Chase & Co. on Tuesday, which stipulates the bank will pay $1.7 billion...

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Arizona couples file lawsuit to overturn same-sex marriage ban
Bradley McAllister
January 7, 2014 10:45:37 am

Four same-sex couples filed a class action lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of Arizona on Monday, seeking to overturn the state's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and...

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ACLU files complaint seeking information on extent of NSA program
Bradley McAllister
December 31, 2013 02:14:14 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Monday announced that they had filed a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) seeking information on the extent of governmental use and...

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HRW: Saudi Arabia should reject counterterrorism law
Bradley McAllister
December 31, 2013 12:44:25 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday urged King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia to reject the country's recently-passed counterterrorism law. HRW alleged that the law's definition of terrorism is overly broad, and...

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UNICEF report: brutal killings occurring in the Central African Republic
Bradley McAllister
December 30, 2013 05:00:10 pm

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) issued a report on Monday describing horrific attacks against children that have occurred in the Central African Republic (CAR) in the last month. The...

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Bradley McAllister
December 30, 2013 03:45:39 pm

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced on Monday the selection of six locations that will serve as research and testing sites for non-military applications of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), or drones . In February...

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Uganda parliament passes anti-gay legislation
Bradley McAllister
December 20, 2013 03:49:00 pm

The Ugandan Parliament announced on Friday the passing of the anti-gay bill that, if signed by President Yoweri Museveni in the next 30 days, will criminalize homosexuality and impose harsh jail terms for...

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Obama commutes sentences of drug offenders
Bradley McAllister
December 20, 2013 02:27:33 pm

President Barack Obama on Thursday commuted the sentences of eight inmates currently serving lengthly prison terms for crack cocaine offenses, citing the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (FSA) . The FSA reduced significant disparities...

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HRW: Nigeria government ignored years of mass killings
Bradley McAllister
December 13, 2013 12:05:01 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report on Thursday that exposes years of mass killings in the regions of Kaduna and Plateau in Nigeria and alleges the Nigerian government has ignored...

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Federal judge rules Detroit eligible for bankruptcy
Bradley McAllister
December 4, 2013 11:12:13 am

A judge for the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ruled Tuesday that the city of Detroit is eligible to file for bankruptcy under Chapter 9 of the US Bankruptcy Code ,...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US and Japan sign Kanagwa Treaty

On March 31, 1854, US Commodore Matthew Perry and representatives of the Japanese government signed the Convention of Kanagawa. The terms of the treaty marked the end of Japan's 500 years of self-imposed isolation by opening the Ports of Shimoda and Hakodate. Four years later, Japanese-American relations were further expanded by the Treaty of Amity and Commerce (Harris Treaty), which opened more Japanese ports to US trade and set up a system of extraterritoriality for Americans in Japan.

Spanish royal decree ordered expulsion of Jews

On March 31, 1492, King Ferdinand of Spain signed a decree expelling Jews from his kingdom. Read a contemporary account of the expulsion, originally written in Hebrew by an Italian Jew in 1495.

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