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News Michigan judge allows lawsuit over water crisis
Michigan judge allows lawsuit over water crisis
Justin Cosgrove
October 28, 2016 09:13:23 am

A Michigan judge has ruled that Flint residents can sue state officials over the recent water crisis. In a 50-page opinion dated Wednesday and made public Thursday, Judge Mark Boonstra of the Michigan Court of Appeals ,...

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Federal judge dismisses lawsuit by former Guantanamo detainee
Justin Cosgrove
October 26, 2016 11:51:42 am

A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit that was filed by a former Guantanamo detainee seeking to clear his name of the accusations of terrorism. The former detainee, Shawali Khan, was returned to Afghanistan in 2014 [JURIST...

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News Arizona Sheriff Arpaio charged with criminal contempt
Arizona Sheriff Arpaio charged with criminal contempt
Justin Cosgrove
October 26, 2016 11:35:05 am

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio to be tried on a charge of criminal contempt. Judge Susan Bolton of the US District Court for the District of Arizona made the order after...

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News Federal appeals court upholds conviction of Osama bin Laden’s personal assistant
Federal appeals court upholds conviction of Osama bin Laden’s personal assistant
Justin Cosgrove
October 21, 2016 11:20:45 am

A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a conspiracy conviction of the former personal assistant to Osama bin Laden. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that a military...

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News Federal judge reopens voter registration in Virginia
Federal judge reopens voter registration in Virginia
Justin Cosgrove
October 21, 2016 10:04:11 am

A federal judge on Thursday ordered voter registration in Virginia to be reopened through midnight Friday, October 21. US District Judge Claude Hilton for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia made this...

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Former Congo VP found guilty of bribing witnesses
Justin Cosgrove
October 19, 2016 03:24:16 pm

A former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo was found guilty of bribing witnesses in his International Criminal Court (ICC) trial for war crimes. On Wednesday The Hague-based court found Jean-Pierre Bemba...

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News Federal judge largely upholds ban on Obama transgender school bathroom policy
Federal judge largely upholds ban on Obama transgender school bathroom policy
Justin Cosgrove
October 19, 2016 02:40:53 pm

A federal judge on Tuesday rejected the Obama administration's request to narrow an injunction banning the enforcement of an Education Department policy requiring public schools to allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that...

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UN urges Ethiopia to end violence against peaceful protesters
Justin Cosgrove
October 14, 2016 10:44:13 am

The UN Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR) on Wednesday urged Ethiopian authorities to end the violence against peaceful protesters. These attacks by Ethiopian authorities have reportedly led to over 600 deaths in the past year....

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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie faces criminal summons over bridge closure
Justin Cosgrove
October 14, 2016 10:06:58 am

A New Jersey judge signed a summons on Thursday accusing New Jersey Governor Chris Christie of misconduct for his alleged role in the closure of bridge lanes in 2013. Christie was not charged by federal prosecutors or...

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News Study: marijuana arrests outnumber those for violent crimes
Study: marijuana arrests outnumber those for violent crimes
Justin Cosgrove
October 12, 2016 01:50:18 pm

A study released Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) found that arrests for possessing marijuana exceeded arrests for violent crimes. Law enforcement agencies made roughly 13.6 percent more arrests...

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President Lincoln signs Naitonal Banking Act into law

On February 26, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the National Banking Act into law, creating the American banking charter system. The Act furthermore created the Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC) within the Treasury Department. The law was further intended to help raise money for the Civil War by pressing banks to buy federal as opposed to state bonds. The law was not as successful as intended in this regard and was soon replaced by the National Banking Act of 1864. Read the history of the OCC from the US Department of the Treasury.

Hitler put on trial for treason in Munich

On February 26, 1924, Adolf Hitler and several others were put on trial for treason in Munich in connection with an attempted coup. Learn more about the Munich (or "Beer Hall") Putsch and the subsequent trial of Hitler and his associates.

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