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News Trump nominates Neil Gorsuch to Supreme Court
Trump nominates Neil Gorsuch to Supreme Court
Justin Cosgrove
February 1, 2017 07:39:14 am

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch of the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the US...

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News Washington AG sues over Trump immigration order
Washington AG sues over Trump immigration order
Justin Cosgrove
January 31, 2017 09:18:31 am

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Monday sued President Donald Trump over the temporary immigration ban. Trump's executive order provided a temporary ban on immigration from seven middle eastern countries. He also suspended the country's...

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News Bosnian Serb woman indicted for war crimes
Bosnian Serb woman indicted for war crimes
Justin Cosgrove
January 31, 2017 07:50:10 am

A Bosnian Serb woman was indicted Monday for taking part in the killing of 37 Muslim Bosniak prisoners of war during the 1992-95 war . Visnja Acimovic is accused of war crimes and...

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News International lawyer accuses Dutch police of racially motivated attack
International lawyer accuses Dutch police of racially motivated attack
Justin Cosgrove
January 27, 2017 10:30:22 am

An international lawyer alleged on Thursday that she was attacked by two Dutch police officers due to her race, leaving her in the hospital. The American lawyer, Chaka Laguerre, claims that she was "brutalised, arrested and thrown into...

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News Federal judge rejects Ohio lethal injection protocol
Federal judge rejects Ohio lethal injection protocol
Justin Cosgrove
January 27, 2017 09:09:35 am

A federal judge on Thursday blocked Ohio's lethal injection protocol. The protocol, which uses three drugs, was rejected as the sedative midazolam was deemed insufficiently humane. The sedative has been used in numerous states that experienced problematic executions....

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News Federal judge rules immigration officials, Rhode Island violated rights of detained citizen
Federal judge rules immigration officials, Rhode Island violated rights of detained citizen
Justin Cosgrove
January 25, 2017 06:02:35 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Rhode Island ruled Tuesday that immigration officials and the state of Rhode Island violated the Constitution in detaining a US citizen without probable cause. The American Civil...

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News Federal judge blocks litigation endangering settlement for Bernie Madoff victims
Federal judge blocks litigation endangering settlement for Bernie Madoff victims
Justin Cosgrove
January 25, 2017 05:34:47 pm

A federal judge blocked litigation on Wednesday dealing with Bernie Madoff's former Ponzi scheme customers. US District Judge Gregory Woods prevented A&G Goldman Partnership and Pamela Goldman from pursuing a lawsuit aimed...

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News ACLU files suit against Wisconsin officials over treatment of youth in correctional facilities
ACLU files suit against Wisconsin officials over treatment of youth in correctional facilities
Justin Cosgrove
January 25, 2017 09:39:33 am

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Wisconsin and Juvenile Law Center filed a class action lawsuit against four Wisconsin state officials on Tuesday. The complaint alleges that solitary confinement and inhumane conditions are...

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News Gambia lawmakers end state of emergency
Gambia lawmakers end state of emergency
Justin Cosgrove
January 25, 2017 08:33:15 am

Gambian lawmakers on Tuesday ended a state of emergency and revoked the extension of power for Yahya Jammeh, who lost in the last election. Jammeh was defeated in a December election by Adama Barrow . The state of emergency...

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Federal judge blocks health insurance merger
Justin Cosgrove
January 24, 2017 11:25:06 am

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday prohibited the merger of two major health insurance companies, Aetna and Humana . This comes after a Department of Justice (DOJ)...

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Montenegrins vote for independence from Serbia

Citizens of Montenegro voted by 55.5-45.5% on May 21, 2006 to secede from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro and declare independence. The new country formally declared independence on June 3 of that year. Learn more about the 2006 Montenegro independence referendum.

Prison reformer Elizabeth Fry born

English prison reformer Elizabeth Fry was born on May 21, 1780. Learn more about Elizabeth Fry.

American Red Cross founded

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