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News Airline advocacy groups challenge increased fees by TSA
Airline advocacy groups challenge increased fees by TSA
Julie Deisher-Edwards
July 31, 2014 12:55:53 pm

Airlines for America (A4A) and International Air Transport Association (IATA) have filed a petition in the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit , asking the court to review an Interim Final Rule ...

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News France president condemns Israel for attack on UN refugee camp in Palestine
France president condemns Israel for attack on UN refugee camp in Palestine
Julie Deisher-Edwards
July 31, 2014 12:03:08 pm

French President Francois Hollande on Thursday condemned the Israeli shelling of a UN school in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, killing six Palestinians. The attack came shortly after...

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News US appeals court sets date for oral arguments on same-sex marriage bans in Indiana and Wisconsin
US appeals court sets date for oral arguments on same-sex marriage bans in Indiana and Wisconsin
Julie Deisher-Edwards
July 26, 2014 12:04:40 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit announced Friday that it will hear oral arguments on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage bans in Indiana and Wisconsin before a panel of three judges in August. The...

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News Supreme Court allows execution of Arizona prisoner
Supreme Court allows execution of Arizona prisoner
Julie Deisher-Edwards
July 23, 2014 06:14:42 pm

The US Supreme Court vacated a decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit , granting a conditional preliminary injunction in the execution of an Arizona death row inmate. The Ninth...

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News Florida jury hands down $40 billion verdict against tobacco company
Florida jury hands down $40 billion verdict against tobacco company
Julie Deisher-Edwards
July 20, 2014 10:34:59 am

A jury for the First Judicial Circuit of Florida on Friday handed down a verdict against RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. , awarding the plaintiff $16.8 billion in compensatory damages, and $23.6 billion in punitive damages. The...

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News Ethiopia court charges journalists with terrorism, inciting violence
Ethiopia court charges journalists with terrorism, inciting violence
Julie Deisher-Edwards
July 20, 2014 09:50:29 am

An Ethiopian court on Friday charged nine journalists with terrorism and inciting violence under Ethiopia's anti-terrorism law . The journalists, including six bloggers, were arrested in April and have been prevented from accessing their families or...

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News Egypt court hands down prison sentences for nine convicted of sexual assault
Egypt court hands down prison sentences for nine convicted of sexual assault
Julie Deisher-Edwards
July 17, 2014 09:54:30 am

An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced nine men to prison for participating in mob sexual assaults in Tahrir Square during celebrations for the inauguration of Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi . The ruling comes a month after el-Sisi called...

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News Netherlands court finds government responsible for 300 deaths in Srebrenica massacre
Netherlands court finds government responsible for 300 deaths in Srebrenica massacre
Julie Deisher-Edwards
July 17, 2014 09:18:00 am

The District Court of The Hague ruled Wednesday that the Netherlands is liable for the deaths of 300 of the men and boys killed in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre . The lawsuit...

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News France court sentences 9 to prison for terrorist associations
France court sentences 9 to prison for terrorist associations
Julie Deisher-Edwards
July 13, 2014 11:04:00 am

The Criminal Court of Paris sentenced nine men to prison on Friday for belonging to terrorist groups and plotting attacks against France, in violation of France's terrorism law . Only two of the...

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HRW: Iraq forces summarily executing Sunni prisoners
Julie Deisher-Edwards
July 13, 2014 10:02:24 am

Iraqi security forces have extrajudicially executed at least 255 Sunni prisoners , Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Friday. HRW estimates that the executions are revenge for killings committed by the Islamic State of Iraq...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Slave revolt leader Nat Turner arrested

US slave revolt leader Nat Turner was arrested in Virginia on October 30, 1831. Turner, inspired by a religious vision, led a rebellion in August of that year which resulted in the deaths of 55 white people, including the family who enslaved Turner. White mobs later killed between 36 and 102 Black people in retaliation for the attacks. After his October capture, Turner became one of 55 people to be executed by Virginia in connection with the rebellion. Learn more about Nat Turner and Turner's Rebellion.

Russians granted basic civil liberties

On October 30, 1905 [October 17 in the Julian Calendar], Tsar Nicholas II granted Russians basic civil liberties in the October Manifesto.

Roosevelt approves $1 billion in aid to WWII Allies under Lend-Lease Act

On October 30, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt approved $1 billion in wartime aid to the Allies under the Lend-Lease Act. America did not formally enter World War II until December of 1941, but the US Government nonetheless provided crucial aid to the Allied Powers from the passage of the Lend-Lease Act in March of 1941 through the end of the war. The Lend-Lease Agreement between the US and the UK was formalized the following year.

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