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News California law requiring pregnancy centers to inform women of abortion options challenged
California law requiring pregnancy centers to inform women of abortion options challenged
Jacqueline Jones
October 13, 2015 01:01:52 pm

California pregnancy clinics on Saturday filed suit challenging a new state law that would require them to inform women and girls that come to their clinics of abortion services provided by the state. This is the first law...

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News Sixth Circuit temporarily stays EPA’s new Clean Water Rule
Sixth Circuit temporarily stays EPA’s new Clean Water Rule
Jacqueline Jones
October 11, 2015 12:44:39 pm

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday issued a temporary stay on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new Clean Water Rule (Rule) that defines "waters of the US." In a...

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News California approves strictest animal antibiotic use law in US
California approves strictest animal antibiotic use law in US
Jacqueline Jones
October 11, 2015 12:33:45 pm

The Governor of California on Saturday enacted a new chapter of the California Food and Agricultural Code to enhance the regulation of antibiotic use on farm animals in the state. The new policy is more...

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News EU court allows prisoner voting bans in some circumstances
EU court allows prisoner voting bans in some circumstances
Jacqueline Jones
October 6, 2015 02:06:12 pm

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Tuesday that a convicted murderer could be banned from voting because the ban is proportionate to the offense. Thierry Delvigne challenged the ban before the ECJ as a violation...

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News UK appeals court rejects same-sex spouse’s plea for pension rights
UK appeals court rejects same-sex spouse’s plea for pension rights
Jacqueline Jones
October 6, 2015 01:49:05 pm

The England and Wales Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday that a same-sex spouse is not entitled to his husband's full pension benefits in the event of death. John Walker worked for Innospec but retired in 2003, two years...

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News Last UK Guantanamo detainee on hunger strike: report
Last UK Guantanamo detainee on hunger strike: report
Jacqueline Jones
October 5, 2015 07:37:48 am

The last remaining British Guantanamo detainee is on a hunger strike, the Daily Mail reported Saturday. Shaker Aamer told the Daily Mail via his lawyer that he is still subject to physical abuse despite reports that he will...

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News UN rights experts again urge Pakistan to put moratorium on death penalty
UN rights experts again urge Pakistan to put moratorium on death penalty
Jacqueline Jones
October 4, 2015 02:01:41 pm

A group of independent UN human rights experts on Friday called on Pakistan to reinstate a moratorium on the death penalty after reports of minors being sentenced to death. There are more than 8,000 people on death...

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News Former Congo VP pleads not guilty to interfering with administration of justice
Former Congo VP pleads not guilty to interfering with administration of justice
Jacqueline Jones
September 29, 2015 01:03:06 pm

Former Congolese vice president Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of interfering with the administration of justice. Bemba is accused of paying witnesses and coaching them to give false...

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UN rights chief urges parties in Afghanistan attack to protect civilians
Jacqueline Jones
September 29, 2015 12:32:59 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Tuesday asked parties involved in the Taliban attack in Kunduz, Afghanistan, to do everything in their power to protect civilians form harm . He expressed...

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Maryland transgender inmate granted relief under Prison Rape Elimination Act
Jacqueline Jones
September 27, 2015 03:25:45 pm

Attorneys for a Maryland transgender inmate said Thursday that their client had won relief under the Prison Rape Elimination Act , marking the first such successful challenge. The inmate, Sandy Brown, claimed that guards called her "it"...

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Soviet spy Klaus Fuchs sentenced to 14 years in UK prison

On March 1, 1950, German-British atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs was sentenced to 14 years in prison by a UK court for passing British and American nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union. Read a biography of Fuchs from PBS.

Civil Rights Act of 1875 became law

On March 1, 1875, the Civil Rights Act of 1875 became law. It declared that all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of inns, public conveyances on land or water, theaters, and other places of public amusement, subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law. In 1883, in the Civil Rights Cases, the US Supreme Court ruled the 1875 Act unconstitutional and unauthorized by either the 13th or 14th Amendments. Congress passed no more civil rights legislation until 1957.

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