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UN official: Syria airstrikes may amount to war crimes
Matthew Santiago
May 6, 2016 01:40:03 pm

UN top official Stephen O'Brien on Thursday called for the immediate investigation of recent airstrikes in Syria which may amount to war crimes for intentionally targeting civilians. The airstrikes hit two displacement settlements located...

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Iran-led movement accuses US of violating international law
Matthew Santiago
May 6, 2016 12:53:47 pm

The Non-Alligned Movement (NAM), a loose organization of 120 developing countries, stated on Thursday that the US has violated international law by allowing frozen Iranian assets to be dispersed to victims of terrorism. NAM's accusations specifically target last...

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Brazil house speaker suspended for obstructing corruption investigation
Matthew Santiago
May 5, 2016 02:45:23 pm

Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday suspended lower house speaker Eduardo Cunha after being suspected of obstructing investigations into his allegedly corrupt activities. Cunha currently faces corruption charges for taking bribes from companies trying...

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DOJ: North Carolina LGBT bill violates Civil Rights Act
Matthew Santiago
May 5, 2016 12:49:58 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday advised North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory via letter that the state's recently passed House Bill 2 , violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964....

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DOJ launches investigation into Panama Papers tax avoidance claims
Matthew Santiago
April 20, 2016 11:53:15 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has begun criminal investigations into US citizens connected to tax avoidance claims arising from the Panama Papers , media reported Tuesday. US Attorney for the Southern District of New York...

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Matthew Santiago
April 20, 2016 10:37:37 am

Apple agreed on Tuesday to pay $24.9 million to Dynamic Advances and parent company Marathon Patent Group to settle a 2012 patent lawsuit concerning Apple's voice-controlled interface, Siri . Four years before Siri was...

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Italy energy referendum fails to draw majority vote
Matthew Santiago
April 18, 2016 12:26:11 pm

An Italian referendum held on Sunday failed to draw enough votes to shorten the number of currently existing offshore oil and drilling sites for environmental purposes. If the referendum had successfully achieved a majority vote, drilling sites...

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April 18, 2016 10:25:57 am

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed a bill on Sunday legalizing medical marijuana. The bill establishes a statewide program, which will take 18 to 24 months to implement and will allow patients with serious medical...

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Matthew Santiago
April 15, 2016 11:49:48 am

The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil on Friday denied President Dilma Rousseff's injunction request to suspend an upcoming lower house vote regarding her looming impeachment. A lower house committee voted earlier...

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April 15, 2016 10:57:16 am

Connecticut Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis on Thursday denied a motion to dismiss raised by three gun companies who are being sued by families affected by the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre. The ten families filed...

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Accused Nazi war criminal, John Demjanjuk, put on trial in Israel

On February 16, 1987, accused Nazi war criminal, John Demjanjuk, went on trial in Jerusalem, Israel. The prosecution claimed that Demjanjuk was a notorious prison guard known as "Ivan the Terrible" at the Treblinka extermination camp during World War II. On this basis, Demjanjuk was convicted by the Israeli court of crimes against humanity. However, in August 1993, the conviction was overturned by Israel's Supreme Court on a finding of reasonable doubt. After the decision by the Supreme Court of Israel, Demjanjuk was returned to the United States, where he had been moved after World War II. On December 22, 2006, the US Board of Immigration Appeals ordered him deported to Ukraine on a finding that he had been a guard at other Nazi concentration camps.

American anarchist arrested for advocating birth control

On February 16, 1916, feminist and anarchist Emma Goldman was arrested in New York City for advocating birth control. Learn more about Emma Goldman and her defense of reproductive rights from the University of California, Berkeley.

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