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Uganda parliament approves bill removing presidential age limit
Ohara Hamlin
December 21, 2017 02:44:28 pm

The Ugandan parliament voted on Wednesday to eliminate the presidential age limit of 75 years. The controversial "Age Limit Bill" also extends the terms of office for the president and the parliament from five years to seven years....

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Benghazi suspect cleared of murder, convicted on terrorism charge
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November 29, 2017 12:54:42 pm

A jury in Washington, DC, acquitted Ahmed Abu Khatallah, the ringleader of the 2012 Benghazi attacks, of murder on Tuesday, but convicted him on terrorism charges. After five days of deliberations, the jury found him guilty of one...

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Federal judge delays deportation of Indonesian Christians pending legal challenge
Ohara Hamlin
November 28, 2017 12:51:55 pm

A federal judge in Boston ruled to delay efforts to deport 51 Indonesian Christians on Monday. The petitioners originally fled their home country to avoid religious prosecution and have been living in New Hampshire under an agreement with Immigration...

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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to put injunction on hold in travel ban dispute
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November 21, 2017 01:26:59 pm

The Trump administration on Monday asked the US Supreme Court to stay a district court order preventing enforcement of Trump's revised travel ban pending the outcome of an appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of...

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Uber facing lawsuit alleging ‘thousands’ of instances of sexual assault
Ohara Hamlin
November 15, 2017 12:30:09 pm

Two women filed a lawsuit against Uber on Tuesday in a San Francisco federal court alleging that they had been sexually assaulted by their Uber drivers. The women claim that they are not the only ones—that drivers have...

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Federal appeals court allows partial implementation of travel ban
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November 14, 2017 11:57:19 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday allowed President Donald Trump's latest travel ban to go partially into effect. The partial ban applies to people of Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and Chad, who...

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    On August 19, 1692, 5 people - four men and a woman - were executed for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. Learn more about the Salem Witch Trials.

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    On August 19, 1960, US spy plane pilot Francis Gary Powers was sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Soviet Union after being convicted of espionage. Powers was captured and tried by the USSR after his U-2 was shot down while flying a mission over Soviet airspace. In 1962, Powers was returned to the US as part of a prisoner exchange agreement. Learn more about the spy plane incident from the US Department of State.

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