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News Nigeria charges 53 with ‘unlawful assembly’ for celebrating LGBTQ wedding
Nigeria charges 53 with ‘unlawful assembly’ for celebrating LGBTQ wedding
Steven Wildberger
April 22, 2017 01:24:20 pm

Nigerian prosecutors in Kaduna on Wednesday charged 53 men for celebrating an LGBTQ wedding in violation of the state's law against 'unlawful assembly' and the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act . The men were arrested last Saturday, and were released...

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News Russia man receives longest-ever cybercrime sentence
Russia man receives longest-ever cybercrime sentence
Steven Wildberger
April 22, 2017 12:32:00 pm

Roman Seleznev, the son of a member of the Russian Parliament, was sentenced on Friday for hacking into more than 500 US businesses, stealing then selling millions of credit card numbers. Seleznev was sentenced to 27 years,...

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News UN warns of growing humanitarian crisis in South Sudan
UN warns of growing humanitarian crisis in South Sudan
Steven Wildberger
April 20, 2017 09:06:03 am

Eugene Owusu , the top United Nations humanitarian official in South Sudan on Wednesday warned that without peace in South Sudan humanitarian conditions will continue to deteriorate. Speaking to reporters, Owusu urged that women...

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Alabama Supreme Court upholds decision to remove former chief justice
Steven Wildberger
April 19, 2017 09:31:24 pm

The Alabama Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the September 2016 Court of the Judiciary decision to suspend Chief Justice Roy Moore for violation of the Canons of Judicial Ethics by issuing...

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News Federal judge blocks Arkansas execution plan
Federal judge blocks Arkansas execution plan
Steven Wildberger
April 15, 2017 12:24:17 pm

US District Court Judge Kristine Baker on Saturday issued a temporary injunction blocking Arkansas' plan to execute seven inmates by the end of the month. Baker's order comes a day after Arkansas state judge Wendell...

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Federal appeals court rules cruel punishment claims can proceed against prison
Steven Wildberger
April 15, 2017 10:44:18 am

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled that the family of a man who committed suicide while in solitary confinement can argue that he faced cruel and unusual punishment, even if they don't argue...

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Russia blocks UN condemnation of Syria gas attack
Steven Wildberger
April 13, 2017 08:20:13 am

Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution on Wednesday that would have condemned Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's use of neurologic gas against the Syrian town Khan Sheikhoun on April 4....

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Egypt parliament approves three-month state of emergency
Steven Wildberger
April 12, 2017 09:45:41 pm

The Parliament of Egypt on Tuesday gave its unanimous approval to a three-month state of emergency put in place by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi . Announced by Egypt's state-run news [Nile News,...

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News DOL accuses Google of systemic gender compensation disparities
DOL accuses Google of systemic gender compensation disparities
Steven Wildberger
April 8, 2017 11:43:08 am

The US Department of Labor (DOL) on Friday accused Google of engaging in compensation discrimination against female employees. As part of an ongoing investigation, DOL Regional Director Janette Wipper stated, "we found systemic compensation...

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News Nebraska supreme court strikes down ban on same-sex foster parenting
Nebraska supreme court strikes down ban on same-sex foster parenting
Steven Wildberger
April 8, 2017 11:18:59 am

The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday upheld a lower court decision overruling the state of Nebraska's long-time ban on same sex partner foster parenting. In doing so, the court compared the ban to signs reading...

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Seventeen tried in Stalin purge

On January 23, 1937, seventeen of Joseph Stalin's political enemies went on trial in Moscow during the Soviet leader's Great Purge. This trial of seventeen represented the second of the three "Moscow Trials" in which prominent Soviet leaders were accused and convicted of conspiring to overthrow the Soviet state under Article 58 of the RSFSR Penal Code. The defendants were sentenced to execution or deportation to work camps.

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On January 23, 1964, the 24th Amendment to the US Constitution, eliminating the poll tax in federal elections, was ratified. Learn more about the 24th Amendment and poll taxes from the National Constitution Center.

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