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News Bangladesh garment factory owners charged with murder over worker deaths
Bangladesh garment factory owners charged with murder over worker deaths
Steven Wildberger
June 2, 2015 09:02:09 am

Sohel Rana and 40 other people were charged with murder on Monday over the 2013 collapse of a garment factory that killed more than 1,100 people. Bangladesh authorities brought charges against Rana , the...

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News Federal appeals court upholds injunction against immigration initiatives
Federal appeals court upholds injunction against immigration initiatives
Steven Wildberger
May 27, 2015 02:07:50 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Tuesday that the injunction against President Barack Obama's recent executive action on immigration should remain in effect pending appeal. Many of the initiatives,...

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News Supreme Court rules on Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act
Supreme Court rules on Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act
Steven Wildberger
May 27, 2015 08:24:09 am

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday in Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Carter that the Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act (WSLA) applies...

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News Obama bans transfer of military-style equipment to local police
Obama bans transfer of military-style equipment to local police
Steven Wildberger
May 19, 2015 09:10:35 am

The Obama administration on Monday announced a ban on federal transfers of certain military-style equipment to local police forces. The ban, recommended by a task-force created in January, includes tracked armored vehicles, bayonets,...

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News Supreme Court: Felons may sell or transfer firearms
Supreme Court: Felons may sell or transfer firearms
Steven Wildberger
May 18, 2015 04:04:12 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Henderson v. United States that individuals convicted of felonies may transfer firearms to independent third parties or have them sold. The court reversed the decision [opinion,...

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News Reporter suing Al Jazeera for $100 million over Egypt detention
Reporter suing Al Jazeera for $100 million over Egypt detention
Steven Wildberger
May 12, 2015 10:59:09 am

Mohamed Fahmy, an Al Jazeera journalist and Canadian national, announced plans on Monday to sue the network for negligence and seek USD $100 million in damages. Formerly a CNN journalist, Fahmy and two other Al...

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News Former CIA officer sentenced to 42 months in prison for Iran leaks
Former CIA officer sentenced to 42 months in prison for Iran leaks
Steven Wildberger
May 12, 2015 09:13:58 am

Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer Jeffrey Sterling was sentenced Monday to 42 months in prison after being convicted of telling New York Times journalist James Risen about classified plans to thwart Iran's nuclear...

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News Federal appeals court upholds city prohibition on park Nativity scene
Federal appeals court upholds city prohibition on park Nativity scene
Steven Wildberger
May 1, 2015 11:47:44 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday upheld a Santa Monica, California, city ordinance prohibiting unattended exhibits in Palisades Park, deciding against the Santa Monica Nativity Scenes Committee [advocacy...

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News UN Women introduces policy agenda for gender equality
UN Women introduces policy agenda for gender equality
Steven Wildberger
May 1, 2015 10:51:00 am

UN Women on Monday released Progress of the World's Women 2015-2016: Transforming Economies, Realizing Rights , the gender-equality organization's flagship report on the status of women around the world. The report "proposes a comprehensive agenda for key...

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News Supreme Court: extending traffic stop for drug sniffing dog unconstitutional
Supreme Court: extending traffic stop for drug sniffing dog unconstitutional
Steven Wildberger
April 21, 2015 01:50:09 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that extending an already completed traffic stop in order to conduct a drug sniff violates the Constitution as an unreasonable seizure. In a 6-3 decision by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg,...

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"The Beatles" legally dissolved

On December 31, 1970, Paul McCartney filed suit in London to dissolve the Beatles' artistic and commercial partnership. Read a detailed legal analysis of Paul's case against John, George and Ringo.

West Virginia created

On December 31, 1862, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signed legislation, creating the State of West Virginia. The Bill split the western section of Virginia from the rest of the state, which had left the Union to join the Confederacy. However, West Virginia was not granted formal statehood until this legislation took effect on June 20, 1863 after a statewide referendum approved the measure. Read a history of the creation of West Virginia.

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