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News North Carolina AG to appeal abortion law ruling
North Carolina AG to appeal abortion law ruling
Taylor Brailey
December 26, 2014 01:22:03 pm

North Carolina's Attorney General (AG) Roy Cooper announced Friday that he plans to appeal a recent decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that struck down the state's ultrasound...

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News Israel high court orders West Bank settlement demolished
Israel high court orders West Bank settlement demolished
Taylor Brailey
December 26, 2014 10:35:42 am

Israel's Supreme Court ruled Friday to demolish a Jewish settlement at Amona in West Bank. The ruling resulted from a lawsuit brought decades ago by Palestinians who claimed to own the land to...

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News Amnesty: Islamic State torture of Yezdi captives
Amnesty: Islamic State torture of Yezdi captives
Taylor Brailey
December 24, 2014 04:04:35 pm

Amnesty International (AI) issued a briefing on Tuesday that said the Islamic State (IS) has exposed Iraq's Yezdi minority to violence and torture. The briefing details the torturous behaviors IS has exhibited towards Yezdi women, including...

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News Former Bangladesh official sentenced to death
Former Bangladesh official sentenced to death
Taylor Brailey
December 23, 2014 12:54:46 pm

Former Bangladeshi Junior Minister Syed Mohammad Qaisar was sentenced to death Tuesday, after he was found guilty of 14 counts of criminal charges including genocide, rape, extortion, arson, and torture committed during Bangladesh's 1971 Independence War . Qaisar...

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News Federal judge approves Oklahoma lethal injection protocol
Federal judge approves Oklahoma lethal injection protocol
Taylor Brailey
December 23, 2014 12:03:30 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma ruled Monday that Oklahoma's lethal injection protocol protocol is constitutional. The ruling has effectively allowed the state to continue with...

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News Federal appeals court strikes down gun law
Federal appeals court strikes down gun law
Taylor Brailey
December 20, 2014 12:19:24 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Thursday ruled that a law prohibiting individuals who have been committed to a mental institution for any amount of time from possessing a firearm is...

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News Supreme Court refuses to delay Florida same-sex marriage
Supreme Court refuses to delay Florida same-sex marriage
Taylor Brailey
December 20, 2014 11:47:43 am

The US Supreme Court on Friday refused to delay a federal judge's order that would permit same-sex couples to marry in Florida after January 5, despite state officials' pleas for the delay to be upheld....

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News Pakistan PM lifts death penalty moratorium following deadly attack
Pakistan PM lifts death penalty moratorium following deadly attack
Taylor Brailey
December 17, 2014 04:31:41 pm

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday approved the lifting of Pakistan's moratorium on the death penalty. Sharif's decision was rendered in response to a deadly attack by the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) on...

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News Rights group challenges Northern Ireland abortion law
Rights group challenges Northern Ireland abortion law
Taylor Brailey
December 12, 2014 11:27:10 am

The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) announced Wednesday that it plans to file a lawsuit challenging the law against abortions. Ireland's abortion law currently allows abortion only when a woman's physical or mental health...

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News Amnesty: Israel attacks on Gaza landmark buildings were war crimes
Amnesty: Israel attacks on Gaza landmark buildings were war crimes
Taylor Brailey
December 9, 2014 03:18:41 pm

The Israeli army's air strikes on four landmark buildings in Gaza from July to August this year were deliberate and indicative of war crimes , Amnesty International (AI) said Tuesday. No one was killed in the...

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March from Selma begins

On March 21, 1965, Martin Luther King, Jr. began his third march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to protest racial discrimination in the Jim Crow South. By March 25, over 25,000 people led by Dr. King reached Montgomery, Alabama. Specifically, the march called attention to the suppression of African-American voting rights and a police assault on a civil rights demonstration three weeks prior. Five months later, in August 1965, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act. Read a history of the march from Selma to Montgomery.

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