New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a ban on flavored vaping products Tuesday in response to growing concerns about the health impacts of e-cigarettes. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has suggested that the use of e-cigarettes could increase the likelihood of future tobacco use, particularly among younger individuals. The actual text of the [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Georgia on Tuesday urged the sheriff’s office of Cobb County, Georgia to conduct a full investigation into the water contamination that allegedly left the jail’s inmates without water to drink or shower for multiple days. According to the ACLU’s letter, on Saturday, inmates reported that water smelled or [...]

US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) have deported Shahab Dehghani, an Iranian Student at Northeastern, after Federal Judge Allison Burroughs issued a 48-hour emergency stay when the student was detained at Boston Logan Airport on Sunday. While Dehghani was detained, attorneys filed an emergency suit to prevent his deportation. The suit claims that the student [...]

A Myanmar government sponsored commission tasked with investigating human rights violations in Rakhine State concluded on Monday that soldiers likely committed war crimes against its Rohingya Muslim community but found no evidence of genocide. The Independent Commission Of Enquiry (ICOE) carried out investigations in northern Rakhine State to determine whether war crimes, serious human rights [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Tuesday partially overturned former New York Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver’s conviction for corruption. Silver appealed on erroneous jury instructions with regards to three of the counts. The court agreed and reversed on those three counts but affirmed on the other four counts of corruption. In [...]

The Tianjin First Intermediate People’s Court sentenced Meng Hongwei, a high-ranking Chinese official, on Tuesday to 13-and-a-half years in prison for bribery. Meng held positions such as deputy minister of the Ministry of Public Security, deputy director of the China Maritime Police Bureau and president of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol).  He will not [...]

Federal prosecutors in Brazil filed a criminal complaint Tuesday accusing journalist Glenn Greenwald of being part of a criminal organization that hacked the mobile phones of prosecutors and other public officials last year. On his website, The Intercept Brazil, Greenwald published several stories based on the information that had been leaked to him by the [...]

The US Senate finalized the rules for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump after hours of debate concluding in the early morning on Wednesday. The rules for the impeachment trial differ from the previously released rules by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell after push-back from moderate Republicans. However, the rules do not permit witnesses [...]

The US Supreme court declined Tuesday to hear Flint, Michigan, officials’ appeal of a federal court’s decision in favor of Flint Water Crisis residents.  This refusal will allow the earlier decisions that held the city accountable to stand. In May, a federal appeals court upheld a 2017 federal district court’s decision that the city violated [...]

The US Senate gathered on Tuesday afternoon and began the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Before the trial began, House impeachment managers sent a letter to the White House expressing concern over Pat Cipollone serving as an advocate-witness for Trump. After the letter was sent, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) held a [...]