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(BEIJING) — A Chinese court sentenced former American football player Wendell Brown to four years in prison Thursday for being involved in a bar fight, a punishment his lawyer and …
Read MoreOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin said she respects voters’ wishes but is concerned that Tuesday’s approval of medical marijuana in the state “opens the door” for recreational use. Voters …
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In his message to mark the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the “absolute prohibition” of torture is “stipulated in unequivocal terms” as a …
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Liberal democracy is in crisis where it was long thought most securely established. In both Western Europe and the United States, polls suggest voters are losing faith in democratic institutions; …
Read MoreLast month, Illinois Department of Correctionsofficials abruptly suspended a popular debate class for inmates at Stateville Correctional Center, roughly one month after the participants in the class debated the state’s parole …
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BY THIS WEEKEND, Reality Winner, the former NSA contractor accused of releasing national security information to the media, will have been in jail for more than a full year without being …
Read MoreSen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., challenged the Department of Homeland Security’s spending practices, saying the agency is “unnecessarily detaining people,” such as pregnant women. Murray offered a comparison of federal dollars …
Read MoreWASHINGTON — The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights has begun dismissing hundreds of civil rights complaints under a new protocol that allows investigators to disregard cases that are part …
Read MoreThe city of Chicago paid more than $20 million in settlements for police-involved lawsuits in the first two months of the year, WBBM-TV reported Tuesday, and there could be millions of dollars …
Read MoreThis is the third lawsuit and the fourth plaintiff in Lackawanna County’s prison sexual-assault scandal, involving at least 16 female victims and 10 alleged perpetrators. OLIVIA MESSER 04.03.18 10:17 AM …
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