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News Federal judge orders Michigan recount of presidential ballots
Federal judge orders Michigan recount of presidential ballots
Autumn Callan
December 5, 2016 02:44:10 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ordered Michigan to proceed with a presidential ballot recount early Monday morning. The recount was originally scheduled to start December 2 but was delayed due...

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News Army Corps of Engineers to find alternate path for Dakota Access Pipeline
Army Corps of Engineers to find alternate path for Dakota Access Pipeline
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
December 5, 2016 11:54:12 am

The US Army Corps of Engineers announced Sunday that an alternate route will be investigated for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) . Jo-Ellen Darcy, the Assistant Secretary for Civil Works, continued that in...

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News Italy voters reject constitutional reform proposals
Italy voters reject constitutional reform proposals
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
December 5, 2016 11:34:06 am

Italian voters on Sunday rejected proposals to reform the Italian constitution. The referendum proposed changes that would have amended the structure of parliament and concentrated more power in the centralized government as opposed to the Senate, the upper...

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News Egypt top court upholds law restricting protests
Egypt top court upholds law restricting protests
Mark Casper
December 4, 2016 02:33:42 pm

Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court on Saturday upheld a law that effectively bans protests. The law requires individuals seeking to protest to inform the interior ministry, at least three days prior, of any public gathering with more than 10...

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News Jill Stein to bring Pennsylvania recount petition to federal court
Jill Stein to bring Pennsylvania recount petition to federal court
Mark Casper
December 4, 2016 01:41:29 pm

Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein said Sunday that she and her campaign intend to "escalate" her recount efforts in Pennsylvania by bringing a lawsuit in federal court. Stein had filed suit in the state court, but the...

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Chile court rejects war crimes suit against Israel justices
Miracle Jones
December 4, 2016 12:56:03 pm

A court in Chile on Saturday rejected a war crimes lawsuit filed against three justices on the Israeli Supreme Court who authorized the construction of a security wall for the Israeli settlements in the West bank. The lawsuit...

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IACHR calls on Argentina to release social activist
Miracle Jones
December 4, 2016 11:59:58 am

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on Friday urged Argentina to release activist Milagro Sala who has been detained since the beginning of the year in the Jujuy province. Milagro Sala , an elected...

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South Korea opposition parties introduce motion to impeach president
Mark Casper
December 3, 2016 03:00:00 pm

South Korea's three opposition parties on Saturday introduced a joint impeachment motion against embattled President Park Geun-hye. The motion , which will be voted on this upcoming Friday, comes just days after Park offered to resign if parliament could...

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News Iran Supreme Court affirms death penalty for billionaire
Iran Supreme Court affirms death penalty for billionaire
Mark Casper
December 3, 2016 12:44:54 pm

The Supreme Court of Iran on Saturday affirmed the death sentence of 42-year-old Iranian oil billionare Babak Zanjani, according the country's state-run news agency . Zanjani was arrested in December 2013 on charges of embezzlement, money laundering and...

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US security advisors recommend moving away from private prisons for immigration detainees
Steven Wildberger
December 3, 2016 12:28:53 pm

The Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) on Thursday suggested to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson that the government should move away from housing immigration detainees in private prisons. At the behest of Johnson, an HSAC subcommittee reviewed...

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French novelist defended Dreyfus in open letter

On January 13, 1898, the French journalist and novelist Emile Zola published an open letter entitled J'accuse in defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army who had been dubiously convicted of spying. Learn more about the Dreyfus Affair. Sentenced to prison for libel, Zola fled to England; he was granted amnesty and returned to France, but died of carbon monoxide poisoning before Dreyfus was exonerated.

Douglas Wilder takes office as first elected black governor

On January 13, 1990, Lawrence Douglas Wilder was sworn in as the governor of Virginia by former US Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell. Wilder was the first African-American to be elected governor of a U.S. state. He would also serve as Mayor of Richmond, the state's capital city, from 2005 through 2009. Learn more about the life and career of Douglas Wilder.

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