The FBI Monday released new hate crime statistics which showed an 11.6 percent rise in hate crimes from 2020 to 2021. A transition to a new reporting system meant that there was an initial decrease in data recorded in the FBI’s annual report. The supplemental report released Monday provides “a more complete picture” of reported [...]

Iranian Judicial Chief Gholem-Hossein Mohseni Monday announced that more than 82,000 people have been pardoned, including more than 22,000 people arrested after participating in anti-government protests. Mohseni made the announcement in an interview with the website of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The state-affiliated Islamic Republic News Agency detailed that this pardon was based on a [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a complaint Monday against Rite Aid claiming the corporation and its state branches filled prescriptions for controlled substances that were not medically necessary, did not have a valid prescription or were issued by prescribers acting outside their usual areas of practice. The Controlled Substances Act categorizes prescription drugs [...]

The Florida Senate Committee on Health Policy voted 8–3 Monday to advance a bill that would largely criminalize and further restrict the provision of sex-reassignment hormones and procedures to minors. Introduced by Florida State Senators Clay Yarborough and Keith Perry, Senate Bill 254 would give Florida courts temporary emergency jurisdiction over any child present in [...]

The Israeli Special Committee on Amendments to Basic Law Monday approved a first reading of a bill that would only allow the Prime Minister to be declared incompetent on the grounds of physical or mental incapacity. The vote passed by a majority of 9–6. The authority to make a declaration of incompetence would lie with [...]

Sayfullo Saipov, responsible for the death of eight people in an ISIS-inspired terrorist attack, was sentenced to life in prison Monday after a New York jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision on his sentence. Saipov had been convicted on 28 counts by the same jury in January 2023. Saipov was facing the death [...]

The UK House of Commons Monday approved the controversial Illegal Immigration Bill, which seeks to “prevent and deter unlawful migration,” by a vote of 312 to 249. The bill will now pass to the committee stage of the House of Commons. Organizations like the Law Society of England and Wales have raised concerns that the [...]

Authorities in Egypt have refused to issue and renew essential identity documents needed by those living outside the country, said Human Rights Watch (HRW) Monday. The refusals are allegedly part of attempts to force dissidents to return to Egypt, where they would likely face persecution. Under the government of Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, politically motivated migration [...]

Moldovan police Sunday arrested 54 people during an anti-government protest in the capital city of Chișinău hours after police announced the arrests of seven people linked to a Russian-backed plot to destabilize the country. According to Viorel Cernăuțeanu, the head of Moldova’s General Police Inspectorate (IGP), the plot included incidents of “destabilization and mass disorder” [...]

Hundreds of Venezuelan migrants Sunday attempted en masse to cross the US Border from Mexico and were prevented from doing so by US and Mexican authorities. The largest group of migrants attempted to reach the US from the Paso del Norte Bridge, which connects Ciudad Juarez, to El Paso, Texas. Simultaneously, other groups of migrants [...]