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News Supreme Court overturns Florida capital sentencing scheme
Supreme Court overturns Florida capital sentencing scheme
Alexandra Farone
January 12, 2016 01:05:47 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Monday in Hurst v. Florida that Florida's capital sentencing scheme violates the Sixth Amendment. The Florida law states that in a sentencing hearing, the jury hears the...

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News Kenya deputy president appears before ICC seeking dismissal of charges
Kenya deputy president appears before ICC seeking dismissal of charges
Alexandra Farone
January 12, 2016 12:14:40 pm

Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto appeared before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday to argue for the dismissal of the charges of crimes against humanity filed against him and his co-defendant, broadcaster Joshua Sang....

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on opt-out policy for union fees
Supreme Court hears arguments on opt-out policy for union fees
Alexandra Farone
January 12, 2016 07:47:53 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday on the First Amendment rights of public teachers who do not wish to pay union fees. In Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association the court...

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News Bangladesh court sentences men to death for 2013 blogger killing
Bangladesh court sentences men to death for 2013 blogger killing
Alexandra Farone
December 31, 2015 11:25:20 am

A court in Bangladesh sentenced two men to death and six others to prison on Thursday for murdering Ahmed Rajib Haider, an atheist blogger known by the name of Thaba Baba, in 2013. Those convicted included seven...

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News Amnesty: Russia air strikes, civilian bombing coverups may violate humanitarian law
Amnesty: Russia air strikes, civilian bombing coverups may violate humanitarian law
Alexandra Farone
December 24, 2015 12:04:49 pm

Russian air strikes in Syria have killed hundreds of civilians and destroyed numerous structures in residential areas that may amount to violations of international humanitarian law, according to a new briefing published by Amnesty International (AI) ...

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News Federal court denies dismissal of criminal charges in Benghazi attack
Federal court denies dismissal of criminal charges in Benghazi attack
Alexandra Farone
December 24, 2015 11:26:24 am

The US District Court for the District of Columbia denied on Wednesday a motion to dismiss the criminal charges against Ahmed Salim Faraj Abu Khatallah arising from the 2012 attack on the US consulate in...

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News Samsung to pay Apple for patent violations
Samsung to pay Apple for patent violations
Alexandra Farone
December 5, 2015 11:00:05 am

Samsung and Apple released a joint statement Thursday with the US District Court for the Northern District of California saying that Samsung will pay Apple $548 million by Dec. 14 for infringing Apple's...

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News Arkansas top court orders stay on disclosure of execution drugs
Arkansas top court orders stay on disclosure of execution drugs
Alexandra Farone
December 4, 2015 02:03:33 pm

The Arkansas Supreme Court on Friday granted an emergency stay of a lower court's order for immediate disclosure of planned lethal injection drugs and their chemical suppliers. Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen ...

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News El Salvador ex-president faces corruption trial
El Salvador ex-president faces corruption trial
Alexandra Farone
December 4, 2015 01:36:50 pm

A Salvadoran judge on Thursday ordered former president Francisco Flores to stand trial on corruption charges. Flores is charged with embezzlement and illegal enrichment for allegedly diverting USD $15 million from Taiwanese donation to his personal and...

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News House approves bill revising No Child Left Behind
House approves bill revising No Child Left Behind
Alexandra Farone
December 3, 2015 09:57:37 am

Members of the US House of Representatives approved a bill to give much responsibility of improving public schools back to the states. The Student Success Act would revise the controversial 2001 No Child...

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Thomas Becket, former Chancellor of England, murdered by Henry II's knights

On December 29, 1170, Archbishop Thomas Becket, former Chancellor of England, was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral by knights acting in the name of Henry II.

Becket and Henry had been entangled in a power struggle over, among other things, criminal jurisdiction over clergy. Read a contemporary account of the murder of Thomas Becket.

Texas attains US statehood

On December 29, 1845, Texas became the twenty-eighth state to join the United States of America when US President James K. Polk signed the Ordinance of Annexation. Texas had a complicated path to statehood because it had formerly been part of Mexico and then an independent republic. The US Congress passed the Annexation of the Republic of Texas Joint Resolution on March 1, 1845. Voters in Texas then approved the Ordinance of Annexation in October, before it was approved by the US Congress and signed into law by President Polk on this day in 1845. The US Supreme Court later ruled in Texas v. White that, despite its unique path to statehood, Texas did not have the right to secede from the union.

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