Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on Thursday announced a new policy that allows transgender individuals to serve openly in the military, effective immediately. The announcement , promised last week, lifted the ban...
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The Assembly of Kosovo voted press release] Friday to extend the European mandate known as EU Rule of Law mission (EULEX ) for two years. The move comes after the EU voted ...
More than 40 prosecutors in Virginia filed an amicus brief Friday in support of a challenge to the governor's executive action to restore voting rights to more than 200,000 felons individuals in the state. The prosecutors...
A judge from Multnomah County Circuit Court in Oregon ruled on Friday that an individual's gender could be legally changed from from female to non-binary. This ruling legally recognizing a third gender option is the first...
The UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday cautioned Israel that their response to the deadly Tel Aviv attack earlier this week may be violating international law by implementing prohibitive collective...
California Governor Edmund Brown signed a bill into law on Friday that attempts to allow undocumented immigrants to purchase healthcare plans. The bill, SB 10 , allows the healthcare exchanges set up in the state...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday asked a federal appeals court to vacate sanctions imposedd by a district judge. The sanctions are apart of an ongoing immigration debate where 26 states sued ...
US President Barack Obama on Friday commuted the sentences of 42 inmates convicted of drug offenses as part of his ongoing efforts toward criminal justice reform . The 42 inmates received the commutation and...
California Governor Edmund G. Brown signed Senate Bill 1408 into law on Friday, allowing HIV-positive individuals to become transplant donors to HIV-positive recipients. The California Legislature passed the bill earlier that day. Brown and the...
Singapore police officials on Friday announced the hanging death of Jabing Kho, hours after the High Court of Singapore denied his final appeal for clemency. Jabing was sentenced to death in 2010 for his...
