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News Supreme Court to rule on copyright protections for cheerleader uniforms
Supreme Court to rule on copyright protections for cheerleader uniforms
Jaclyn Belczyk
May 2, 2016 03:20:52 pm

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in two cases Monday. In Star Athletica, LLC v. Varsity Brands, Inc. the court will rule on the appropriate test to determine when a feature...

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News US report: Afghanistan hospital attack not a war crime
US report: Afghanistan hospital attack not a war crime
Jaclyn Belczyk
April 29, 2016 04:01:22 pm

US Central Command released its final report Friday on the October airstrike that hit a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, finding that the strike was not a war crime. The investigation concluded...

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News Supreme Court refuses to block Texas voter ID law
Supreme Court refuses to block Texas voter ID law
Jaclyn Belczyk
April 29, 2016 02:29:08 pm

The US Supreme Court on Friday refused to block Texas from enforcing its controversial voter identification law. Plaintiffs had filed an application with the Supreme Court last month, asking the court to vacate a...

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News Colombia legalizes same-sex marriage
Colombia legalizes same-sex marriage
Jaclyn Belczyk
April 29, 2016 11:59:42 am

The Constitutional Court of Colombia on Thursday legalized same-sex marriage. In a 6-3 decision , the court found that same-sex marriage does not violate the country's constitution . The decision comes just...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments in former Virginia governor’s case
Supreme Court hears arguments in former Virginia governor’s case
Jaclyn Belczyk
April 27, 2016 03:00:51 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in McDonnell v. United States . The court is being asked to decide the meaning of "official action" under the fraud statutes used to convict former...

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Supreme Court hears arguments on sentencing, jury duty
Jaclyn Belczyk
April 26, 2016 03:40:28 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Tuesday. In Mathis v. United States the court heard arguments on "whether a court can consider a statute or subsection, outside of the...

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Lynch: states should make it easier for felons to obtain ID
Jaclyn Belczyk
April 26, 2016 02:43:38 pm

US Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Monday that states should make it easier for convicted felons to obtain state-issued identification cards upon their release from prison. Lynch's remarks were delivered at the start of National Reentry Week, during which...

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News Papua New Guinea top court rules Australia offshore detention facility illegal
Papua New Guinea top court rules Australia offshore detention facility illegal
Jaclyn Belczyk
April 26, 2016 01:39:35 pm

The Papua New Guinea Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Australia's detention of asylum seekers on Manus Island in northern Papua New Guinea is illegal. The court found that the detention center violates article 42 of Papua...

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News Venezuela top court rejects attempt to cut president’s term
Venezuela top court rejects attempt to cut president’s term
Jaclyn Belczyk
April 26, 2016 12:37:18 pm

Venezuela's Supreme Tribunal of Justice (STJ) on Monday rejected an attempt by the opposition-led National Assembly to shorten President Nicolas Maduro's term from six years to four. The opposition, which won control of the National Assembly...

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Supreme Court hears attorney’s fees, patent cases
Jaclyn Belczyk
April 25, 2016 02:57:27 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in two cases. In Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. , the court must determine what constitutes the standard for awarding attorney's fees under §...

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Tojo and other Japanese WWII leaders executed for war crimes

On December 23, 1948, former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were executed for war crimes in Tokyo.

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On December 23, 1997, Terry Nichols was found guilty of conspiracy and involuntary manslaughter for assisting Timothy McVeigh in bombing the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. He was later sentenced to life in prison. On April 19, 1995, McVeigh detonated a truck bomb that gutted the building and killed 168 people, making it the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil until the attacks of September 11, 2001. McVeigh was convicted for his role before Nichols, on June 2, 1997.

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