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News Houston voters reject Equal Rights Ordinance
Houston voters reject Equal Rights Ordinance
Justin Cosgrove
November 4, 2015 11:14:11 am

Houston voters rejected the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance on Tuesday by a margin of 61 to 39 percent. Ordinance No. 2014-530 , known by its opponents as the "bathroom bill," prohibited discrimination based on sex, race, age, religion, sexual...

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Iraq parliament limits prime minister’s power to reform
Justin Cosgrove
November 2, 2015 11:33:48 am

Iraqi parliament members voted on Monday to prevent Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi from unilaterally passing important reforms without parliament's approval. One anonymous member of parliament stated that this resolution would end the prime minister's...

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News Obama urges criminal justice reforms to reduce sentences for nonviolent drug offenders
Obama urges criminal justice reforms to reduce sentences for nonviolent drug offenders
Justin Cosgrove
October 28, 2015 10:45:17 am

US President Barack Obama made the case for overhauling the nation's sentencing laws on Tuesday in front of top law enforcement officials at the 122nd Annual International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference and Exposition. The president...

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Justin Cosgrove
October 26, 2015 10:48:45 am

Lawyers for the families of three Bosnian Muslims killed in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre on Friday filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) seeking to bring charges against...

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First Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia

On September 5, 1774, the first assembly of the Continental Congress, forerunner of the US Congress, convened in Philadelphia to protest the so-called "Intolerable Acts" passed by the British Parliament. Review the Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress.

France passes conscription law

On September 5, 1798, France promulgated a conscription policy with the passage of the Jourdan Law. The law instituted a draft for all males between the ages of twenty and twenty-five with exceptions for clergy, holders of public office, and certain students and industrial workers. The law also allowed the wealthy to pay for someone else to take their place in the military.

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