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News California Assembly approves bill to protect against workplace ICE raids
California Assembly approves bill to protect against workplace ICE raids
Madison Chajson
June 1, 2017 12:37:06 pm

The State Assembly of California approved the Immigrant Worker Protection Act on Wednesday in an effort to protect against workplace raids from ICE. The bill, AB 450 , would prohibit California employers from allowing immigration agents to enter...

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News Nevada senate approves Internet privacy bill
Nevada senate approves Internet privacy bill
Madison Chajson
May 30, 2017 01:11:25 pm

The Nevada Senate on Monday approved a bill requiring Internet providers to disclose what types of personal information they collect from users. Senate Bill 538 is sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Aaron Ford ...

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News Vermont governor vetoes recreational marijuana bill
Vermont governor vetoes recreational marijuana bill
Madison Chajson
May 25, 2017 11:58:27 am

Vermont Governor Phil Scott vetoed a bill on Wednesday that would have made Vermont the ninth state to legalize recreational marijuana and the first to do so via a legislative body . Scott sent the bill...

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News Apple and Nokia settle ongoing patent dispute
Apple and Nokia settle ongoing patent dispute
Madison Chajson
May 23, 2017 02:05:40 pm

After a six-month legal dispute over the right to use patents and other intellectual property, Apple and Nokia reached a settlement Tuesday that covers all ends of the lawsuits filed. The suit came as...

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News Texas senate sends ‘religious refusal’ adoption bill to governor
Texas senate sends ‘religious refusal’ adoption bill to governor
Madison Chajson
May 23, 2017 12:10:24 pm

Texas' Republican-controlled Senate gave final approval to a bill that would enable publicly funded foster care and adoption agencies to refuse the placement of children with non-Christian, unmarried or gay prospective parents due to religious objections. The "Freedom to Serve...

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News Government deal ends mutiny on the Ivory Coast
Government deal ends mutiny on the Ivory Coast
Madison Chajson
May 16, 2017 02:46:40 pm

After a five-day mutiny soldiers in the Ivory Coast on Tuesday agreed to a government settlement to end the disruption. The mutiny began Friday when soldiers began firing bullets at the army headquarters in the central...

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News ICJ hears case of Pakistan planned execution of India officer
ICJ hears case of Pakistan planned execution of India officer
Madison Chajson
May 16, 2017 01:42:14 pm

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday heard the case of the coming execution of Indian officer Kulbhushan Jadhav who was sentenced to death by a Pakistani Field General...

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News South Africa top court hears opposition arguments for secret ballot vote on Zuma
South Africa top court hears opposition arguments for secret ballot vote on Zuma
Madison Chajson
May 16, 2017 12:34:37 pm

South Africa's highest court heard arguments on Monday from opposition parties who demanded that the motion of no-confidence against President Jacob Zuma be voted on using a secret ballot. Zuma, who has been...

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News Indonesia court convicts Jakarta governor of blasphemy
Indonesia court convicts Jakarta governor of blasphemy
Madison Chajson
May 9, 2017 03:10:46 pm

Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison after being found guilty of blasphemy by an Indonesian court . Ahok is Christian and the charges...

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News Supreme Court declines to hear lawsuit against California ban on gay conversion therapy
Supreme Court declines to hear lawsuit against California ban on gay conversion therapy
Madison Chajson
May 2, 2017 01:57:28 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal challenging California's 2012 ban on "gay conversion" therapy. The law , signed by California Governor Jerry Brown , became the first of its...

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Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and euthanasia

On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. The nation then became the first country to legalize euthanasia on April 1, 2002.

First US wartime conscription law took effect

On April 1, 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, the first wartime conscription law passed in the United States went into effect. It included a clause allowing a person to pay $300 to avoid military service, a controversial "rich man's" exception that precipitated the July 1863 New York City Draft Riots.

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