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Conservative Justices Seem Inclined To Keep Citizenship Question On Census
The case comes in a pair of lawsuits by a group of states and localities led by NY state, and a coalition of immigrant rights groups challenging the legality of the question. Chief Justice John Roberts appeared to have a different view of the information the citizenship question would produce. "You think it wouldn't help voting rights enforcement?" The government said the question has been as... [Full Article...]
Saudi Arabia executes 37 for terrorism
The executions were conducted in Riyadh , Mecca, Medina and Asir. The 37 people were all Saudi nationals, who received the death penalty for charges including adopting extremist terrorist ideology, the formation of terrorist cells, attacking security offices using explosives and killing a number of security personnel. [Full Article...]
Netanyahu Wants To Name A New Golan Heights Settlement After Trump
Addressing the nation in a YouTube video today, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed he would be naming a community or neighbourhood in the Golan Heights, a rocky plateau seized from south-western Syria , after the 45th American President. [Full Article...]
Mother of missing Illinois 5-year-old not talking to police
The announcement came after Crystal Lake police said on Friday that after a search of the area, they believe the boy never left the house and was not abducted , seemingly implicating one of the adults in his life. "We do not have her listed as a suspect, we do not now have any suspects in this case", Kotlowski said. "Please, please come home", the boy's father added. [Full Article...]
Pete Buttigieg: 'God doesn't have a political party'
Buttigieg conceded that he didn't handle the situation perfectly and said he learned a lot about the need to seek input from various communities and improving relations between communities of color and police. And I get that one of the things about scripture is different people see different things in it. "But, at the very least we should be able to establish that God does not have a political par... [Full Article...]
Burma's top court rejects final appeal by jailed Reuters journalists
Myanmar's top court rejected the appeal of two Reuters journalists to have their convictions and seven-year prison sentences overturned on Tuesday, in a case that has raised fears over shrinking press freedoms in the country. The Asean Parliamentarians for Human Rights said they were "appalled" by the ruling, while the U.S. embassy in Myanmar said "journalism, satire, peaceful protest, and other... [Full Article...]
House Democrat Nadler to subpoena for unredacted Mueller report
It has the potential to increase the public's understanding of Russian election interference , in which hackers working for that country allegedly stole sensitive emails and other documents from U.S. "The report raises grave questions about the actions committed by Trump to obstruct justice in one of the most consequential investigations ever conducted regarding the integrity and security of our ... [Full Article...]
NZ has ´not yet seen´ intel linking Sri Lanka bombings to Christchurch
The comments by Ruwan Wijewardene came shortly before the Islamic State group asserted it was responsible for the bombings in and outside of Colombo that killed over 320 people. Heightened security was evident at an worldwide airport outside the capital where security personnel walked explosive-sniffing dogs and checked auto trunks and questioned drivers on roads nearby. [Full Article...]