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Aug 11 2023
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Illinois Supreme Court plans to rule today on semiautomatic weapons ban
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Supreme Court plans to issue an opinion Friday on a lawsuit challenging the state’s ban of the type of semiautomatic weapons used in hundreds of mass killings nationally. The lawsuit, filed by Republican Rep. Dan Caulkins, of Decatur, and like-minded gun-owners, alleges the law violates the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. But it also claims the
St. Louis Post-DispatchOct 04 2023
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Across Political Divides, Congress Pays Tribute to Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Feinstein, previously the U.S.’s oldest sitting senator, died at 90 on September 29, 2023. The California Democrat was mourned across the aisle.
In the SenateSenate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said he and his wife were “actual friends” with Feinstein, who had gifted him “a small depiction of the Capitol” as a wedding gift that still hangs on his wall. “Dianne was a
Clare AshcraftJul 08 2023
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Cluster bombs: Unease grows over US sending cluster bombs to Ukraine
The president said it had taken him "a while to be convinced to do it", but he had acted because "the Ukrainians are running out of ammunition".
When asked about his position on the US decision, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak highlighted the UK was one of 123 countries that had signed up to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, which prohibits the production or use of cluster munitions
BBC NewsAug 11 2023
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Illinois Supreme Court plans to rule on semiautomatic weapons ban
The Illinois Supreme Court plans to issue an opinion Friday on a lawsuit challenging the state's ban of the type of semiautomatic weapons used in hundreds of mass killings nationally. The lawsuit, filed by Republican Rep. Dan Caulkins, of Decatur, and like-minded gun-owners, alleges the law violates the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. But it also claims the law is applied
NBC 5 ChicagoAug 11 2023
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Jack Smith proposes trial date during GOP primaries, Trump reacts
Former President Donald J. Trump could be kneecapped when the primary season kicks off early next year, at least if Jack Smith has anything to say about it with his proposed date for the January 6 trial that could keep the GOP frontrunner off the campaign trail for most of the early contests. On Thursday, prosecutors from Smith’s office filed papers in a Washington, D.C. federal court seeking
Bizpac ReviewJun 20 2023
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Arkansas ban on transgender surgery for minors struck down by judge as unconstitutional
A federal judge in Arkansas struck down the state's ban on transgender medical interventions for children Tuesday, deeming the law unconstitutional. The Arkansas law, which banned doctors from prescribing cross-sex hormones, puberty blockers, and genital surgeries to children, was the first such ban in the country. Several other states have followed suit. District Judge Jay Moody, an appointee
Washington ExaminerJun 20 2023
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Judge Strikes Down Arkansas Ban On Trans Youth Care - Joe.My.God.
A federal judge in Arkansas on Tuesday struck down the state’s law forbidding medical treatments for children and teenagers seeking gender transitions, blocking what had been the first in a wave of such measures championed by conservative lawmakers across the country. The case had been closely watched as an important test of whether bans on transition care for minors, which have since been
JoeMyGodAug 31 2023
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Judge sentences ex-Proud Boys leader Biggs to 17 years over US Capitol attack
A federal judge on Thursday sentenced former far-right Proud Boys leader Joseph Biggs to 17 years in prison, after a jury convicted him of seditious conspiracy for his role in storming the U.S. Capitol in a failed bid to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 election defeat.
The sentence handed down by U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly is below both U.S. sentencing guidelines and far less than
ReutersAug 12 2023
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Boston doctor charged with masturbating in front of teen girl on Hawaii flight: Prosecutors
A Boston doctor was arrested and charged after allegedly masturbating and exposing himself while a 14-year-old girl was sitting right next to him on a flight. Federal prosecutors said Thursday that 33-year-old Dr. Sudipta Mohanty was allegedly masturbating and exposing himself while on a Hawaiian Airlines flight from Honolulu, Hawaii to Boston on May 27, 2022, within the view of a 14-year-old
Fox News (Online News)Aug 12 2023
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Plum house explosion: Update from emergency officials
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