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Ethiopia: Nearly one year after ceasefire, UN experts warn of ongoing atrocities, including war crimes and crimes against humanity
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The Taliban have detained 18 staff, including a foreigner, from an Afghanistan-based NGO, it says
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War crimes intensifying: Myanmar human rights investigators
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Iran: Harassment, reprisals continue for Mahsa Amini’s family
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EU states agree deal to tackle crises in migration and asylum
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California becomes the first state to ban four chemicals in food, including red dye No. 3
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Nobel Prize goes to scientists behind mRNA Covid vaccines
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Heat, High Water, Hurricanes: Schools Are Not Ready for Climate Change
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Class-Action Suit over Limits on Combat-Related Disability Pay Goes Before Supreme Court
By Patricia Kime Published April 24, 2025 at 12:59pm ET The U.S. Supreme Court will consider a case Monday from medically retired service members who say the Defense Department’s misinterpretation of a…
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Fact Sheet: Mahmoud v. Taylor, the U.S. Supreme Court Case About Banning LGBTQ-inclusive Books
By GLAAD April 10, 2025 The Supreme Court of the United States is scheduled to hear oral arguments in Mahmoud v. Taylor on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. Mahmoud v. Taylor is about a small number…
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The Supreme Court’s “Don’t Say Gay” argument went disastrously for public schools
Many of the justices seemed eager to impose impossible burdens on schools. by Ian Millhiser Apr 22, 2025, 1:50 PM CDT Three years ago, Montgomery County, Maryland, approved several books with LGBTQ…
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White House orders NIH to research trans ‘regret’ and ‘detransition’
April 11, 2025 4:20 AM ET Rob Stein The Trump administration has ordered the National Institutes of Health to study the physical and mental health effects of undergoing gender transition,…
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Same-sex marriage is under attack by state lawmakers, emboldened by Trump’s anti-LGBTQ+ measures and the Supreme Court’s willingness to overturn precedent
Published: April 14, 2025 8:42am EDT Paul M. Collins Jr., Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, UMass Amherst Disclosure statement Paul M. Collins Jr. does not work for, consult,…
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Lawyers warn clients of increased arrest risk at immigration check-ins
April 24, 2025 9:06 AM ET Jasmine Garsd When Jessica Rodriguez Aguilar and her husband Josue Aguilar showed up at a routine appointment with U.S. immigration services in Miami earlier…
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US judge blocks Trump from withholding funds from 16 ‘sanctuary’ cities, counties
By Nate Raymond April 24, 2025 3:02 PM CDT Summary April 24 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday blocked Donald Trump‘s administration from withholding federal funding from more than a dozen…
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Israeli strike in Gaza kills 23 as Arab mediators seek long-term truce
By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Updated 3:06 PM CDT, April 23, 2025 DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An overnight Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City killed 23 people, as…
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Ukraine ready to hold talks with Russia once ceasefire in place, Zelenskiy says
By Reuters April 22, 2025 3:41 PM KYIV, April 22 (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Ukraine would be ready to hold talks with Russia in any format…
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Tennessee pauses bill targeting right to education regardless of immigration status
The direction announced by House Majority Leader William Lamberth, the bill sponsor, diminishes the chances for it to pass this year. April 22, 2025, 9:41 AM CDT / Source: The Associated Press NASHVILLE,…
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