Cyntoia Brown, a woman serving a life sentence for killing a man who bought her for sex when she was 16-years-old, has been granted clemency by Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, CNN reports. Brown, who is now 30, will reportedly be released to parole supervision on August […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump stood by his demands for funding for a border wall Sunday as another round of shutdown talks failed to break an impasse, while newly empowered House Democrats planned to step up the pressure on Trump and Republican lawmakers by passing legislation […]
India’s Supreme Court ruled in September that the centuries-old ban on women deemed to be of menstrual age — defined as from 10 to 50 — was unconstitutional. But religious protesters have so far made it difficult to enforce the ruling. The state government organized the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge declined to dismiss sexual assault charges againstHarvey Weinstein Thursday, rejecting the latest push from the disgraced film producer’s lawyers to have his indictment thrown out. Judge James Burke’s ruling buoyed a prosecution that has appeared on rocky ground in recent months […]
$30 could have potentially saved Janice Dotson-Stephens’ life. The 61-year-old grandmother of 10, from Texas, died in jail after being held on $300 bail since July 17. She was reportedly charged with criminal trespassing. However, her family didn’t know she was being held until her […]
An online fundraiser started by an Air Force veteran to pay for construction of President Donald Trump‘s U.S.-Mexico border wall was up to millions of dollars Thursday, bringing further attention to an issue that could lead to a government shutdown. Brian Kolfage launched the GoFundMe page […]
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