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Tracy Chapman Wins Lawsuit Against Nicki Minaj
Singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman has won her case against hip-hop star Nicki Minaj over Chapman’s claims that Minaj took her work without permission.
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What’s happening with the latest Trump appeals to the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will enter a new year Friday but there’s still election drama from 2020 on its plate. The Trump campaign this week twice asked the court to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s win in Wisconsin.
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Two US neo-Nazis from ‘the Base’ jailed for terrorist plot
US District Judge Theodore Chuang said the recording showed the “virulence” of their desire to kill and overthrow the US government, AP News reported. “The court rejects the notion that this was merely talk among friends,” he added.
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Texas nurse guilty of killing patients by injecting them with air
Prosecutors said he targeted seven people from June 2017 to January 2018
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White House commission on Supreme Court reforms sees risks in expanding court
Biden signed an executive order in April creating the 36-member bipartisan commission in response to calls from the left for seats to be added in order to counteract the 6-3 conservative majority on the nation’s highest court.
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FDA approves e-cigarette in US for first time
The American Lung Association, which campaigns against smoking, expressed disappointment at the FDA decision.
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UK bakery banned from using sprinkles which are legal in the US
“We stand by this advice and would urge all food business operators, when seeking to use imported foods containing additives, to check that they are permitted for use in the UK
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott bans mandatory vaccination in state
Facebook and Google, which employ a large number of people in the state, have also told employees that they would need proof of vaccination to return to the office.
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Ohio police probed after man screaming ‘I’m paraplegic’ dragged from car
Jerome Dix, president of Dayton Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 44, said they had “followed the law, their training and departmental policies”.
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Expedite action on the bill to abolish death penalty-UNA-GH
At the end of 2020, at least 28,567 people were known to be under sentence of death. Of this figure, 483 executions were recorded in 18 countries in 2020, a decrease of 26% from 657 recorded in 2019.
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