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Florida Supreme Court: Death penalty murder trials must stop for now

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a one-paragraph order, telling Florida prosecutors and judges for the second time in three months that the state’s death penalty statute is unconstitutional and “cannot be applied to pending prosecutions.” It comes one day after the chief judge for Seminole and Brevard counties, John Galluzzo, […]

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UC proposes first tuition increase in six years for more faculty, courses and financial aid

The University of California unveiled a proposal Wednesday for the first tuition increase in six years, saying booming enrollment growth and reduced state support have left campuses scrambling to pay for more faculty, course offerings, classrooms and financial aid. Under the proposal, tuition would grow to $11,502 for the 2017-18 school year — a 2.5

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China Sick Of Trump’s Tweets

China, a military and economic superpower known to keep negotiations and other talks close to its chest, has reportedly had it with President-elect Donald Trump’s lashings on Twitter, The New York Times reported Wednesday. The nation’s state-run media agency, Xinhua, published a commentary under the headline “An obsession with ‘Twitter foreign policy’ is undesirable” after

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California Legislature enlists former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to defend against Trump

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Bracing for an adversarial relationship with President-elect Donald Trump, the California Legislature has selected former U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to serve as outside counsel to advise the state’s legal strategy against the incoming administration. The unusual arrangement will give Holder, leading a team of attorneys from the firm Covington

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China stresses US mutual interests amid trade war fears

China has signalled it wants to avoid a trade war with the United States after President-elect Donald Trump named tough-talking Robert Lighthizer as his chief trade negotiator. When he worked for President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, Lighthizer was tasked with helping reduce imports into the US from Japan through threats of quotas and punitive

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French court suspends corruption trial of ‘Playboy’ son of Equatorial Guinea leader

A French court agreed on Wednesday to adjourn the corruption trial of the playboy son of Equatorial Guinea’s leader at the request of his defence team. Dates for the resumption of the trial, which opened on Monday, were being discussed, with the presiding judge in favour of June 19. Teodorin Obiang, his country’s vice-president, is

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Trump to nominate Wall Street lawyer Jay Clayton to head SEC

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump intends to nominate Wall Street attorney Jay Clayton to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, transition spokesman Sean Spicer said Wednesday. Clayton, a partner with New York-based global law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, would take over for Mary Jo White, who announced in November she would step down at the

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New evidence indicates Nixon himself tried to sabotage Vietnam War peace talks

On Nov. 2, 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson made a private phone call to a friend of Richard Milhous Nixon, and bluntly accused the Republican presidential candidate of treason. Treason. There was no doubt, said Johnson, that Nixon’s campaign team was trying to scupper peace talks aimed at ending the Vietnam War. They were afraid

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Blaze Up At The Inauguration Because Weed Will Be Free In D.C.

People attending the inauguration may find themselves catching a contact high when thousands of people start smoking joints at the National Mall while President-Elect Donald Trump takes his oath of office on Jan. 20. The DC Cannabis Coalition will host a protest at the inauguration, during which members of the organization will reportedly pass out

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Paul Ryan: Julian Assange a ‘sycophant for Russia’

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan on Wednesday called WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a “sycophant for Russia,” as Mr. Assange reiterated this week that Russia was not the source for internal communications from Democratic officials during the presidential campaign. Mr. Ryan told radio host Hugh Hewitt that he really has no opinion on Mr. Assange, “other

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Pilot project to unite U.S. Jews with Israeli- Americans

ROCKVILLE, Maryland (Press Release) —The Israeli-American Council and the Bender JCC of Greater Washington D.C. announced a new joint venture on Wednesday, Jan. 4, to establish an IAC Center (Merkaz) at the Bender JCC, and to formalize the two organizations’ joint initiatives to bring together the Jewish-American and Israeli-American communities. “We have entered an exciting

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