Francesca Paris
Stories
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World
Death By Stoning Among Punishments In New Brunei Anti-LGBT, Criminal Laws
The punishments are part of Brunei's penal code, first announced in 2013. While the new laws stipulate the death penalty for certain offenses, Brunei has not executed anyone in decades.
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World
New Zealand Introduces Gun Control Bill Expected To Become Law Within Weeks
The bill would ban most types of semi-automatic guns, including those used in massacres at two mosques in March. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the proposed changes shortly after the attacks
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Law & Courts
Googling Strangers: One Professor's Lesson On Privacy In Public Spaces
Kate Klonick asked her law students at St. John's University to try to identify people they came across in public, based solely on what they said and wore. It was surprisingly easy.
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National
Blair Braverman And Her 'Ugly Dogs' Prepare For Her First Iditarod
The rookie musher and her team of rockstar racers, with their own social media following, face heavy snow, freezing temperatures and 938 miles of Alaskan wilderness.
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World
U.S. Leadership Falls Further Behind China In Global Regard, Gallup Poll Finds
The U.S. maintained a strong lead in the annual poll for years until 2017, when its worldwide approval rating plummeted to 30 percent. That number increased slightly in 2018.
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National
16 states sue over Trump's 'national emergency' ... but not Washington state
A coalition led by California has sued the Trump administration over its plan to divert billions of dollars to border wall construction.
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Technology
Why We Can't Break Up With Big Tech
Gizmodo's Kashmir Hill spent six weeks trying to cut Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Apple out of her life completely. "Spoiler," she says. "It's not possible."
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Politics
WHO Warns Of Dire Conditions, Deaths Of Children At Refugee Camp In Syria
More than 20,000 people, mostly women and children, have arrived at the Al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria in just two months. The World Health Organization says aid workers are struggling to keep up.
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World
Survivors Mark Holocaust Remembrance Day On 74th Anniversary Of Auschwitz Liberation
Former prisoners gathered at the site of the former concentration camp to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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National
Video Of Kentucky Students Mocking Native American Man Draws Outcry
Videos show students associated with Covington Catholic High School chanting and laughing as they encircle Nathan Phillips, an Omaha Elder, at the Indigenous Peoples March in Washington last Friday.