A Muslim man has made history after becoming the first Muslim chaplain appointed to the California Legislature.
DHS mandates state and local spending on domestic terrorism prevention
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The Department of Homeland Security will require state and local grant recipients to spend funding on domestic violent extremism prevention efforts, the department announced Thursday. For the first time, the departm...
Malaysian man wins landmark challenge against Muslim gay sex ban
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A Malaysian man on Thursday won a landmark court challenge against an Islamic ban on sex "against the order of nature," raising hopes for greater acceptance of gay rights in the mostly Muslim country. The Muslim man ...
Student protesters urge state to change Dixie State University’s name
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State Senate leaders in Utah say a bill to rename Dixie State University will get a debate this session, after a group of students rallied at the Capitol in favor of removing "Dixie" from the school's name. Oor 50...
Blinken says he aims to create a more diverse State Department
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Washington Secretary of State Antony Blinken will launch a diversity initiative to make the US' oldest Cabinet agency look more like America itself, an effort he is framing as a national security imperative to make t...
AZ lawmakers weigh bill that would allow legislature to review election results ‘if needed’
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Arizona lawmakers are debating a new set of voting bills -- including one that would allow lawmakers to review election results "indien nodig" and would grant the legislature the power to pick the state's presidential ...
Die polisie in Duitsland en België maak Europa se grootste kokaïen-borsbeeld ooit, miljarde euro’s werd
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Owerhede in Duitsland en België het beslag gelê op meer as 23,000 kilogram (50,700 pond) van kokaïen, miljarde dollars werd, in 'n internasionale operasie wat gelei het tot een arrestasie, het amptenare Woensdag gesê, inroep...
He had to drop out of Morgan State for financial reasons. Now he’s given $20 million to the university
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Wil jy meer inspirerend wees, positiewe nuus? Teken in op The Good Stuff, 'n nuusbrief ten goede in die lewe. Dit sal u inkassie elke Saterdagoggend verhelder. Two years after Calvin Tyler first enrolled at Morgan State ...
More child migrants are arriving alone in Spain’s holiday islands than ever before. This is what happens to them
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Elementary school children don't typically venture far from home on their own, but 11-year-old Abou managed to cross a stretch of the Atlantic Ocean, from Africa to Europe, in the hands of strangers. Abou, from West...
Canada’s parliament says China committed genocide against Muslim minorities
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Ottawa Canadian lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a non-binding motion accusing China of committing genocide against its Muslim minorities in the western region of Xinjiang, further straining ties between the tw...
Why Mary Lincoln is as controversial as ever
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Catherine Clinton is the author of "Mev. Lincoln: A Life" en "Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom." She holds the Denman Chair of American History at the University of Texas in San Antonio and is professor emerita a...
California sheriff’s department releases video from fatal shooting
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The Orange County Sheriff's Department released new video Friday of a street stop for jaywalking that led to a shooting by its deputies assigned to a homeless outreach detail last fall. One of the two deputies invo...