Hong Kong A 19-year-old Hong Kong activist facing secession charges under the city’s national security law was detained Tuesday amid reports he planned to attempt to claim asylum at the United States consulate.
Hungry teenage tyrants help explain puzzling fact about dinosaur diversity
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Teen dinosaurs, specifically the offspring of enormous meat-eating species like Tyrannosaurus rex, would have been everywhere 100 million years ago. Their voracious and changing appetites would have deeply affected...
Man dies after police kneel on his neck for nearly 5 minutes, family says in wrongful death claim
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A 30-year-old Northern California man undergoing a mental health episode died days after police officers kneeled on the back of his neck for nearly five minutes to subdue him, lawyers for his family said. Angelo Qui...
The single most ridiculous claim in Donald Trump’s statement slamming Mitch McConnell
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Former President Donald Trump made a number of wild claims in a statement Tuesday savaging Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. But one really stood out to me: His insistence that he had "single-handedly saved" m...
Federal judge blocks last-minute Trump rule limiting asylum claims
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A federal judge in California blocked a Trump-era rule that went into effect just a day before Joe Biden took office and sought to dramatically limit the ability of Central American migrants to claim asylum in the U...
Family members of American activist arrested in Egypt
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Washington Egyptian authorities raided multiple homes and detained family members of Egyptian-American human rights activist Mohamed Soltan, his organization, the Freedom Initiative, said on Tuesday. A lawyer for So...
Climate activist Disha Ravi arrested in India over farmers’ protest ‘toolkit’
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New Delhi Supporters of a young climate activist arrested in India over a farmers' protest "toolkit," later shared by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, have called for her release. Delhi police confirmed the ...
Family of Dijon Kizzee, a Black man killed by LA Sheriff’s deputies, files $35 million claim
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The family of Dijon Kizzee, a 29-year-old Black man who was shot 16 times and killed by Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies last summer, has filed a $ 35 million claim for damages. The claim alleges the sheriff's...
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, wins privacy claim against newspaper over letter to her father
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London Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has won a privacy claim in her case against a tabloid newspaper that published a handwritten letter to her estranged father, Thomas Markle. The judge in the case issued a summary jud...
Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul released from prison
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Loujain al-Hathloul, one of Saudi Arabia's most prominent women's rights campaigners, has been released after more than 1,000 days in prison for what critics have described as politically-motivated charges. Hathloul...
Alleging her partner was abducted and tortured, Ugandan activist Stella Nyanzi flees to Kenya
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Kampala, Uganda Feminist and political activist Stella Nyanzi has fled to Kenya to seek asylum with her three children. Nyanzi, who a year ago was in prison for writing a poem which used an explicit description of th...
American detained in Russia is sick and unable to reach US embassy, his brother says
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Washington Paul Whelan, a US citizen who has been detained in Russia for more than two years, is sick and has struggled to reach the US Embassy, his brother said Wednesday. "Paul has been able to speak to our parents...
Biden asks Supreme Court to delay oral arguments on border wall and asylum rule
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President Joe Biden's Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Monday to postpone oral arguments in significant cases regarding former President Donald Trump's border wall and a controversial asylum rule. The ...