RSN: William Boardman | First Bomb the Wedding, Then Bomb the Rescue Workers
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William Boardman | First Bomb the Wedding, Then Bomb the Rescue Workers
William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Boardman writes: "In an impoverished, remote mountain village in northwest Yemen, the wedding celebration was still going strong when the first airstrike hit around 11 p.m. on April 22. The Saudi attacks killed the bride first, and more than 20 other people, mostly women and children."
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William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Boardman writes: "In an impoverished, remote mountain village in northwest Yemen, the wedding celebration was still going strong when the first airstrike hit around 11 p.m. on April 22. The Saudi attacks killed the bride first, and more than 20 other people, mostly women and children."
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Paralympic medalist Dan Cnossen speaks as President Trump looks on during a 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic celebration at the White House on April 27, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
In Cringe-Worthy Speech, Trump Tells Paralympians They Were 'Tough to Watch'
D. Parvaz, ThinkProgress
Parvaz writes: "In what should have been an easy bit of positive PR for the White House as well U.S. Olympian and Paralympian athletes, President Donald Trump managed to slip in some self-congratulation and a few jaw-dropping insults."
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D. Parvaz, ThinkProgress
Parvaz writes: "In what should have been an easy bit of positive PR for the White House as well U.S. Olympian and Paralympian athletes, President Donald Trump managed to slip in some self-congratulation and a few jaw-dropping insults."
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Karen Korematsu, daughter of Fred Korematsu, speaks after the re-enactment of the Fred Korematsu case on September 18, 2015, at the Federal Courthouse of Minneapolis. (photo: Allan Block)
Karen Korematsu: "My Father Resisted Japanese Internment. Trump's Travel Ban Is Just as Unfair"
Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "The result of the 1983 decision was governmental misconduct, and that's what relates to the executive order and what is happening with the Muslim travel ban now. And that is what we are wanting the court to be aware of and to stop repeating history."
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Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "The result of the 1983 decision was governmental misconduct, and that's what relates to the executive order and what is happening with the Muslim travel ban now. And that is what we are wanting the court to be aware of and to stop repeating history."
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Voter ID law being used in Wisconsin. (photo: Darren Hauck/Getty Images)
Appeals Court Allows Texas to Implement Voter ID Law
Jon Herskovitz, Reuters
Herskovitz writes: "A U.S. appeals court on Friday allowed Texas to implement a law requiring photo identification at the ballot box, reversing a lower court decision that blocked the measure on the grounds it could be discriminatory against racial minorities."
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Jon Herskovitz, Reuters
Herskovitz writes: "A U.S. appeals court on Friday allowed Texas to implement a law requiring photo identification at the ballot box, reversing a lower court decision that blocked the measure on the grounds it could be discriminatory against racial minorities."
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Jay Antico, manager of a clinical lab, stands before tubes of saliva that consumers have sent to Ancestry for DNA analysis. (photo: Stuart Leavenworth/McClatchy)
You Sent Spit for Private DNA Analysis. How Long Before the Police Get It?
Stuart Leavenworth, McClatchy D.C.
Leavenworth writes: "Law enforcement scored a breakthrough this week by using a DNA match to identify a suspect in California's East Area Rapist case. But that tactic has put genetic testing companies on the defensive and raised questions about their ability to protect consumer privacy as investigators increasingly seek out DNA databases to solve crimes."
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Stuart Leavenworth, McClatchy D.C.
Leavenworth writes: "Law enforcement scored a breakthrough this week by using a DNA match to identify a suspect in California's East Area Rapist case. But that tactic has put genetic testing companies on the defensive and raised questions about their ability to protect consumer privacy as investigators increasingly seek out DNA databases to solve crimes."
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Rohingyas fleeing violence in Myanmar/Burma. (photo: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters)
Rohingya Activist Recalls Devastation at World's Most Densely Populated Refugee Camp in Bangladesh
Democracy Now!
Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "This is systematically they want to exterminate the whole population. Because they strip up our citizenship-ethnicity. They strip up our citizenship rights. and they deny the Rohingya identity."
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Rajeshwari died days after an animal lover sought the court's permission to put her down. (photo: BBC News)
The Tragic Lives of India's Mistreated Captive Elephants
Soutik Biswas, BBC News
Biswas writes: "Rajeshwari's tragic story mirrors the sorry state of many of 4,000 captive elephants in India, mostly in the states of Assam, Kerala, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. India, according to a World Animal Protection report, is widely considered the 'birthplace of taming elephants for use by humans' - a practice which began thousands of years ago."
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Soutik Biswas, BBC News
Biswas writes: "Rajeshwari's tragic story mirrors the sorry state of many of 4,000 captive elephants in India, mostly in the states of Assam, Kerala, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. India, according to a World Animal Protection report, is widely considered the 'birthplace of taming elephants for use by humans' - a practice which began thousands of years ago."
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