| New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman resigned yesterday after allegations of physical abuse by four women were reported in an article in the New Yorker magazine. |
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| Commentary: The Senate’s confirmation hearing for Gina Haspel to be director of the CIA will be the last chance for the U.S. to confront its history of torturing terrorist suspects. Senator John McCain has already sent Haspel detailed written questions about the agency’s controversial techniques; Pulitzer Prize-winning CIA expert Tim Weiner has a few more. |
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| Lava spewing in fountains up to 300 feet high from an erupting Hawaiian volcano has destroyed 35 homes and other buildings, officials said yesterday, warning residents allowed brief visits to their properties to be prepared to flee at a moment’s notice. |
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| In India, Modi’s government last month introduced the death penalty for rape of girls below 12 and increased the minimum punishment for those whose victims were under 16. But the emergency order did not mention boys, although a government survey has showed that male minors were more likely to be victims than female minors. |
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| As recently as 1993, it was legal in japan to sterilize people deemed undesirable... with or without their consent. https://reut.rs/2FVahqe 8:26 AM - may 8, 2018 |
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| Two @Reuters journalists have been detained in Myanmar for 148 days. See full coverage: https://reut.rs/2rrU9ay 10:46 AM - May 8, 2018 |
