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A 240-pound woman from Seattle was charged with second-degree rape on September 8, 2014, for sexually assaulting a 31-year-old man in his home in June 2013, reports The Smoking Gun. According to The Smoking Gun, […]
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A new bill requiring college students to get “affirmative consent” before sex was unanimously passed by the California senate in late August, reports The Guardian. The bill, SB 967, being called the “yes means yes” […]
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A judge in Wisconsin ruled that constitutionally valid same-sex marriages must be recognized under Wisconsin state adoption laws, reports the Jurist. On Wednesday, September 10, 2014, Judge Shelley Gaylord, of the Wisconsin Dane County Circuit […]
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The Gambia passed a bill in August 2014 that amended its criminal code to make “aggravated homosexuality” punishable by life imprisonment, according to The Guardian. Previously in Gambia, homosexual acts by either men or women […]
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The Canadian province, Nova Scotia, amended a custody act giving grandparents new rights effective September 1, 2014, reports Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Previously under the Maintenance and Custody Act if grandparents sought access to their grandchildren […]
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) allegedly covered up findings about a link between the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine and autism, which senior scientist, William W. Thompson, unknowingly revealed in a recently […]
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The Jakarta Post reports that one current student and four recent law school graduates are contesting the definition of a legitimate marriage as specified in Indonesia’s Marriage Law. The five petitioners filed a judicial review […]
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According to the 2013 Thai Foreign Business Act Amendment, foreigners and foreign majority owned companies can now operate certain formerly prohibited businesses in Thailand without a special foreign business licenses. The business activities specified in […]
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Myanmar’s real estate industry is booming, but concerns over money laundering have prompted authorities to investigate the source of funds being used to make land and property purchases, reports The Nation. According to Aye Lwin, […]
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After a police raid in Lat Phrao revealed at least nine surrogacy babies fathered by the same man, some officials fear stem cell production as one possibility of the “surrogacy baby factory”, reports The Nation. […]
