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Scalia's Death Leaves an Evenly Split Court to Decide on Major Abortion, Labor, Voting Rights, ...

Alternet A huge crisis is on the docket. Senate Republicans are vowing to block President Obama from filling the Supreme Court seat left by Justice Scalia, who died on Saturday at the age of 79. The next... (photo: AP / Jon Elswick)

This June 28, 2014, artist's rendering shows United States Magistrate, Judge John Facciola, swearing in the defendant, Libyan militant Ahmed Abu Khatallah, wearing a headphone, as his attorney Michelle Peterson watches during a hearing at the federal U.S. District Court in Washington.

Judge Denies Libyan Militant's Request To Be Returned To Country, Be Spared Death Penalty

WorldNews.com A Libyan militant’s request to be returned to his country and spared the death penalty on murder charges because his defense claimed was the unlawful seizure and interrogation by American authorities... (photo: AP / Dana Verkouteren)

Pope Francis shakes the hands of the faithful after celebrating his final Mass in Manila, Philippines, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015.

Pope concludes Mexico trip with visits to prison, US border
The Oklahoman MEXICO CITY (AP) — Pope Francis wraps up his trip to Mexico on Wednesday with some of his most anticipated events: a visit in a Ciudad Juarez prison just days after a riot in another lockup killed 49... (photo: AP / Bullit Marquez)

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia jokes about his experiences as a law student at a program with fellow Justice Elena Kagan, Monday, Dec. 15, 2014 at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss.

Justice Scalia’s Two-Word Legacy: “Who Decides?”

WorldNews.com Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling While some Americans think the U.S. Constitution is merely words on a paper encased under the glass at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., others... (photo: AP / Rogelio V. Solis)

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Bernie Sanders, left, offers an apology to Hillary Clinton during a Democratic presidential primary debate Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015, at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H.

US Election 2016: How Bernie Sanders captured the hearts of America's idealists
The Times of India When Bernie Sanders was not battering Hillary Clinton at their latest debate for being a captive of Wall Street and falling short as a progressive, he was listing those... (photo: AP / Jim Cole)

China sentences two men to death for murder of British monk
The Guardian Akong Tulku Rinpoche, who set up Europe’s first Tibetan monastery, was found dead with stab wounds in 2013... (photo: WN / marzena)

Chelsea 2 Spurs 0 Capital One Cup winners 2015 in London

Five things you might not know about John Terry
Belfast Telegraph Did you know John George Terry supported Manchester United growing up, enjoys playing golf with Niall from 1D and was Dad of the Year in 2009? Here, Press Association... (photo: Creative Commons / Dudek)

A giant billboard of Gambia President Yahya Jammeh sits on an empty street in Banjul Gambia

Happy hour and drinks are still flowing in the Gambia, the newest Islamic state
The Guardian Little has altered since country’s name changed to reflect its identity, but critics warn of the risks of mixing Islamism with poverty and repression... (photo: AP)

Russell Crowe and his wife Danielle Spencer at the 2011 Launch of The Star (originally called Star City) in Sydney Australia on September 14th, 2011

Russell Crowe needs to stop fighting players and take control of his club again
Canberra Times If there's something more quintessentially rugby league than a Hollywood actor/club owner getting into a blazing argument with a cranky little playmaker during a team... (photo: Creative Commons / Paul Cush)

Pakistan's YouTube ban lifted as government gets say over content
The Guardian Video-sharing site has launched a local channel that gives the government power to demand material is withdrawn... (photo: Public Domain)

An Afghan refugee woman sits on the ground with her twin sons, Othman Abdulghafar, 2, right, and Irafan, sleeping by wrapped with a blanket to shelter from the morning cold after spending the night at a collection point in the truck parking lot of the former border station on the Austrian side of the Hungarian-Austrian border near Nickelsdorf, Austria, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. Deeply divided European Union leaders held an emergency summit to seek long-term responses to the continent's ballooning crisis of refugees and migrants, a historic challenge EU President Donald Tusk said the bloc has failed dismally to meet.

HRW urges Pakistan to extend Afghan Refugee Status through 2017
Khaama Press Human Right Watch (HRW) has urged Pakistan to reduce rights violations against Afghan refugees by extending their legal residency status until at least December 31, 2017.... (photo: AP / Muhammed Muheisen)

Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev loses bid for new trial, told to pay $101M
WPTV BOSTON (AP) -- A federal judge on Friday rejected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's bid for a new trial and ordered him to pay victims of the deadly attack more... (photo: AP / AP Photo/The Lowell Sun & Robin Young, File)

German Justice Minister Heiko Maas arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015.

German minister: Deportations will rise after Cologne attacks on women
Business Insider BERLIN (Reuters) - German Justice Minister Heiko Maas said on Wednesday more foreign criminals would be expelled once new restrictions are rolled out in the wake of... (photo: AP / Markus Schreiber)