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Death penalty changes easily clear House
Tampa Bay Online TALLAHASSEE — The Florida House on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a compromise measure designed to cure the state’s death-penalty sentencing system, struck down by the U.S. Supreme... (photo: Creative Commons / Bjoertvedt)

Supreme Court building at sunset in Washington

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)

3 Women Are Killed Every Day By Their Partners. Here Are 59 Ideas On How ...

Huffington Post Did you know that in the U.S., more women are killed by intimate partners -- their boyfriends, husbands and exes -- than any other type of perpetrator? On average, that works out to three women... (photo: Creative Commons / Takkk)

A migrant boy plays in a puddle at the northern Greek border station of Idomeni, Tuesday, March 8, 2016.

The Morally Bankrupt EU-Turkey Refugee Deal Aids and Abets Human Rights Violations

Huffington Post ISTANBUL -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is taking advantage of the refugee crisis in Europe to obtain the European Union's support for his own authoritarian regime. The 2.5 million refugees... (photo: AP / Vadim Ghirda)

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U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz of Texas speaking at the 2012 Liberty Political Action Conference in Chantilly, Virginia.

Will Trump Derail Cruz’s ‘Preordained’ Win In Texas?

WorldNews.com On the eve of Super Tuesday, tens of thousands of socially conservative evangelical Christians and Tea Party extremists will gather across the second most populated state... (photo: Creative Commons / Gage Skidmore)

An Iranian woman walks in front of an electoral banner of Hamideh Ghadiri, a candidate of parliamentary elections in Vanak square in northern Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016.

Iran elections: Parliamentary poll a test for Rouhani
Al Jazeera More to this story Iran elections: What you need to know about key vote Telegram chat app may be game-changer in Iran elections A tale of two elections: Iran versus the... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)

Prosecutor Says Uber Driver Admitted To Fatal Shooting Spree

WorldNews.com An Uber driver charged in the fatal shootings of six people in Michigan has admitted to carrying out the attacks, a prosecutor said Monday, The Associated Press reports.... (photo: AP / Carlos Osorio)

File - President Barack Obama gives his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 27, 2010.

A constitutional clash with Congress
Philadelphia Daily News WASHINGTON (AP) - It only took one man's death to give Congress an opening to spread its dysfunction to the rest of government. Republican opposition to letting President... (photo: White House / Chuck Kennedy)

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... (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... (photo: AP / Rogelio V. Solis)

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)

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... (photo: AP / Dana Verkouteren)