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☆ Iran detains woman who stripped to her underwear in apparent protest at Tehran university, state media reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Mithil-Aggarwal.Jpg | Mithil Aggarwal | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

It is unclear exactly when the incident occurred but both the video and reports in Iranian media began circulating on Saturday. Authorities in the Islamic Republic have used the morality police to enforce the strict dress code in a crackdown since the protests that swept the country two years ago. After receiving a warning from campus security about dress code regulations, she stripped off her clothes and walked around the university." In a post Saturday on X, Mahjob rejected the suggestions that the student had protested the dress code and questioned her mental state. Amini, an Iranian-Kurdish woman, was detained by the country’s morality police for allegedly not adhering to the strict dress code.

Persons: Tasnim, Mai Sato, “, Seyed Amir Mahjob, Mahjob, Amini Organizations: Islamic Azad University, NBC News, Authorities, Amnesty International, United Nations Locations: Tehran, Islamic Republic, Iran, ”, Fars, Iranian

Challenges filed in Bucks County – which includes Philadelphia’s northeastern suburbs – were all filed by Pennsylvania state Sen. Jarrett Coleman, O’Malley said. Coleman also filed 519 challenges to overseas voters in Lehigh County, according to Tim Benyo, that county’s elections chief. Republicans and outside conservative groups have launched legal assaults against overseas ballots in multiple battleground states, including Pennsylvania, after Democrats touted efforts to turn out citizens who live abroad. Pennsylvania officials said that the lawsuit risked disenfranchising “tens of thousands” of overseas voters, including those in uniform. “In the absence of a registration requirement that applies to (overseas voters), election officials are required to fill their timely submitted absentee ballot requests,” Morley said.

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☆ How Donald Trump is laying the groundwork to dispute the election results – again
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Jeremy Herb | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

Election officials warn they’re outmatched and struggling to combat the wave of falsehoods coming from Musk and his platform. Manipulating early voting numbersIn 2020, Trump attacked early voting and mail-in voting, claiming they were used to cheat. Election officials have been inundated with threats of violence since the 2020 election. But Trump and his allies have been laying the groundwork to try to dispute the election should he lose. In Georgia, conservatives sought to allow county election officials to refuse to certify the election results, though the effort was blocked by a state judge.

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☆ Iranian woman detained after taking clothes off at university in Tehran
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Mohammed Tawfeeq | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Amnesty said Saturday the woman had been “violently arrested” after she protested the “abusive enforcement” of the dress code at Tehran’s Islamic Azad University. The woman had previously been harassed by members of the Basij, an Iranian volunteer paramilitary group, inside the university’s grounds, according to an Iranian student social media channel, the Amir Kabir newsletter,. Iranian women can be subjected to harsh punishment, even for minor infractions. Since then, many Iranian women have protested by removing their headscarves in public. Amnesty called for the immediate and unconditional release of the Azad University student and demanded she be given access to her family and lawyer.

Persons: “, ”, Amir Kabir, CNN hasn’t, Mai Sato, Mahsa, Amir Mahjob Organizations: CNN, Amnesty International, Amnesty, Islamic Azad University, UN, Azad University, Azad Locations: Iran, Fars, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran

In Wisconsin’s hotly contested U.S. Senate race, Republican Eric Hovde has focused much of his closing messaging on attacking the finance career of Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s girlfriend, highlighting their same-sex relationship. Another Hovde campaign ad features a narrator talking about Baldwin’s relationship with Brisbane. “This is Sen. Tammy Baldwin,” the narrator says. Now vying for a third Senate term, Baldwin has said the attacks are designed to distract from her record. Baldwin campaign officials and LGBTQ rights organizations said that Hovde’s attack lines amount to a cynical ploy by Republicans.

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But that hasn’t stopped abortion rights supporters from pushing for votes up and down the ballot. Across the South, supporters of abortion rights are using the issue to motivate voters. Although Texas does not have a statewide referendum on abortion, Rep. Colin Allred's Senate campaign has galvanized abortion rights supporters. It’s easier for Democrats to campaign on the issue, she said, because their party is more united in favor of abortion rights than Republicans are in opposition. That switch proved pivotal in passing the state’s abortion ban.

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☆ US citizens caught in Virginia’s voter purge aimed at noncitizens speak out
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Rene Marsh | Danya Gainor | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Glenn Youngkin’s effort to purge 1,600 people he says are suspected noncitizens from the state’s voter registration rolls using records from the Department of Motor Vehicles. Nadra Wilson was also listed as a noncitizen and was purged from Virginia’s voter rolls. She also didn’t realize she had been purged from Virginia’s voter registration rolls until she received a call from CNN. She said she is still undecided but “I have the right to vote.”Saule Bohoney was also wiped off of Virginia’s voter registration rolls. She became aware she had been taken off Virginia’s voter rolls after receiving mail from the state informing her.

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☆ Kemi Badenoch wins Conservative leadership contest, pitching party to the right after blowout UK election loss
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Badenoch defeated Robert Jenrick in a vote of party members by 53,806 votes to 41,000, after a months-long contest to replace Rishi Sunak as leader. Her task now is to revive a party still coming to terms with its worst ever election result. A contentious campaignTwo Conservatives contested this election, but many in the Labour party feel like they won it. Kemi Badenoch is congratulated by her husband Hamish, Robert Jenrick and wife Michal Berkner after winning the Conservative Party leadership contest on Saturday. On policy, however, Badenoch is sure to drag the opposition party to the right.

Persons: CNN — Britain’s, Kemi Badenoch, Badenoch, Robert Jenrick, Rishi Sunak, She’s, Keir Starmer, ” Badenoch, Liz Truss, Sunak, Jenrick, Hamish, Michal Berkner, Dan Kitwood, Nigel Farage, Brexiteers, “, ” Starmer’s Organizations: CNN, Conservative Party, Labour, Tory, Conservatives, Conservative, Spectator, Reform, Britons, Liberal Democrats, BBC, European Union, European, Human, Starmer Locations: British, ”, Britain, Nigerian, Nigeria, McDonald’s, Badenoch, Europe, Rwanda

In the previous presidential election, more than 3 million Pennsylvanians requested mail-in ballots and 85% – just over 2.6 million – voted by mail. To date, more than 2 million people have requested mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania and so far, 71% – over 1.5 million – have returned them. In one transaction, voters apply for, complete and submit their mail-in ballot at a designated election site before Election Day. “A handful of people were allegedly turned away from early voting lines in Bucks County. The county responded by agreeing in court to additional days, not just hours, of early voting,” the senior official said.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump’s, it’s, ” Jon Sherman, Trump, “ There’s, ”, Dan Mallinson, Vance, ” Vance, Harris Organizations: Pittsburgh CNN, Elections, Republicans, Republican, Penn State, Democratic Locations: Pennsylvania, Bucks County, Philadelphia, Keystone, Pennsylvania’s, Penn State Harrisburg, Allegheny County, Bucks

LOS ANGELES — California and Nevada voters are weighing whether to repeal legal loopholes in their state constitutions that allow slavery and involuntary servitude to be used as criminal punishment. California and Nevada would join a growing national trend that started with voters in Colorado repealing involuntary servitude in 2018. Slavery and involuntary servitude were banned nationally by the 13th Amendment with one exception — as punishment for a crime. In 2016, Shawna Lynn Jones became the first incarcerated woman to die while fighting a fire in California, according to the state corrections department. "If it means we have to come back to California voters in two years or four years, then that's what we'll do," Nuñez said.

Persons: ” Rep, Barbara Lee, Shawna Lynn Jones, ” Alyssa Mireles, “, Lawrence Cox, Cox, ”, “ It’s, Terri Hardy, ” Hardy, —, Greg Totten, we’ve, ” Esteban Nuñez, Nuñez Organizations: Democratic, ”, “, League of United Latin American Citizens, California Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, Firefighters, Institute of California, FBI, California — Locations: ANGELES, California, Nevada, Colorado, Utah, Nebraska, Alabama , Tennessee, Oregon, decarceration, U.S

This week, the state health department issued an advisory to doctors suggesting that recent ads about Nebraska’s abortion restrictions had created "confusion." She said the health department and Gov. Jeff Powell, communications director for the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, said the intent of the health alert was to "clarify the current law." In response to the health department alert, two doctors in the state said there is no confusion among physicians about how to treat ectopic pregnancies or miscarriages. The Florida Health Department sent cease-and-desist letters to multiple broadcast stations that aired an ad supporting an abortion-rights ballot measure.

Persons: Timothy Tesmer, Allie Berry, —, Berry, Jim Pillen —, Jeff Powell, women’s, Kimberly Paseka, Paseka, ”, ” Paseka, “, Abigail Drucker, Drucker, ” Drucker, ” Dr, Mary Kinyoun, ” Powell, DHHS, Joseph Ladapo Organizations: OB, Nebraska, Gov, Republican, Nebraska Department of Health, Human Services, NBC News, American College of Obstetricians, Florida Health Department Locations: Nebraska, Gynecologists ’ Nebraska, Omaha, Florida

☆ What Candidates in Tight House Races Are Saying About Abortion
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Allison Mccann | Vivian Li | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

At least a half-dozen Republican candidates have put out direct-to-camera ads declaring their opposition to a federal abortion ban. Anthony D’Esposito Republican, N.Y. 4 Mike Lawler Republican, N.Y. 17 Marc Molinaro Republican, N.Y. 19 Joe Kent Republican, Wash. 3 Michelle Steel Republican, C.A. What Republican candidates are saying about abortion “ I do not support a federal abortion ban. What Democratic candidates are saying about abortion “ Abortion is health care. position Rep. position Alaska At‑Large Alaska At‑Large Ariz. 1 Ariz. 1 Ariz. 6 Ariz. 6 Calif. 13 Calif. 13 Calif. 22 Calif. 22 Calif. 27 Calif. 27 Calif. 41 Calif. 41 Calif. 45 Calif. 45 Colo. 8 Colo. 8 Iowa 1 Iowa 1 Iowa 3 Iowa 3 Maine 2 Maine 2 Mich. 7 Mich. 7 Mich. 8 Mich. 8 Neb.

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Republican officials in Virginia to revive a plan aimed at removing noncitizen voters from the rolls ahead of next week’s election. Virginia has same-day voter registration, meaning that any eligible voter who was removed from the rolls should still be able to vote. The Justice Department said that while states can review its voter rolls, it cannot do so right before an election. States are barred from systematically removing people from voters rolls within 90 days of an election under the National Voter Registration Act. In court papers, the groups said that "the record makes clear that citizens are being removed from the voter rolls."

Persons: WASHINGTON —, commonsense, Glenn Youngkin, Biden, Ryan Snow, Virginia, Patricia Giles, Donald Trump, Trump, Kris Kobach Organizations: Republican, Justice Department, Department of Motor Vehicles, Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights, Lawyers, Committee, Civil Locations: Virginia, U.S, Kansas

NBC News spoke with a dozen trans people and their families across nine states about their hopes and concerns leading into Election Day. The agenda on his website says he would declare that any clinician who provides transgender care to minors would be terminated from Medicare and Medicaid. Advocates have hailed the Biden-Harris administration as the most pro-LGBTQ in history and have said a potential Harris administration would go even further in protecting gay and trans people. “I look at people that were trans in Trump’s first administration, I said, ‘So, did anything bad happen? She said she ultimately isn’t worried about a second Trump administration.

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☆ Supreme Court allows Virginia to purge suspected noncitizens from voter registration rolls
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( John Fritze | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, framed the effort in Virginia as a commonsense way of ensuring noncitizens don’t vote. At issue are about 1,600 voter registrations that Virginia said came from self-identified noncitizens but that a US District Court said hadn’t been fully vetted for citizenship status. Noncitizens are not allowed to vote in federal elections; none of the lower court rulings had changed that fact. But documented cases of noncitizens voting are extremely rare. Those opposed to the program relied on a 1993 law, the National Voter Registration Act, which bars states from making “systematic” changes to voting rolls with 90 days of a federal election.

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☆ Former Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte confirms existence of ‘death squad’
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

MANILA, the Philippines — Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte confirmed a “death squad” existed under his watch to control crime when he was Davao City mayor, but gave conflicting accounts of its makeup, first saying it was run by police officers, then by gangsters. Appearing on Monday before a Senate inquiry into his campaign against illegal drugs, Duterte identified “commanders” of the death squad which he said included former national police chief-turned senator Ronaldo dela Rosa, who was also present at the hearing. “That is the job of the police,” said Duterte, who admitted to senators that thousands of criminals had died when he was Davao mayor. Police reject allegations that the killings were executions, saying the drug suspects violently resisted arrest and that authorities acted in self-defense. Senator dela Rosa, who oversaw Duterte’s bloody crackdown when he was national police chief, previously said the death squads were “fiction.” In the hearing on Monday, he played down Duterte’s remarks, saying they should be taken as a joke.

Persons: Rodrigo Duterte, ”, Duterte, Ronaldo dela Rosa, —, ” Duterte, “, dela Rosa, Duterte’s Organizations: Davao City, Senate Locations: MANILA, Philippines, Philippine, Davao

Voters across the country are set to decide on nearly 150 ballot measures next week that will shape the future of a wide variety of policy issues in their states. (In addition, Louisiana will let voters decide on four constitutional amendments on its Dec. 7 ballot.) “Everyone knows this is a big issue this year — it’s the most we’ve ever seen for reproductive freedom ballot measures in history,” Fields Figueredo said. Voting and electionsThere are 39 ballot measures on the November ballot related to democracy, elections and voting procedures, according to the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center. And voting rights groups have argued it is designed to galvanize conservative turnout and counter enthusiasm for the state’s abortion rights proposal.

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☆ Argentina: Abortion access is dwindling under President Javier Milei three years after legalization
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Betiana Fernández Martino | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

This is how she came across Amnesty International, an organization that works for the promotion and defense of human rights. María is one of the cases where Amnesty International had to intervene to ensure a safe abortion. People hold green handkerchiefs during a demonstration in support of safe and legal abortion access to mark International Safe Abortion Day, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 28, 2023. Similarly, information from health professionals in the Safe Abortion Access Network (RedAAS by its acronym in Spanish) aligns with this. CNN contacted the National Ministry of Health regarding both shortages and the second public information request but did not receive a response.

Persons: María, misoprostol, Javier Milei, Anna Moneymaker, Mariana Nedelcu, Lucila Galkin, Galkin, Silvina Ramos, ”, Ramos, can’t Organizations: CNN, “, Ministry of Health, National Sexual Health, Amnesty, Conservative Political, Gaylord, Amnesty International, American, National Directorate of, Argentina’s Ministry of Health, Galkin, National Ministry of Health Locations: Misiones, Argentina, Posadas, Montecarlo, Eldorado, National Harbor , Maryland, Buenos Aires, Amnesty International Argentina

☆ Jamshid Sharmahd: German-Iranian national and longtime US resident executed in Iran
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Benjamin Brown | Hamdi Alkhshali | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A German-Iranian national and longtime US resident has been executed in Iran after being convicted of terrorism offences, according to Iranian state media citing the country’s judiciary-affiliated Mizan news agency. Jamshid Sharmahd, 69, was executed Monday morning for “planning and orchestrating a series of terrorist acts,” state-run IRNA and Press TV reported. His execution sparked condemnation from the United States and Germany. Sharmahd’s daughter Gazelle has repeatedly said her father is innocent and that he faced a sham trial due to his political activism and criticism of the Islamic Republic. Abram Paley, the US Deputy Special Envoy, last year met with Sharmahd’s family to discuss his imprisonment and death sentence.

Persons: Jamshid Sharmahd, Sharmahd’s, Gazelle, “, ” Israel, Sharmahd, ” Vedant Patel, Annalena Baerbock, ”, ” Baerbock, ” Sharmahd’s, Abram Paley Organizations: CNN, Press, State, Amnesty, United, United States ’ Office, US Locations: Iranian, Iran, United States, Germany, Islamic Republic, Shiraz, Western, Tehran

☆ GOP’s aggressive legal election strategy has more than 130 cases
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Tierney Sneed | Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Democrats had warned the new rules around certification could allow local election officials to delay or altogether decline to certify the election results as they searched for purported fraud or irregularities. Key GOP state officials, including Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, had also opposed the new rules. Republican state officials have launched an emergency appeal in Virginia, while Trump has attempted to play up the ruling for political gain. A Republican lawsuit led to a settlement with Detroit election officials that affirmed that there would be at least one GOP poll watcher in each precinct. But in Wisconsin, a judge rejected a lawsuit there to force election officials to hire more GOP poll workers in Racine.

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Israel’s Knesset opened its winter session on Monday against a backdrop of war in Gaza and Lebanon and after an Israeli strike on Iran on Saturday. UNRWAThe Knesset was set to debate on Monday bills that would make it illegal for Israeli officials to cooperate with UNRWA, the main U.N. agency that aids Palestinians. The bills would effectively shut down the agency’s work in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem within 90 days. According to the Jerusalem Post, the first bill states that UNRWA could no longer operate in Israel, while the second would abrogate the treaty that underpins the relationship between UNRWA and Israel. The Knesset has already voted in favor of advancing the bill and it is being prepared for a second and third reading.

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A federal judge on Friday granted a Department of Justice request to block Virginia from systematically removing alleged noncitizens from the voter rolls this close to an election. "All of the eligible voters who were wrongfully purged from the voter rolls will now be able to cast their ballots," Snow said. The Justice Department said in a previous filing that 43 people removed from rolls in Prince William County were likely U.S. citizens. States are barred from systematically removing people from voters rolls within 90 days of an election under the National Voter Registration Act. A lawyer for the state of Virginia, Charles Cooper, defended the program in court Thursday, arguing, “There are going to be hundreds of noncitizens back on these rolls.

Persons: Patricia Giles, “, ” Giles, Ryan Snow, Snow, Prince William County, Judge Giles, Glenn Youngkin, ”, Charles Cooper Organizations: Justice, U.S, ’, Civil, Justice Department, Gov, Appeals, Supreme, Republican, Department of Motor Vehicles Locations: Virginia, Prince William

☆ Gaza: The Israeli military has used Palestinians as human shields, soldier and former detainees say
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Mick Krever | Jeremy Diamond | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“If there are any booby traps, they will explode and not us.”It was so common in the Israeli military that it had a name: “mosquito protocol.”The exact scale and scope of the practice by the Israeli military is not known. But the testimony of both the soldier and five civilians shows that it was widespread across the territory: in northern Gaza, Gaza City, Khan Younis, and Rafah. Breaking the Silence provided CNN with three photos depicting the Israeli military using Palestinians as human shields in Gaza. In a second, two civilians used as human shields sit bound and blindfolded. Two Palestinians used as human shields sit bound and blindfolded in northern Gaza.

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President Donald Trump did nothing but show respect to my family & Vanessa. In fact, I voted for President Trump today,” she posted. He said Trump showed the family respect by "standing against the military complex" and supporting the Guillén family. "They didn't want to get to the bottom of the investigation, and President Trump brought awareness to that, and he didn't have to do that," Muniz said. She represents the very best of the Mexican American and Latino community.”

Persons: Donald Trump, Vanessa Guillén, Trump, Mark Meadows, Alex Pfeiffer, Mayra Guillén, ”, Natalie Khawam, Khawam, Pfeiffer, Guillén, Fort, Vanessa Guillen, Joe Biden, Joaquin Castro, “ Trump, ” Trump, Gonzalo Curiel’s, Curiel, Hurricane Maria, Kamala Harris, Artemio Muniz, Mayra, Muniz, Jason Villalba, he’s, “, ’ ”, Villalba, Trumper, ” Villalba, Domingo Garcia, Harris, Garcia, LULAC, Felix Longoria, Hector P, Rep, Sylvia Garcia, Vanessa, ” Garcia Organizations: Trump, Atlantic, White, NBC News, Army, Kabul Gold Star, League of United Latin American, LULAC, The, U.S, District, Trump University, Hurricane, NBC, Federation of Hispanic Republicans, Texas GOP, Texas Hispanic Public Policy Foundation, Republican, American GI, Mexican Locations: Afghanistan, Fort Hood, Cavazos, Texas, U.S, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Mexican American, American, Three Rivers , Texas, South Texas, Mexican

But even some who managed to escape Israel’s offensive in the north and head farther south toward Gaza City did not survive. The Jerusalem-based human rights group B'Tselem echoed the accusation Tuesday, calling on the international community to "stop the ethnic cleansing of northern Gaza." He also said the "General's plan," a proposal calling for Israel to force the evacuation of residents from northern Gaza through starvation, had not been adopted as Israeli policy. Images released by the IDF of Monday show what it says is a crowd of civilians fleeing the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. Images published by the Israel Defense Forces over the weekend, showing dozens of men being detained in northern Gaza as thousands of people fled the area en masse, have also sparked alarm.

Persons: Kamal Adwan, Mahmoud Ouda, Israel, Antony Blinken, Blinken, Benjamin Netanyahu, Shin Organizations: Gaza’s Civil Defense, NBC, Ismail Amro, Arabi, UNICEF, Wednesday, World Health, Israel Defense Forces, Israel Security Agency Locations: Beit Lahia, Gaza, Al, Ahli, Gaza City, Israel, Jerusalem, U.S

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