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A ‘chilling effect’ on Boise protests? Sierra Club files federal suit over city law

In May of 2022, abortion rights activist Kimra Luna was arrested for using a megaphone at a protest in downtown Boise. Luna — who identifies as nonbinary — had used a megaphone at many protests before, so when police demanded that Luna turn it off, they ignored the officers. “I just kept chanting because I was like, ‘I’m not going to allow the police to intimidate me,’” Luna told the Idaho ...
News >  Nation/World

With 399 victims, Mexico campaign violence is already at record

Mexico’s election is already shaping up to be the most violent in the country’s modern history. Almost 400 people connected to the races were affected by political violence — ranging from threats and kidnappings to murder — between Sept. 1 and April 1, according to a report by Mexico City-based consultancy Integralia.
News >  Nation/World

Iran says 17-hour battle with separatists leaves 28 dead in two cities

Iranian security forces battled simultaneous terrorist attacks by a militant separatist group in a southeast province that raged for nearly 17 hours, with intense gunfights in the streets of two cities that resulted in the deaths of 10 security officers and 18 militants, the Ministry of Interior said Thursday.

News >  Nation/World

Cannon shoots down Trump’s Presidential Records Act claim

U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon on Thursday rejected Donald Trump’s bid to have his charges of mishandling classified documents dismissed on the grounds that a federal records law protected him from prosecution. The judge also defended her handling of the issue, which had frustrated prosecutors.