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Bathroom bill vetoed by SD governor, citing local control

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota's governor vetoed a bill Tuesday that would have made the state the first in the U.S. to approve a law requiring transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their sex at birth. Republican Gov. Dennis Daugaard, who initially

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Harvard grad claims school shirked responsibility in sexual assault case

CAMBRIDGE — An explosive lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court alleges that Harvard University ignored a student's plea to have an ex-boyfriend she claims repeatedly sexually assaulted her removed from the dorm where they lived. The plaintiff, who graduated last year, also notes in her complaint that the prestigious

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I have a dream

I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago,  a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the  Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as

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Religious freedom is a woman’s right, too

There's a debate about religious freedom raging among our neighbors to the north. Last week, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who is running for a fourth term, promised to fight at the highest levels to force Muslim women to remove their face veils during Canadian citizenship ceremonies. At

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Islamic group, civil rights activists to protest US counter-terrorism efforts at Boston City Hall

Written by Philip Marcelo BOSTON (AP) — Muslim groups and civil rights activists across the nation are calling for greater transparency in an Obama administration program aimed at countering homegrown terrorism.