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U.N.: Zoning Laws Driving Palestinians Out
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Aug. 1 (UPI) — Restrictive zoning and planning rules by Israel are forcing Palestinians out of an area in the West Bank, a U.N. report released Monday indicated. The report said factors forcing Palestinians from “Area C” include difficulty in obtaining building permits, construction of a barrier, home demolitions and difficulty in […]
Affirmative Action Heads Back To Top Court
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (UPI) — The perennial issue of university affirmative action could be headed back to the U.S. Supreme Court as two cases advance. In their last major ruling, the justices said in 2003 that the University of Michigan could not give minority applicants automatic extra points but could consider race as part of […]
Mullen: Iraq Nears Deadline To Seek Help
BAGHDAD, Aug. 1 (UPI) — Iraqi leaders are short on time to ask that U.S. forces stay to train and help Iraqi forces after Dec. 31, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said. “The point is we’re at a deadline, and we need an answer,” Navy Adm. Mike Mullen told reporters traveling with […]
U.S. Rules Order Birth Control Coverage
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (UPI) — Health insurers will be required to cover preventive care for women, including birth control, in one year, the U.S. government said Monday. The federal Department of Health and Human Services issued the guidelines, which take effect Aug. 1, 2012, under the healthcare overhaul. “These historic guidelines are based on science […]
White House Ready To Tackle Jobs Measures
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (UPI) — Consensus can be reached on job-creating bills despite harsh words spoken during the debate on raising the U.S. debt limit, a White House spokesman said Monday. President Barack Obama is committed to jobs-creating measures, White House spokesman Jay Carney said, noting a payroll tax cut included in the 2010 tax […]
LA County Resisting Child Death Probe
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1 (UPI) — Los Angeles County is refusing to hand over child welfare records to California officials despite a subpoena, with its lawyer citing attorney-client privilege. The Legislature is investigating the deaths since 2008 of more than 70 children while under the supervision of the county Department of Children and Family Services. […]
Judge Blocks Planned Parenthood Defunding
WICHITA, Kan., Aug. 1 (UPI) — A federal judge in Wichita, Kan., Monday temporarily barred enforcement of a Kansas law that would defund Planned Parenthood’s federal family planning money. The law, signed into law by Republican Sam Brownback, would block federal Medicaid funding from reaching Planned Parenthood, which had claimed it would have to close […]
Flag At WWII Vet’s NYC Home Burned
NEW YORK, Aug. 1 (UPI) — A World War II veteran in Staten Island, N.Y., is outraged after returning from a baseball game to find his American flag burned. Harold Bernstein, 85, a Marine who fought at Okinawa in 1945, told WINS radio he discovered the vandalism last week, the morning after he went to […]
Flag At WWII Vet's NYC Home Burned
NEW YORK, Aug. 1 (UPI) — A World War II veteran in Staten Island, N.Y., is outraged after returning from a baseball game to find his American flag burned. Harold Bernstein, 85, a Marine who fought at Okinawa in 1945, told WINS radio he discovered the vandalism last week, the morning after he went to […]
Body Found In Search For N.H. Girl, 11
CANAAN, Vt., Aug. 1 (UPI) — Divers searching for a missing 11-year-old New Hampshire girl found a body in the Connecticut River in Vermont Monday morning, officials said. Essex County, Vt., State Attorney Vincent Illuzzi told WMUR-TV, Manchester, N.H., a female body was found near the Canaan Hydro-Dam on the Connecticut River, which is the […]
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