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American Baquer Namazi, detained in Iran, needs surgery “within a week” to avoid fatal stroke

Lawyers for an ailing, elderly Iranian-American who has been detained by Iran since 2016 are appealing to the United Nations for immediate intervention to evacuate him for lifesaving emergency surgery. In a letter addressed to the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health within the U.N.’s High Commissioner for Human …

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Murder rate climbed 29% in 2020 amid gun stockpiling and pandemic pressures

Murders rose nearly 30% nationwide last year, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Uniform Crime Report data released Monday, which revealed the greatest percentage of  homicides involving guns on record, amid the pandemic’s onset. Homicides and manslaughter jumped 29.4% from 2019 to 2020, the largest year-to-year spike since …

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Angelina Jolie visits the White House

Angelina Jolie stopped by the White House on Wednesday, speaking briefly to reporters in the White House briefing room, and she also visited the Capitol on Tuesday.  The actress and filmmaker is in Washington working on children’s health issues and trying to encourage the reauthorization of the Clinton-era Violence Against …

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