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Torture At Issue During Pre-Trial Hearing At Guantanamo

7:54am January 25, 2020

by Sacha Pfeiffer

Testifying publicly for the first time this week in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, one of the psychologists who designed the CIA's torture program said he now believes the torture techniques went too far.

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Presiding Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, fourth from right, reads the ruling. The panel said Myanmar must take steps to protect the Muslim minority, who "remain extremely vulnerable" after a brutal 2017 crackdown by the military.

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Myanmar Must Prevent Genocide Of Rohingya, U.N. Court Rules

1:06pm January 23, 2020

by Scott Neuman

In a unanimous decision, a 17-judge panel said Myanmar must take steps to protect the Muslim minority Rohingya, who "remain extremely vulnerable" after a brutal 2017 crackdown by the military.

Alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (far left) consults with his defense attorneys in the U.S. military courtroom in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, as a man who waterboarded him, retired Air Force psychologist James Mitchell, takes the stand.

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Architect Of CIA's Torture Program Says It Went Too Far

8:35pm January 22, 2020

One of the psychologists who designed the CIA's torture program appeared at war court in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, on Wednesday. He testified about an inmate who was waterboarded more than 80 times.

Members of the Illinois Network of Centers for Independent Living (INCIL) demonstrate in front of the Bloomington-Normal Amtrak station in Illinois to demand the suspension of an Amtrak policy that led to exorbitant fees for removing train seats to accomm

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Amtrak Reverses Course On $25,000 Bill

7:35pm January 22, 2020

by Joseph Shapiro

The rail carrier Amtrak says passengers who use wheelchairs will no longer have to pay for the added cost of accommodating them.

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Architect Of CIA Torture Interrogation Program Testifies Further

4:30pm January 22, 2020

by Sacha Pfeiffer

One of the psychologists who designed the CIA's torture program appeared again at war court in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba Wednesday. He testified about an inmate who was waterboarded more than 80 times.

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Man Who Designed CIA Interrogation Program Testifies At Guantánamo Bay

4:12pm January 21, 2020

by Sacha Pfeiffer

An American interrogator who waterboarded alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was called to the stand during a pretrial hearing at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba Tuesday.

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A member of the station staff pushes a portable wheelchair lift along the platform at an Amtrak station in DeLand, Fla. The company says its policies for having to adjust or remove seats has changed.

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Amtrak Asks Two People Who Use Wheelchairs To Pay $25,000 For A Ride

11:31pm January 17, 2020

by Joseph Shapiro

It usually costs $16 to take Amtrak from Chicago to Bloomington, Ill. The company defended the $25,000 cost for the extra wheelchair users, saying it reflects a new policy.

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Two Wheelchair Users Faced A $25,000 Fee To Travel On Amtrak

5:51pm January 17, 2020

by Joseph Shapiro

It costs $16 to take the Amtrak from Chicago to Bloomington, Ill. But people who use wheelchairs were recently asked to pay $25,000. Amtrak defended the cost, saying it reflects a new policy.

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A view of Jeffrey Epstein's stone mansion on Little St. James Island. Prosecutors in the Virgin Islands on Tuesday filed a civil lawsuit that accuses Epstein of human trafficking that victimized young women and children as young as 11 years old. Some of t

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U.S. Virgin Islands Officials: Epstein Trafficked Girls On Private Island Until 2018

6:36pm January 16, 2020

by Bobby Allyn

The Virgin Islands Attorney General's Office says Epstein recruited and abused young women and girls over two decades on his two private islands. Some victims allegedly were as young as 11 years old.

Rep. Jason Crow (far right) and other managers of the House impeachment case join Speaker Nancy Pelosi at a news conference at the Capitol.

Impeachment Manager Jason Crow Not A Usual Suspect For Job

7:17pm January 15, 2020

by David Welna

Freshman Colorado Democrat Jason Crow did not vote for Nancy Pelosi to be Speaker of the House. She chose him anyway for the House impeachment management team.