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This photo taken on January 28 shows residents holding bullet shells in a village in Rathedaung township, Rakhine state, where fighting between the Myanmar military and ethnic Arakan Army took place from January 26 to 28. Amnesty International estimates the violent clashes, which are ongoing, have displaced about 30,000 since January.

Amnesty International Report Says Myanmar Military Is Again Committing War Crimes

A report released Wednesday concludes government troops are instigating violent clashes, extrajudicial executions, conducting arbitrary arrests, torturing prisoners and destroying historical sites.

Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, discusses her proposed measure to limit the use of deadly force by police during a rally at the Capitol, Monday, April 8, 2019.

How An Officer-Involved Shooting Database Can Influence Use Of Force Legislation

California Assembly members will vote on AB-392 this week. The proposed legislation would change the standard for police use of deadly force in the state. According to The Washington Post’s “Fatal Force” Database, California has one of the highest rates of officer involved shootings in the country.

Tony Horwitz, seen hitchhiking in Australia in 1986, wrote about the experience later in his book One for the Road: Hitchhiking Through the Australian Outback. Horwitz, who would go on to win the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting, died Monday at the age of 60.

Tony Horwitz, Pulitzer-Winning Journalist And Historian, Dies At 60

Horwitz's publisher says he died of apparent cardiac arrest. A Pulitzer Prize winner for covering the hardships of low-wage workers, the peripatetic writer sought truths obscured by history's cliches.

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Sonia Nazario Speaking At Restoring Civility Conference

The topic of the seventh annual Conference on Restoring Civility to Civic Dialogue is "Media Literacy: Finding Truth in a Post-Truth World."

Mohsin Hamid's 'Exit West' Wins First-Ever Aspen Words Literary Prize

His magical realist novel on the lives of refugees "hints at possibilities for doing better," judges said. And it won him the prize, which recognizes fiction tackling today's thorniest social issues.

Nobel Prize Judges Face Crisis 'Worse Than One Can Imagine' After Resignations

Three members of the Swedish Academy, which awards the Nobel Prize in literature, protested its response to a simmering scandal by resigning their permanent roles. Now, the group is in a tough spot.

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'The Queen' Reveals The Story Of The Woman Who Became A Symbol Of Welfare Fraud

Linda Taylor rose to infamy during the 1970s, when prize-winning reporter George Bliss brought her criminal activity to light — and then-candidate Ronald Reagan turned her into the Welfare Queen.

Linda Taylor, 40, walks with her attorney T. Lee Boyd as they leave the Chicago Civic Center on March 8, 1977, during a recess in her trial. Dubbed the "Welfare Queen," Taylor was charged with bilking the State of Illinois out of $30,000 in bogus welfare payments from 1969 to 1974.

'The Queen' Reveals The Story Of The Woman Who Became A Symbol Of Welfare Fraud

Linda Taylor rose to infamy during the 1970s, when prize-winning reporter George Bliss brought her criminal activity to light — and then-candidate Ronald Reagan turned her into the Welfare Queen.

This Nov. 30, 2014, image made from video released by Loujain Alhathloul, shows her driving in the United Arab Emirates toward the border with Saudi Arabia. Her siblings have visited the United States this week to receive an award in her honor and to raise further awareness of her case.

'Won't Give Up': Siblings Of Jailed Saudi Women's Rights Activist Speak Out In U.S.

It's been a year since Loujain Alhathloul was detained in Saudi Arabia for pushing for women's rights. A PEN award for her and two other Saudi activists has helped bring their plight back to light.

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