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Colorado Supreme Court to hear arguments in transgender cake case

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

The Colorado Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit against a Christian baker who refused to make a cake celebrating a gender transition. It's one of three cases in Colorado that have pitted LGBTQ+ civil rights against First Amendment rights. Two of those cases have involved Jack Phillips, a baker who in 2012 refused to bake a cake for a gay couple’s wedding. Phillips partially prevailed before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018. He now is being sued by Autumn Scardina, a transgender... Читать дальше...

Police recover stolen oil-smugglers' boats

BangkokPost.com 

SONGKHLA: Police have recovered three confiscated fishing boats modified to smuggle diesel that were stolen from a pier in Chon Buri last week, but the 330,000 litres of contraband fuel they were carrying were missing.

Rupee appreciates 7 paise to 83.48 against US dollar in early trade

Business Standard 

The rupee appreciated 7 paise to 83.48 against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday amid a fresh inflow of foreign capital and positive sentiment in the domestic equity markets. Forex traders said the strengthening American currency weighed on the local unit though it found support due to downward movement in crude oil prices overseas. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local unit opened at 83.52 and gained further to 83.48 against the greenback, registering a rise of 7 paise from its previous close. Читать дальше...

T20 World Cup: West Indies beat Afghanistan by 104 runs

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

With both teams assured of a Super 8 berth, it was the two-time champions WI who displayed their batting might, amassing a formidable 218 for five, with Pooran going on a six-hitting spree during his 53-ball 98.

Georgia inmate had 'personal relationship' with worker he shot and killed, prison official says

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A prison official says the inmate who shot and killed a kitchen worker at a Georgia prison before fatally shooting himself had a personal relationship with the woman. Georgia Department of Corrections spokeswoman Lori Benoit said the shooting a day earlier at Smith State Prison was an isolated incident and the investigation was ongoing. The statement did not say how inmate Jaydrekus Hart obtained a firearm. Smith State Prison has capacity for 1,500 inmates and is a close-security prison that houses... Читать дальше...

Shooter who killed 5 at a Colorado LGBTQ+ club set to plead guilty to federal hate crimes

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The person who killed five people and wounded over a dozen others during a mass shooting at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs is set to plead guilty to federal hate crime charges Tuesday. Prosecutors are expected to show during the hearing that Anderson Lee Aldrich was spreading anti-gay slurs online in the weeks before the 2022 attack. Aldrich is already serving a life sentence in prison after pleading guilty to state charges last year and pleading no contest to hate crimes in that case. In the federal case... Читать дальше...