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Disasters and accidents Vanuatu begins evacuating 11,000 islanders from the island of Ambae because of the erupting volcano Manaro Voui which pollutes the water. (Reuters) Law and crime O. J. Simpson robbery case Nevada prison authorities release former NFL player O. J. Simpson on parole after serving nine years for a 2007 Las Vegas armed robbery. Previously, a jury had acquitted Simpson of ...
1 0 4 11 Associate Justice: Anthony Kennedy: Ronald Reagan: February 18, 1988 91.9% 68/74 6 5 0 2 13 Associate Justice: Clarence Thomas: George H. W. Bush: October 23, 1991 81.3% 61/75 7 15 0 9 31 Associate Justice: Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Bill Clinton: August 10, 1993 76% 57/75 6 3 0 6 15 Associate Justice: Stephen Breyer: Bill Clinton: August 3 ...
On 3 October 2017, Carles Puigdemont said that his government intends to act on the result of the referendum "at the end of this week or the beginning of next" and declare independence from Spain. Puigdemont would go before the Catalan Parliament to address them on Monday 9 October 2017, pending the agreement of other political parties. [208]
October 8, 2017: Blade Runner 2049: $32,753,122: Ninth straight week for an R-Rated film in the #1 Spot (Annabelle: Creation, The Hitman's Bodyguard, It, Kingsman: The Golden Circle). This previously occurred with Stakeout and Fatal Attraction in 1987. [47] [48] 41: October 15, 2017: Happy Death Day: $26,039,025 [49] 42: October 22, 2017: Boo 2 ...
October 2017 Northern California wildfires. More than a dozen wildfires around Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma, and Yuba counties in California, kill at least ten people, destroy at least 1500 homes and businesses, and force 20 thousand people to evacuate. The Governor of California, Jerry Brown, declares a state of emergency. (The Washington Post)
The 2016–2017 Cameroonian protests (later known as the Coffin Revolution [5]) were a series of protests that occurred following the appointment of Francophone judges in English-speaking areas of the Republic of Cameroon. [6] In October 2016, protests began in two primarily English-speaking regions: the Northwest Region and the Southwest ...
The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (Senate Bill 1), also known as the "Gas Tax", is a legislative bill in the U.S. state of California that was passed on April 6, 2017 with the aim of repairing roads, improving traffic safety, and expanding public transit systems across the state.
The 2017 United States federal budget is the United States federal budget for fiscal year 2017, which lasted from October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017. President Barack Obama submitted a budget proposal to the 114th Congress on February 9, 2016. The 2017 fiscal year overlaps the end of the Obama administration and the beginning of the Trump ...