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Portal:Current events/2017 September 13

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

  • War in Afghanistan
  • A suicide bombing occurs at a checkpoint near the Kabul International Cricket Stadium in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing at least three people and injuring five. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-blast/suicide-bomb-near-cricket-stadium-in-afghan-capital-kills-at-least-two-idUSKCN1BO1DE (Reuters)]
  • The United States Senate blocks an amendment to the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act that would have repealed the war authorizations for the use of force in Iraq and Afghanistan. [https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/13/senate-blocks-rand-pauls-effort-to-repeal-war-authorizations.html (CNBC)]

;Business and economy

;International relations

;Law and crime

  • Politics of Texas
  • The United States Supreme Court confirms (5–4) a temporary stay of a lower court ruling which would have required Texas to undergo new redistricting of congressional districts with large Hispanic and African American populations. The ruling was made in advance of a formal hearing on the gerrymandering case, Abbott v. Perez, which has no scheduled hearing date yet. [http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2017/09/12/supreme-court-blocks-ruling-against-texas-redistricting-242644 (Politico)], [http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Court-blocks-redrawing-Texas-maps-12193259.php (The Houston Chronicle)]
  • Law of Israel
  • The Supreme Court of Israel strikes down the exemption on the conscription of ultra-Orthodox Jews. [http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-israel-orthodox-draft-20170913-story.html (The Los Angeles Times)]
  • Crime in New York
  • Former businessman Martin Shkreli has his bail revoked for threatening former politician Hillary Clinton, after Shkreli posted on Twitter that he would offer $5,000 to anyone who could directly obtain a lock of Clinton's hair. Shkreli was convicted of fraud in August and is awaiting sentencing. [http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/13/news/shkreli-bond/index.html (CNN)]

;Politics and elections

;Science and technology

;Sports

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