| Travel ban, playground case bring a big finish to sleepy Supreme Court term Posted: 26 Jun 2017 01:29 PM PDT ![Travel ban, playground case bring a big finish to sleepy Supreme Court term]( "Travel ban, playground case bring a big finish to sleepy Supreme Court term") After every US Supreme Court term, Ralph Rossum typically adds upward of 10 of the court's most significant constitutional law decisions to a constitutional law website he edits. This year, it looks like he's only going to add five – and one of those came down only on Monday, as the justices sided 7-2, along narrow lines, with a Missouri church that had been denied state funding to resurface its preschool playground because of its religious affiliation. A by-product of that, experts say, is the mammoth nature of next fall's term, starting with a hearing on President Trump's travel ban executive order, which restricts the entry of immigrants from six Muslim-majority countries into the United States.
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| How helping whistle-blowers could cut health-care costs Posted: 26 Jun 2017 01:18 PM PDT ![How helping whistle-blowers could cut health-care costs]( "How helping whistle-blowers could cut health-care costs") Elin Baklid-Kunz never wanted to be a whistle-blower. "I just thought if I worked harder they would see how bad this was and do something about it," says Ms. Baklid-Kunz in an interview. As Republicans in Congress work to establish a replacement for former President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, lawmakers are searching for ways to cut down on the exploding cost of health care.
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| Portugal's forest fires, though never before as deadly, are all too familiar Posted: 26 Jun 2017 12:53 PM PDT ![Portugal's forest fires, though never before as deadly, are all too familiar]( "Portugal's forest fires, though never before as deadly, are all too familiar") Every year, it would move closer and closer to villages where my relatives grew up, closer and closer to the houses of third cousins I had never seen. "No one could have predicted these many people would die, but those who know the land know that this territory has been anxiously expecting a tragedy for decades," says Paulo Castro, an expert in forest fires. Recommended: Test your Iberia IQ: How much do you know about Spain and Portugal?
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| In a young country's conflict, future may pay heavy price Posted: 26 Jun 2017 10:21 AM PDT ![In a young country's conflict, future may pay heavy price]( "In a young country's conflict, future may pay heavy price") Beatrice was only 11 years old when her parents died within months of each other, leaving four children between 2 and 12. "It was not easy for me to care for them," Beatrice – whose name has been changed for privacy – says today, 11 years later. The country itself is young, having split from Sudan only in 2011.
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