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US regains seat on the UN Human Rights Council

The U.S. on Thursday regained a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council, three years after the previous administration withdrew from it. The U.S. won election to the council alongside Argentina, Benin, Cameroon, Eritrea, Finland, Gambia, Honduras, India, Kazakhstan, Lithuania…

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Man who used Grindr to rob gay men gets 23 years in prison

A Texas man was sentenced to 23 years in federal prison for using an LGBTQ dating app to commit violent hate crimes against gay men, officials said Wednesday. Daniel Jenkins, 22, pleaded guilty in June to committing a series of robberies, carjackings…