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Florida moviegoer beaten after asking couple to move from his reserved, VIP seats in ‘callous’ attack

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A simple favor to ask a moviegoer to sit in his assigned seat turned into an all-out brawl at a Florida movie theater — with the incident being captured on camera. The Broward County Sheriff’s Office released cellphone video of the altercation, which captured 27-year-old Jesse Montez Thorton II violently attacking 63-year-old Marc Cohen at … Read more

India’s Parliament set to reserve 1/3 of seats for women in new bill

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Comment on this storyComment India moved this week toward enacting a pivotal bill that would reserve a third of seats in the lower house of Parliament and in state legislatures for women, and could make strides in gender representation in the world’s largest democracy. The legislation, known as the Women’s Reservation Bill, has faced obstacles … Read more