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Ukraine Suspicious of Russian Aid Convoys, Sex Offenders Stuck in NY Prisons, Marriage Ban Struck Down in Florida: A.M. Links

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 8.22.2014 9:00 AM


  • Screenshot/AP video of Russian truck entering Ukraine

    Russia invades Ukraine? Security chief Valentyn Nalivaychenko said Ukraine considers a Russian convoy carrying humanitarian aid to be "a direct invasion by Russia." 

  • In New York City, sex offenders who've completed their prison sentences are being detained there indefinitely because the city has zoned them out of living literally anywhere else. 
  • Another one bites the dust: Florida's ban on same-sex marriage was declared unconstitutional by a federal judge Thursday. 
  • In Texas, gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis wants to remove the statute of limitations for prosecuting rape and sexual battery. 
  • You guys if libertarians really opposed police militarization, we'd want to take everyone's guns away. Because cops only kill people with guns. (Oh, wait… )
  • How the DEA drives up health care costs. 

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown is a senior editor at Reason.