## Colombia votes to outlaw child marriage

Authored by cnn.com

Colombia’s congress has voted to change a law that allowed minors to get married with parental consent.

The proposal would make the minimum age for marriage 18, and seeks to protect the rights and development opportunities for minors.

Currently, the country’s civil code allows person as young as 14 years old to get married with parental consent.

Child marriage remains a widespread practice worldwide and affects around 12 million girls per year, according to the UN’s agency for children, UNICEF.

But there’s been a global drop in child marriages over the past few years, according to the agency’s statistics.

“Ten years ago, one in four young women aged 20 to 24 was married as a child.

In Latin America, poverty is the main factor leading to minors getting married, according to UNICEF. »

### The Onion wins Alex Jones' Infowars in bankruptcy auction

Authored by nbcnews.com

The Onion, the satirical news company that repeatedly spoofed conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, has won the bankruptcy auction for control over his media empire — most notably Infowars, the far-right, conspiracy-minded website that served as Jones’ primary online platform.

Details of Wednesday’s auction, including how much was offered for Free Speech Systems, the parent company of Infowars, and related assets, were not immediately known.

In June, Collins answered calls from followers online that The Onion purchase Infowars with a meme “looking into it.”. »

### Airline Has Elderly Woman Removed from Plane by Cops for Refusing to Pay for 'Frozen' Tuna Sub: 'I Think I've Been Arrested Over a Sandwich'

Authored by latintimes.com

The incident unfolded on November 3, on a flight from London Stansted Airport to Bodrum, Turkey on a Jet2 flight.

The woman, known as Lily, ordered a £9 ($11.43) tuna sandwich, but refused to pay for it after discovering it was frozen in the middle, according to the BBC.

The airline insisted on payment because she had opened the sandwich, which then further escalated the situation. »

### Sanders to bring legislation blocking sale of certain arms to Israel next week

Authored by jpost.com

Next week Sen. Bernie Sanders will bring to the Senate floor several joint Resolutions of Disapproval to block certain offensive weapons sales to Israel, the independent Vermont senator announced in a statement on Wednesday.

Israel has destroyed 70% of the housing in Gaza, the civilian infrastructure, the health care system, and hundreds of schools,” Sanders wrote.

”Sanders said as horrific as the last year has been, the current situation is even worse. »

### Sheriff’s deputy fired, charged with killing 7 dogs during animal welfare check

Authored by actionnews5.com

The animals were reportedly the subjects of an animal welfare concern call made on November 4.

Brackin was the responding deputy who arrived at the property in the 8300 block of State Road 199 in Bethel Springs, Tennessee, to check on the dogs.

TBI says Brackin released one of the dogs to the person who made the welfare call, but it wasn’t made clear why. »

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