April 20, 2017 (2017-04-20) (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Business and economy
Law and crime
- Capital punishment in the United States
- Arkansas executes Ledell Lee, the first inmate executed in the state since 2005. (Fox News)
- Australian nationality law
- Australia adds stricter requirements to its citizenship application process, including harder tests on English language skills and the requirement that a migrant be able to demonstrate "Australian values". (BBC)
- The Supreme Court of Russia labels Jehovah's Witnesses as "extremists", effectively banning the religion. (The Independent)
- The Government of India revokes the Public Health Foundation of India's registration, allegedly for foreign-funded lobbying practices. (Times of India)
- A ten-year-old boy from Florida with autism is arrested at school, and spends the night in a juvenile facility. Unknown to the family, the boy had an outstanding warrant for his arrest after kicking and scratching one of his educators. The Autism Society of America is looking into legal options. (The Washington Post)
- Terrorism in the United States
- ISIL supporter, Terrence J. McNeil, of Akron, Ohio, pleads guilty to five counts of soliciting to commit criminal violence and communicating interstate threats in calls to kill U.S. military personnel. He is scheduled to be sentenced in August and faces up to 20 years in prison. (The Washington Post)
Politics and elections
Science and technology