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Dec 29 2023
News
South Africa launches case at top UN court accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — South Africa launched a case Friday at the United Nations’ top court accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and asking the court to order Israel to halt its attacks. Israel swiftly rejected the filing “with disgust.” South Africa’s submission to the International Court of Justice alleges that “acts and omissions by Israel ... are genocidal in
The Boston GlobeJan 05 2024
News
Gov. Bill Lee to announce AI protections for Tennessee’s music industry
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The governor of Tennessee is set to announce new legislation designed to protect those in the music industry against artificial intelligence. Gov. Bill Lee will announce plans to update Tennessee law to include protections for songwriters, performers, and music industry professionals’ voices from the misuse of AI, his office announced Friday. Current state law already
WKRN News 2Dec 30 2023
News
Shen Yun Is a ‘Great Display of Culture and History,’ Says Boston Theatergoer
“I think it’s beautiful,” Ms. Howard said. “I think it’s a great display of culture and history.” “I’m learning a lot about … Chinese culture and the different dances,” Mr. Howard said. “It’s really interesting to see how they’re putting it all together.” “It’s just eye-opening … to be able to see how all over China there’s different ethnicities, and how they all come together and bring the
The Epoch TimesJan 18 2024
News
Mark Cuban mocks X under Elon Musk as his 'little echo chamber,' defends DEI stance
Billionaire Mark Cuban blasted fellow billionaire Elon Musk over his stance on the merits of DEI on the "What Now?" podcast on Thursday.
Musk recently kicked off the debate on X — the platform formerly known as Twitter — when he wrote that DEI was "just another word for racism" and "shame on anyone who uses it." When X user Ed Krassenstein mentioned that he thought DEI had major flaws,
Fox BusinessJan 04 2024
Opinion
The Right Is Winning Its War on Schools
Lindsey Burke’s job is to do things such as, when testifying before a House Education Committee in April, proclaiming that we should abolish the Department of Education. Burke, an education policy program director at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, was responding to a question from Democratic Representative Jamaal Bowman, after Burke had spoken in favor of “school choice.”
New RepublicFeb 29 2024
Perspectives Blog
Does Alabama's IVF Ruling Change the 2024 Race?
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On February 20, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos used for in vitro fertilization treatments are legally recognized as children. This follows the state’s 2018 constitutional amendment to include personhood rights for fetuses.
The ruling casts uncertainty
AllSides StaffDec 28 2023
News
Biden Admin ‘Going Through the Motions’ With US Delegation, Emergency Meeting in Mexico: Analyst
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas were in Mexico this week for emergency meetings on the immigration crisis. NTD spoke to Laura Ries, director of the Border Security and Immigration Center at The Heritage Foundation. She highlighted the United States’ desire for Mexico’s assistance in reducing the surge of illegal immigrants, but not stopping it. Ms. Ries
NTDJan 26 2024
News
GDP, inflation, recession, national debt, federal budget
The federal government’s debt grew more than twice the amount that the economy did in the fourth quarter of 2023, as measured by gross domestic product (GDP).
Real GDP showed above-trend growth in the fourth quarter of 2023, rising 3.3% year-over-year, equating to a $328.7 billion increase to the U.S. economy, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). In contrast, the federal
The Daily CallerDec 25 2023
News
Exclusive: Nigerian Christians, Forgotten by the West, Face Christmas Under the Shadow of Jihadist Genocide
Christians in Nigeria will celebrate Christmas this year facing a relentless onslaught of jihadist terrorism seeking to eliminate them from the country, experts told Breitbart News, with little support from their government. In the northeast, Nigerian Christians have endured decades of attacks by Boko Haram, the Islamic State-affiliated terrorist organization committed to killing Christians
Breitbart NewsJan 19 2024
Opinion
The Iran-Pakistan strikes aren’t about Gaza. They’re still alarming.
Iran and Pakistan traded missile attacks over the past week, supposedly as part of each nation’s efforts to disrupt violence by ethnic separatist groups. The strikes arrived against a backdrop of spiraling conflict in the Middle East, meaning any further violence could risk expanding that fighting.
To be clear, there’s no specific, concrete tie between Iran’s conflict with Pakistan and
Vox