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May 22 2023
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Youngkin poised to sign bill requiring porn sites to verify user age
A bill that would require users to provide identification before viewing websites with nudity or sexual content looks likely to be signed into law this week — and some privacy and free speech advocates caution it could have far-reaching effects.
“I think when people talk about age verification for adult content it seems very simple,” said Mike Stabile, public affairs director for the
The Virginian-PilotMay 01 2024
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RFK Jr. is all over conservative media. Trump’s camp is concerned.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s increasingly frequent appearances on conservative media platforms are beginning to raise alarms at Mar-a-Lago.
It’s another sign of the rising threat that Kennedy, the independent presidential candidate, poses to Trump.
In recent months, Kennedy has become a regular on Fox News and Newsmax, and he is now a staple on the conservative podcast circuit — being
PoliticoJul 17 2023
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Youngkin admin says governor considers circumstances of crimes when deciding on restoration of felons’ voting rights
RICHMOND (AP) — As Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin weighs whether to restore the civil rights of convicted felons who have served their time, he is considering at least some of the circumstances of their crimes, his administration said Monday in a letter to the state NAACP. The Republican governor is “less likely to quickly restore the voting rights of anyone who used a firearm in the commission
The Virginian-PilotAug 25 2023
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From Old to Youngkin: Mixed Motives Drive the GOP Alternatives to Trump
That’s not the campaign many in the GOP rank-and-file are thinking of, however. They already have a candidate for next year. “I don’t know how you don’t go for Trump,” Rick Weland told me after Youngkin’s pitch in the Washington exurbs, the sort of place that has doomed Republicans since the former president’s initial victory. The landlord of the strip mall that’s home to the Juke Box Diner,
PoliticoMay 01 2024
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Child abuse expert at Bay Area lawyer’s trial: ‘Very small minority’ of victimized kids lie
A clinical psychologist and recognized expert in child sexual abuse testified Tuesday in the Solano County Superior Court trial of James Glenn Haskell that “a very small minority” of victimized children lie about being sexually abused or assaulted. The statement by Blake D. Carmichael followed direct questioning by Deputy District Attorney Shelly Moore and later cross-examination by defense
East Bay TimesApr 30 2024
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Alex Hassilev, last original member of the ’60s folk trio the Limeliters, dies at 91
Alex Hassilev, the singing, songwriting, guitar and banjo virtuoso who was the last surviving original member of the 1960s folk trio the Limeliters, died of cancer April 21 at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank. He was 91. Hassilev was the youngest member of the Limeliters, whose other original members were bassist and comic spokesman Lou Gottlieb (1923-1996) and star tenor
Los Angeles TimesApr 30 2024
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Oconee Blotter: Entering autos target areas along New High Shoals Road
The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office reported the following incidents: SLEEPING MAN: On April 22, Deputy Gregory Harrison was dispatched to a home off Epps Bridge Parkway, where the resident called to report a man sleeping in the yard. The officer arrived to find a man asleep on the ground covered by a plastic tarp. After he was awakened, the man stood up, but was unbalanced and smelled of
Athens Banner-HeraldApr 30 2024
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Jurors hear secret phone recording during Bay Area lawyer’s child sex assault trial
The prosecution played a secretly recorded phone call in which jurors heard former Vacaville attorney James Glenn Haskell, charged with several child sex assaults in 2022, tell a family friend that there would be “absolutely no touching” when any of four adopted children returned home. During the nearly 50-minute “pretext call,” a recorded phone conversation initiated by investigators between
San Jose Mercury News