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Sep 09 2023
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Sanders proposes overhaul to Arkansas’ Freedom of Information Act
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Friday during her call for a special legislative session plans to overhaul the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act, saying the state's sunshine law slows state government operations and exposes her and other constitutional officers to security risks. A bill, backed by the Republican governor, would expand exemptions for records from disclosure under the
Arkansas Democrat-GazetteAug 17 2023
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'They're laughing now': 'Thrilled' Giuliani-jailed mobsters celebrate former prosecutor's RICO indictment
Before he was elected mayor of New York City in 1993 — defeating incumbent Democratic Mayor David Dinkins — Rudy Giuliani was best known for his work as a federal prosecutor. Giuliani aggressively prosecuted the mob, often using RICO laws. Now, ironically, Giuliani himself is a defendant in a criminal prosecution being led by Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis, who alleges
AlterNetAug 02 2023
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Age verification for porn sites gets new ruling by federal judge
A U.S. District Court judge allowed a Utah law requiring age verification for porn websites to remain in effect, dismissing a lawsuit that argued the legislation infringed on the First Amendment and individual privacy, according to a press release. The Free Speech Coalition (FSC) filed a lawsuit on May 3 after a law went into effect in the state of Utah that required porn websites to use age
WNDApr 27 2023
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Pandemic sent high school sex to new low, survey finds
The first years of the pandemic saw a huge decline in high school students having sex, according to a government survey.
Teen sex was already becoming less and less common before COVID-19.
About three decades ago, more than half of teens said they’d had sex, according to a large government survey conducted every two years. By 2019, the share was 38%. In 2021, 30% of teens said
Associated PressAug 03 2023
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Man shot, car submerged in pool in shootout at Fayetteville park
A shootout at Fayetteville park Wednesday night left one man shot and a vehicle submerged in the park’s swimming pool. According to the Fayetteville Police Department, the gun battle erupted about 8 p.m. at a “large gathering” near the basketball courts at Seabrook Park on Langdon Road off Murchison Road. Officers arrived at the park to find a man with a gunshot wound lying in the road on
The Fayetteville ObserverSep 06 2023
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Georgia Can Enforce Ban on Hormone Therapy for Trans Minors, for Now
Georgia can again enforce its ban on hormone therapy for transgender minors, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Sarah Geraghty had issued an injunction in August blocking enforcement of the ban while a lawsuit against it proceeds, as she found that the parties who sued were likely to succeed in proving it violated the constitutional right to equal protection of the laws. But
AdvocateAug 12 2023
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Hunter Biden Lawyer Tells CNN He’s ‘Concerned’ Trump and ‘MAGA Right-Wing Fanatical Forces’ Could Influence Probe
Hunter Biden attorney Abbe Lowell told CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins he’s “concerned” that ex-President Donald Trump and other “forces” could influence decisions in the special counsel investigation that was just announced. On Friday afternoon, Attorney General Merrick Garland dropped a big announcement: he named David Weiss, the Trump-appointed U.S. attorney who has been overseeing the
MediaiteAug 01 2023
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Jury to deliberate for 2nd day on whether Pittsburgh synagogue shooter should receive death penalty
Jurors on Wednesday will deliberate for a second day on whether to sentence Robert Bowers to death for killing 11 worshippers and wounding six others at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018. The jury spent seven hours deliberating Tuesday. For a few minutes that day at their request, jurors also examined the guns used in the shooting at Tree of Life synagogue – the deadliest attack on Jewish people
CNN (Online News)Sep 11 2023
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Amber Alert issued for 2 missing Palm Beach County children
MIAMI - An Amber Alert has been issued for two children missing from Palm Beach County.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued the alert Monday afternoon for Cristhian Ariel Ruiz Maradiaga, a 2-month-old and Ariana Jasmine Maradiaga, a 1-year-old.
Authorities said they were missing from the Lake Worth area.
FDLE officials said the children may be in the company
CBS News (Online)Sep 26 2023
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Revealed: US immigration agency collects more data on migrants than previously known
A US immigration enforcement program that tracks nearly 200,000 migrants is collecting far more data on the people it surveils than officials previously shared, and storing that data for far longer than was previously known, the Guardian can reveal.
Newly released documents show that the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (Ice) stores some personal information the program
The Guardian