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Pritzker signs law lifting moratorium on nuclear reactors
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation Friday lifting a three-decade moratorium on development of nuclear reactors in the state. Smaller nuclear reactors — those producing less than 300 megawatts of power — will be allowed beginning January 2026. Morris...
New York can enforce laws banning guns from 'sensitive locations' for now, U.S. appeals court rules
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York can continue to enforce laws banning firearms in certain “sensitive” locations and require that handgun owners be of “good moral character,” a federal appeals court ruled Friday in its first broad review of a host of new gun rules passed in the state after a...
Scottish court upholds UK decision to block Scotland's landmark gender-recognition bill
LONDON (AP) — Scotland’s highest civil court on Friday upheld the British government’s move to block a landmark gender-recognition law passed by the Scottish parliament, underscoring the growing divide over local control of legislation in the nations of the United Kingdom. The...
Amazon's internal plans to advance its interests in California are laid bare in leaked memo
NEW YORK (AP) — An internal Amazon memo has provided a stark look at the company’s carefully laid out plans to grow its influence in Southern California through a plethora of efforts that include burnishing its reputation through charity work and pushing back against “labor agitation” from...
Denmark's parliament adopts a law making it illegal to burn the Quran or other religious texts
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A new law was passed in Denmark's parliament on Thursday that makes it illegal to desecrate any holy text in the country, after a recent string of public desecrations of the Quran by a handful of anti-Islam activists sparked angry demonstrations in Muslim countries. ...
Senators tackle gun violence anew while Feinstein's ban on assault weapons fades into history
WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the first votes new Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich cast was against legislation from Sen. Dianne Feinstein to reinstate an assault weapons ban in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook school shooting. In the decade since, as mass shootings have touched almost...
Australian Parliament rushes through laws that could see detention of freed dangerous migrants
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government Wednesday rushed legislation through Parliament that could place behind bars some migrants who were freed after the High Court ruled their indefinite detention was unconstitutional. The House of Representatives voted 68 to 59 on...
Pressley, Welch introduce legislation to guarantee right to vote for people with felonies on record
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats have introduced legislation that would allow people convicted of a felony to vote in federal elections, a proposal that if enacted could restore the voting rights of millions of people in U.S. elections. Rep. Ayanna Pressley of...
Wisconsin wedding barns face new regulations under liquor-law overhaul signed into law
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's wedding barns face new regulations under a liquor law overhaul bill they fought to kill but that Gov. Tony Evers signed into law over their objections on Wednesday. The measure was one of four dozen bills Evers signed or vetoed on Wednesday. ...
The UK plans to ignore part of its human rights law to revive a Rwanda asylum plan
LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government triggered criticism from opponents and division inside the governing Conservatives on Wednesday with a bill that will let it ignore a part of the country's human rights law in order to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda. The...
