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Adult websites complying with new Utah warning label law
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Some adult entertainment websites have started to comply with a new Utah law requiring warning labels on pornographic material online. The websites Pornhub, XTube and RedTube attached an opt-in notification for visitors stating that Utah believes pornographic materials can be harmful...
Editorial Roundup: Alabama
Recent editorials from Alabama newspapers: ___ Nov. 22 The TimesDaily on public access during the coronavirus pandemic: One of the greatest losses of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the public’s access to local government. Many of our city and county governments have used the pandemic as an excuse to...
Hong Kong leader lauds new security law despite criticism
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam lauded the city’s new national security law on Wednesday as “remarkably effective in restoring stability,” despite criticism that it is severely narrowing the space for free speech and political opposition in the semi-autonomous Chinese...
Judge: California can't ban offensive license plates
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California can't enforce a ban vanity license plates it considers “offensive to good taste and decency” because that violates freedom of speech, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar ruled in a case filed in March against Department of Motor...
ACLU of Indiana sues school officials over T-shirt dispute
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana is suing officials at a northern Indiana school, alleging that they violated a Black student's constitutional rights by sending him home for wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the text, “I hope I don’t get killed for being...
Dartmouth center to look at computation, government, people
HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — Dartmouth College has created an academic center to focus on the role of computation and its relationship to individuals and government. The Susan and James Wright Center for the Study of Computation and Just Communities will use tools such as computer simulations, artificial...
AG, private school sue over order closing in-person classes
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron has joined a private school in a lawsuit against Gov. Andy Beshear, arguing that a school closure order not only violated state law but also the First Amendment. Earlier this week, the Democratic governor announced that most public and private...
Court puts halt on local conversion therapy bans in Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal appeals court is blocking the enforcement of local ordinances in Florida that ban therapy that seeks to change the sexual orientation of LGBTQ minors. The ruling issued Friday could put similar prohibitions at risk. The U.S. 11th District Court of Appeals in Atlanta...
California city to pay teens $100,000 after rough arrest
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California city of Delano has agreed to pay more than $100,000 to four teenagers to settle a lawsuit accusing police of falsely handcuffing and arresting them last year as the group walked to a school to pick up prom tickets. Under terms of the agreement announced Friday by the...
Harvard petition demands scrutiny of ex-Trump officials
BOSTON (AP) — A petition circulating at Harvard University demands new accountability standards for former Trump administration officials who seek to work or speak on campus, an idea that has drawn outrage from prominent conservatives. The online open letter calls for a new “system of...
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