December 4, 2023
The News A state judge in Missouri on Friday denied a request to temporarily block a state law passed this year that restricts gender-related medical treatments for minors. The ruling was issued by Missouri Circuit Court Judge Steven Ohmer, three days before the ban is set to go into effect. A legal challenge to the
READ MOREAs Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories in Canada embarked on a mass evacuation of 20,000 residents last week, the city turned to Facebook to help share the latest information about the wildfires that were quickly approaching. But instead of simply sharing a link to a story about the wildfires from CPAC, the Cable
READ MOREIt’s the end of an era. In America, the incandescent light is no more (with a few exceptions). Under new energy efficiency rules that took effect Tuesday, shoppers in the United States will no longer be able to purchase most incandescent bulbs, marking the demise of a technology patented by Thomas Edison in the late
READ MOREA Wyoming judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the first state law specifically banning the use of pills for abortion, the most common method in the country. Just over a week before the ban was scheduled to take effect, Judge Melissa Owens of Teton County District Court granted a temporary restraining order, putting the law on
READ MOREA judge in Hong Kong on Monday postponed deciding on a petition to ban the online distribution of a popular pro-democracy protest song in a case that could further challenge how technology companies operate in the Chinese territory. After asking the government to be more specific about the breadth of its request, the judge set
READ MORENine states — Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Mississippi, South Dakota, Tennessee and Utah — have passed laws banning gender care for minors. Florida’s Board of Medicine barred doctors from providing the treatments to new patients, while the Texas attorney general directed the state to investigate parents of transgender youth and any doctors providing care to
READ MOREAlthough supporters of the ban say it is a crucial step towards lowering illness inequities in the US, the step has, to a point, divided Black communities. The Rev. Al Sharpton has sharply criticized it, and not too long ago secured a meeting with White Home officers together with King & Spalding, a lobbying agency
READ MOREANAHEIM, Calif. — Because the scent of cinnamon rolls and suntan lotion wafted by way of the spring air at Disneyland on Monday morning, Rory Sutherland flung herself on the sidewalk and had what can solely be described as a hissy match. She was prepared for a hug from Mickey Mouse — in actual fact,
READ MOREPARIS — A Muslim lady in a blue and white hijab confronted Marine Le Pen, the far-right presidential candidate, as she made her means by way of a crowd within the southern city of Pertuis final week. “What’s the head scarf doing in politics?” the lady demanded. Ms. Le Pen, a nationalist with an anti-immigrant
READ MORE“Given the potential desperation of President Putin and the Russian management, given the setbacks that they’ve confronted thus far, militarily, none of us can take evenly the menace posed by a possible resort to tactical nuclear weapons or low-yield nuclear weapons,” Mr. Burns stated, in answering questions after a speech in Atlanta. Distinguished voices in
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