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A protester holds a sign in Arabic that reads 'Our rulers sold us in dollars' during a demonstration against a new draft law on capital controls that would limit how much bank depositors can withdraw from their savings [Hussein Malla/AP] Beirut, Lebanon – Almost three years after banks in Lebanon began preventing the withdrawal of US dollars from bank accounts, families in the country are now...

Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino accused Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday of failing to enforce existing state law against the migrants that the White House is flying into an airport outside New York City under cover of darkness. Astorino, a former Westchester County executive, said a 1951 statute gives Hochul the power to determine the identities of foreigners who arrive in the ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recently served identical civil investigative demands (CIDs) to two pharmaceutical manufacturers connected to allegations that they advertised and promoted unapproved uses of puberty-blocking medications without disclosing potential risks to children and their parents. While AbbVie, Inc. and Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. are currently the subject of this investi...

POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) - An Idaho Falls man was convicted Thursday for firing a weapon at a Chubbuck police officer in February 2021. On Thursday, April 21, a jury found 27-year-old Talon Scott Cavanaugh of Idaho Falls guilty on one count of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer (f) and one count of eluding law enforcement (f). Cavanaugh was also convicted of a deadly weapons enhan...

"The Ocean County Sheriff will continue to follow federal law," which classified marijuana as an illegal Schedule 1 drug, officials said. Ocean County officials are urging Gov. Phil Murphy to ban recreational cannabis use by law enforcement officers, saying it creates a danger to the public because there is no reliable way to field test for marijuana intoxication. (Shutterstock) TOMS RIVER, ...

Assembly Bill 2932, a new bill proposed by California Assembly Members Evan Low and Cristina Garcia, would amend Section 510 of the California Labor Code to change the workweek from the standard 40-hour workweek to a 32-hour workweek for companies with more than 500 employees. Presently, California employees are entitled to overtime pay for any time worked after 8 hours in a day or 40 hours i...

This week, we look at the increase in mental health discrimination charges the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently reported and how employers can respond. Mental Health Accommodations and Parity in Benefits (see video attached) The EEOC has released data showing that mental health discrimination charges accounted for 30 percent of See more + Other MultiMedia by Epst...

OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma lawmaker says he has filed two bills that mirror Florida's "Don't Say Gay" law. The first bill, House Bill 1074, would prohibit school educators from teaching students in kindergarten through fifth grade about sexual orientation or gender identity. The measure also would direct any curriculum taught in grades six through 12 must be age and developmentally appropria...

The following is a news release from Bannock County. An east Idaho man was convicted Thursday for firing a weapon at a Chubbuck police officer in February 2021. On Thursday, April 21, a jury found Talon Scott Cavanaugh, 27, of Idaho Falls, guilty on one count of felony aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer and one count of felony eluding law enforcement. Cavanaugh was also convicted...

Mercer Law School Legal Food Frenzy MACON – Mercer University School of Law successfully claimed the Attorney General’s Cup and retained its title as champion of the 11th annual Law School Food Frenzy, a competition to help support food banks in Georgia. This is eighth time overall that Mercer has won the title. Mercer came out on top of the friendly, yet competitive, month-long contest again...