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Vice President Kamala Harris during an event at the U.S. Treasury Department in Washington, D.C., this month. Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Vice President Kamala Harris told CBS News in an interview broadcast Sunday that the U.S. standing as a global role model would be under threat if voting rights legislation failed to pass. What she's saying: "[P]eople around the world watch what we ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WMBB) — The holidays are a time to celebrate and have fun with friends and family. However, it’s also important to stay safe when you’re behind the wheel. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said drunk driving is always an issue, but it’s even more common during the holidays. They said there were almost 300 drunk-driving-related deaths during Christmas and Ne...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — The Arkansas legislature passed hundreds of laws in 2021, including tax cuts and redistricting, which will impact Arkansans in the new year. During a special session in December, Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed into law the state’s biggest tax cut in history. The plan will lower the top tax bracket from 5.9 to 4.9 percent over the next four years. It will also conso...

Judges appointing themselves a myth: CJI N V Ramana (File) Chief Justice of India N V Ramana Sunday cited the prohibition law in Bihar as an example of “lack of foresight” in drafting legislation that leads to courts being inundated with cases, and said it appears that the legislature has “not been able to make optimum use” of the Parliament Standing Committee system to “enhance scrutiny of B...

Father Savari Muthu, spokesperson of Delhi Archdiocese, says the Christian community welcomes the Government's move but warns of the proposed law's impact on marginalised societies in rural areas. (File/Getty) EVEN AS the Government has sent the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021, which seeks to raise the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years, to a Parliamentary...

David Belmonte 2021 started the year highlighting social unrest within the first 10 days. January 6 carried over the social unrest we saw in 2020, and during the year, law enforcement agencies from small to large faced the challenge of how to allow for the freedom of speech and protests, while maintaining the peace and protecting the rights of all involved. With issues ranging from racism...

The Menominee County Sheriff Department's new three-year contract with the City of Stephenson is effective Jan. 1. MENOMINEE—Menominee County will continue to provide law enforcement services to the City of Stephenson for $20,000 per year for the next three years, under an agreement the Menominee County Board approved unanimously last week. The Menominee County Sheriff’s office is expected to...

[Photo/IC] The China Securities Regulatory Commission published draft regulations on domestic enterprises issuing securities and being listed overseas on Friday to solicit opinions. This move should serve to dispel the market's misgivings that the central authorities are discouraging enterprises from listing overseas. Foreign stock markets represent an important channel for Chinese enterpri...

When 3.74 inches of rain from Thursday to Saturday forced the Dec. 26 Santa Anita Park card off the turf, two runners who had broken their maidens on the dirt but had now found a home on the grass found themselves back on the main track, locked in a dramatic duel to the wire in the Dec. 26 $200,000 Santa Anita Mathis Mile Stakes (G3). Twin Creek Racing Stable's homebred Law Professor had run...

Colorado is implementing a new law that requires drivers to replace their old license plates with new ones that can be more easily read by police. “The License Plate Expiration on Change of Ownership Act of 2021 (SB21-069) was designed to aid police efforts during Amber Alerts or if law enforcement needs to read a vehicle’s license plate number in low-light situations to improve public safety...