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Swiss voters have firmly backed the law behind the country’s Covid pass in a referendum, following a tense campaign that saw unprecedented levels of hostility. Early results on Sunday showed about two-thirds of voters supported the law, with market researchers GFS Bern projecting 63% backing. The police fenced off the seat of government and parliament in Bern in anticipation of protests. Resu...

Police car and emergency vehicle lights at nighttime A paragraph deep in the new state budget forbids sheriffs, police departments and any other government entity in North Carolina from creating a public log of the times officers kill or injure someone. These so-called critical incidents are going to be recorded statewide for the first time in a database that the General Assembly authorized e...

SUNDAY EDITION | Kentucky legislators push to change DUI law 'handcuffing' prosecutors  WDRB

A new law came into force in Brazil creating the National Biokerosene Program. The objective of such a program is to encourage the use of this sustainable fuel by Brazilian airlines. Biokerosene is a type of biofuel that replaces aviation kerosene (known by the acronym QAV-1). It is produced from vegetable oils (such as soy), animal fats, urban waste, and other biofuels. Because it is renewab...

Arming teachers? Ohio law already maps out a safer approach: John Patterson  cleveland.com

I wanted to come downtown after work on Friday, Nov. 19, during the ExtraOrdinary Give. I needed to drive through Lancaster city to get home from work. Some drivers need to remember that it’s illegal to sit in the intersection during a red light! You’re supposed to notice if you can make it through or if you need to stop. It was so bad Nov. 19 that someone almost hit me. Trying to avoid a veh...

Criminal Justice Gov. Bill Lee signed a law in May making parole a right — rather than a privilege — for many nonviolent offenders. But the Board of Parole has not followed the Reentry Success Act of 2021, according to a recent ruling by a Nashville judge. Chancellor Anne Martin of the Davidson County Chancery Court ordered the Board of Parole to redetermine one man’s release eligibili...

In the raft of bills being proposed in Columbus, one likely to be passed by the Ohio Legislature is Senate Bill 1. State Sen. Steve Wilson's law, if approved, would require students to take 60 hours of instruction in financial literacy to graduate, starting in 2022. Ohio schools have offered financial literacy courses on an elective basis for decades, but the bill would make it mandatory to t...

The International Space Station is a great example of how space has, for the most part, been a peaceful and collaborative international arena. NASA Marshall Spaceflight Center/Flickr, CC BY-NC On Nov. 15, 2021, Russia destroyed one of its own old satellites using a missile launched from the surface of the Earth, creating a massive debris cloud that threatens many space assets, including astro...

Ban travel from countries where new variant Omicron has spread: NTAC LDC graduation presents opportunity to brand Bangladesh: PM Bangladesh four down early in second innings Khaleda is free, not in govt custody: Law Minister 3 Covid-19 deaths, 205 new cases recorded in 24 hours Tourism’s share 3.02% in GDP New Zealand MP in labour cycles to hospital, gives birth Another massive fall for stocks...