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November 19, 2021
The Columbus Dispatch
There are times in most self-reflective people's lives when they look back and acknowledge that they overreacted to something.
In that vein, we ask the Ohio House and Senate to reflect on House Bill 109 and realize that it is an overreaction and unnecessary, and to reject it.
Virtually every "problem" this bill was supposedly written to solve is already addressed in Ohi...
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Cole Snider and the Branford football squad piled up plenty of yards when they claimed a 35-28 home victory against Jonathan Law that improved the Hornets’ record to 7-2. File photo by Wesley Bunnell/The Sound
Cole Snider and the Branford football squad piled up plenty of yards when they claimed a 35-28 home victory against Jonathan Law that improved the Hornets’ record to 7-2. (File p...
November 19, 2021
The letters are part of a Commission effort to signal it's ready to put the new tool to use — without legally triggering it | Stephanie LeCocq/EPA-EFE
The European Commission is set to send letters to Poland and Hungary on Friday in an informal first step toward triggering a never-before-used mechanism that could cut EU money for countries over rule-of-law concerns, according to two officials...
November 19, 2021
Prime Minister Narendra Modi says his government will withdraw sweeping farm law changes that provoked widespread protests and posed a significant political challenge to his administration.
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November 19, 2021
Las Vegas philanthropist Joyce Mack is interviewed in her home Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021.
When 96-year-old Joyce Mack moved to Las Vegas more than 70 years ago, the valley was mostly empty desert and scrub. The population — some 2.7 million today — was about 35,000, and just a handful of early resorts dotted today’s Strip.
But Mack’s late husband, Jerry, and his father, Nate, had a vision of so...
November 19, 2021
People hold a China national flag and signs as they participate in a pro-government rally to show their support for the police and government in Hong Kong.
HONG KONG —
A new law requiring Hong Kong public schools to raise the Chinese flag and sing China’s national anthem once a week can be “dangerous” and “ineffective” as part of a move by Beijing to promote a sense of Chinese identity in Hon...
November 19, 2021
FBI Atlanta: Law enforcement impersonators ask victims to send videos of self-strip search - WSAV-TV
ATLANTA (WRBL) – FBI Atlanta shared a news release with media outlets warning the public of a phone scam where scammers are impersonating local law enforcement.
Victims have been receiving calls in reference to outstanding warrants or fines that demand payment to be cleared.
According to FBI Atlanta, scammers are utilizing spoofed law enforcement phone numbers, names, positions, and addresses...
November 19, 2021
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Actsigned into law by President Joe Biden on Nov. 15, 2021, was hailed by the White House and advocates as a historic investment to improve internet access in America.
As a researcher who studies internet policy and digital inequality, I believe the infrastructure plan should be celebrated as a historic moment for broadband, but not so much because of t...
November 19, 2021
Yasmine Halmane, Staff Photographer
Heather Gerken, Dean of the Yale Law School, has spoken out about a set of controversies that have rocked the institution in recent weeks. In a Nov. 17 email to the YLS community, Gerken acknowledged administrative errors and recommitted to preserving free speech.
The Law School gained national attention after administrators censured Trent Colbert LAW ’23 f...
November 19, 2021
Suz Mac Cormac spoke to the American Lawyer about sustainable sneaker-maker Allbirds committing to a new set of criteria called the Sustainability Principles Objectives (SPO) Framework, which seeks to help companies demonstrate their ESG [environmental, social, and governance] credentials to investors and stakeholders.
This is just one example of how ESG matters are being interwoven with corp...
