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November 16, 2021
President Joe Biden signs the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill into law during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press
LANSING (AP) — The $1 trillion federal infrastructure spending law includes billions of dollars for Michigan, including to fix roads, replace lead water pipes and...
November 16, 2021
GLOUCESTER, Va. (WAVY) — A Newport News man has been charged with impersonating law enforcement after Gloucester deputies say he was spotted waving a gun at people in a Wawa parking lot on Nov. 8.
The Gloucester Sheriff’s Office said in a release that they responded around 10:20 p.m. on Nov. 8 to the Wawa on George Washington Highway, and discovered the suspect left in a vehicle. People also ...
November 16, 2021
A 3D printed Google logo is placed on the Apple Macbook in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
SEOUL, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google are not doing enough to comply with a South Korean law that bars dominant app store operators from forcing app developers to use their payment systems, a lawmaker who spearhead...
November 16, 2021
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - The City of Gainesville is joining agriculture commissioner Nikki Fried’s legal challenge to a state gun law.
The Department of Agriculture asked the Florida supreme court to take up the case challenging a law that imposes penalties on l...
November 16, 2021
For far too long, too many communities across America have faced environmental injustices – from bearing the brunt of toxic pollution, underinvestment in infrastructure and critical services, and disproportionate exposure to the impacts of climate change. Since day one, President Biden has committed to using every lever at his disposal to address these inequities, advance environmental justic...
November 16, 2021
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Inattentive Texas drivers can now be criminally charged if they injure or kill a pedestrian in a crosswalk, according to Senate Bill 1055, one of the more than 600 new Texas laws that went into effect Sept. 1.
Also called the Lisa Torry Smith Act, the new law was inspired by the 2017 death of a Missour...
November 16, 2021
In a Washington Post-ABC News poll, 65% of people said the Supreme Court should reject the law, which bans abortion after six weeks of pregnancy.
A similar percentage of people said they support upholding 1973′s Roe v. Wade, which guarantees the right to an abortion.
The court is considering cases challenging Roe, including arguments Dec. 1 over a Mississippi law banning abortions after 1...
November 16, 2021
Biden signed the infrastructure bill into law Monday
Advocates say social spending bill also needed to meet goals
Proponents of equitable and sustainable transportation policies plan to hold U.S. officials accountable to deliver on President Joe Biden’s promises of climate-friendly and fairly distributed infrastructure.
Biden signed the long-awaited infrastructure bill (H.R. 3684) into law ...
November 16, 2021
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The IRS has gotten into the habit of assessing and enforcing harsh Foreign Bank Account Reporting "FBAR" penalties in the recent past. But statutory guidelines clash on how much is permissible to assess as a penalty in a given case. It is reasonable to be confused about what penalties are allowable under the law, as the issue had to go all the way...
November 16, 2021
BRUSSELS — The European Union is increasing pressure on member nation Poland, with the 27-nation bloc's top court ruling Tuesday that the country's right-wing government has undermined judicial independence and the EU parliament's major groups seeking to deny pandemic recovery funds until Warsaw meets rule-of-law standards.
Relations between EU institutions and Poland have become increasingly...
