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October 25, 2021
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen speaks with media during a news conference at the Government Office in Hanoi, Vietnam October 4, 2019. REUTERS/Kham
PHNOM PENH, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Cambodia's parliament on Monday passed constitutional amendments barring holders of the country's top posts, including prime minister, from being citizens of other countries.
Prime Minister Hun Sen had on Oct. 6 or...
October 25, 2021
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Health professionals compare bike-helmet laws to laws requiring people to wear seat belts. (Maridav/Adobe Stock)
SEATTLE - A proposal to repeal King County's law requiring helmets while riding bicycles has health professionals concerned.
The King County Board of Health is considering removing the 2003 law because of its disproportionate enforcement on people of color.
But doctors and hea...
October 25, 2021
A pedestrian in her 70s was reportedly hit by a Chevy Silverado and was lying on the road on Idaho Street.Kalispell Police Department gave the driver a citation and the woman was transported to the hospital.
A woman allegedly got worked up over a white SUV that kept using her parking spot at an apartment complex and called Kalispell Police Department to complain. She also said there was a kit...
October 25, 2021
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Texas’ transgender student athletes will be restricted from playing on K-12...
October 25, 2021
Amnesty International it would close its offices in Hong Kong, citing security law. (File)
Hong Kong:
Amnesty International said Monday it would shutter its offices in Hong Kong because of the threat posed to staff by a national security law that Beijing imposed on the city.
The decision ends more than four decades of the international human rights group maintaining a presence in Hong Kong a...
October 25, 2021
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By ALLISON MOLLENKAMP
The Prince George’s County Police Department has refused to disclose police misconduct records, despite a new state law that was intended, according to its sponsor, to open such records to the public and the media.
Lawmakers and advocates for the legislation, known as Anton’s Law, said its intent was always for public disclosure of these recor...
October 25, 2021
Amnesty International is shutting its Hong Kong operations citing fear of “serious reprisals” under a China-imposed national security law, the latest civil society group to fold amid a crackdown on freedoms in the city.
The non-governmental organization’s office dealing with human rights issues will close on Oct. 31, while the branch focusing on East and Southeast Asia will shutter by the yea...
October 25, 2021
Abortion rights activists demonstrate outside the Supreme Court on October 04, 2021 in Washington, DC.
The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Friday it would hear oral arguments regarding a restrictive Texas anti-abortion law on Nov. 1. But, on the same date, Oklahoma is expected to enact three highly restriction abortion laws.
The laws are medically unnecessary, Adrienne Mansanares, chief exper...
October 25, 2021
That ticket that you got for going 15 miles over the speed limit, just forget it, throw it away, it was unfair, and you don’t have to pay it. And if you get a second notice, just ignore it.
And those nasty taxes due in April, get yourself a good accountant. That pet of yours is definitely a “dependent.” After all, you feed her, take her to the vet. Who will know that she has four legs? Carefu...
October 25, 2021
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Q. I have been living with my female partner for 25 years. We are not married and have no children together. She is not introduced as my wife, and she uses her own name. We file separate income tax returns. We do not share checking or savings accounts, and we have no credit cards together. I own two propert...
