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President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed into law the first bill that specifies lynching as a federal hate crime. The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act, which Congress passed on March 7, enables the prosecution of crimes as lynchings if they are done during a hate crime in which the victim is injured or slain. The new law carries a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison and fines for anyone conspiri...

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Did you know if you are under 18 in South Carolina it is illegal to play pinball? Section 63-19-2430 in the South Carolina Children's Code says the following: "It is unlawful for a minor under the age of eighteen to play a pinball machine." (Video above: Morning headlines from WYFF News 4) The law is generally not enforced but yes it's still on the books. Recently, a bill t...

A new law requiring critical sectors to report cyber breaches is “a good first step” but long overdue, experts said, as it is the first federal-wide mandate of its kind. Prior to the federal law, there were state-based requirements for reporting hacks that some experts said presented a regulatory burden for companies as they tried to comply with different state regulations. Reed Loden, vice p...

Greg Nash A new law requiring critical sectors to report cyber breaches is “a good first step” but long overdue, experts said, as it is the first federal-wide mandate of its kind. Prior to the federal law, there were state-based requirements for reporting hacks that some experts said presented a regulatory burden for companies as they tried to comply with different state regulations. Reed L...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WILX) - Wednesday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the $4.8 billion Building Michigan Together legislation into law. The bipartisan legislation includes the largest infrastructure investments in the state’s history to fix roads and bridges, replace lead pipes and protect drinking water, expand high-speed internet, improve local and state parks, and build affordable housing. ...

High school student-athletes playing basketball. (The Center Square) – Parents of young athletes in Wisconsin will soon get a primer on possible heart attacks. Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday signed a new law that requires the state’s Department of Public Instruction to work with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, the group that runs high school sports in the state, on a warning s...

Immersive program provides professional development, training and connections in practice areas of interest PROVO, Utah, March 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BYU Law, a global law school focused on leadership in legal theory and practice, today announced it will host a full slate of boot camp-style Academies for the spring of 2022, providing first-year BYU Law students with invaluable professional ...

FILE - President Donald Trump holds up papers as he speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 20, 2020, in Washington. Revelations of a roughly eight-hour gap in official records of then-President Donald Trump's phone calls on the day of last year's insurrection at the U.S. Capitol are raising fresh questions about the diligence -- or lack...

Barricaded person in Jefferson.(Harrison County Sheriff's Office) JEFFERSON, Texas (KLTV) - A few law enforcement agencies had to deal with a barricaded person in Jefferson. According to the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office, their Emergency Response Team was on the scene in Jefferson and assisting Jefferson police and the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. By 9 a.m., the sheriff’s office reporte...

Utah has become the fourth U.S. state to pass a comprehensive data privacy law, with others potentially on the way during this legislative session. The Utah Consumer Privacy Act (S.B. 227) was signed into law March 24 by Gov. Spencer Cox (R). Utah joins California, Virginia, and Colorado as states with comprehensive laws that order companies that collect personal data to allow their customers...