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BEIRUT (Reuters) – A draft Lebanese capital control law will be discussed by parliamentary committees on Monday and put to a vote on Tuesday if the text is agreed, two lawmakers said, a new bid to pass the long-delayed law amid a standoff between banks and some judges. A statement on Saturday from Deputy Prime Minister Saade Chami’s office said meetings this week with the IMF had mostly focus...

Archie Picklesimer (Photo provided by Office of District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch) MACON COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — A Macon County jury convicted a registered sex offender earlier this week after a GPS tracking unit showed he violated the law in 2019 by spending time at the Macon County Recreation Park. The jury convicted Archie Picklesimer, 52, of Highlands, on two felony counts of registere...

Appointed Clerk Recorder Elaina Cano San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder Elaina Cano is facing a lawsuit over the way she chose to designate herself on the ballot for the June 7 primary. In the suit that starts with: “Rules for thee but not for me,” T. Keith Gurnee alleges that Cano made a request to herself, the clerk-recorder, to approve an occupational ballot designation of “appointed” w...

I’ve written this column and next Sunday’s column primarily for tax professionals. Thus, most New Hampshire business owners may not want to read them. However, these columns may be very useful to New Hampshire business owners who are “high earners” (as defined below) — especially if they do their own federal tax returns. Internal Revenue Code Section 199A provides an amazingly large annual fe...

A Tempe law preventing race based hair discrimination could soon be national law after it passed in the U.S. House on Friday, March 18. Prior to Friday’s ruling, Tempe was among one of the few 33 cities and counties in the country that already had the Crown Act in place. The Crown Act, which officially stands for “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair,” prohibits raced based h...

BREMERTON — As part of a panel on racial bias in policing Saturday, Rev. Frankie L. Coleman, Sr., pastor of Sinclair Missionary Baptist Church, shared a fear that "every Black parent has" with three area police chiefs on stage with him. Coleman said he worries his son, or even himself, might get pulled over, and not survive an encounter with law enforcement. "What assurance can you give me ...

New law increases distance limits between boat, docks in many South Carolina waters  Charleston Post Courier

NYPD officers patrol the Franklin Avenue subway station last July in New York, where a crackdown on quality-of-life offenses has renewed debate over "broken windows" policing. (CNN)The New York Police Department is cracking down on offenses that have become part of daily life in some neighborhoods: public consumption of alcohol, open-air marijuana sales and public urination. The goal is to co...

Saturday, the Midland police department along with the sheriff’s office teamed up at chick-fil-a located on Andrews highway & 191 to sell raffle tickets in support of its yearly clay shoot event held on april 21& 22 at windwalker farms.(KOSA) MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) -To help support local law enforcement, the 9th annual Bustin’ for Badges fundraiser is back. Saturday, the Midland Police...

A female police officer stands with her male police department colleagues in New York City. (CNN)The Memphis Police Department and the New York State Police took a pledge this week to increase the representation of women in their ranks to 30%, joining a total of 150 law enforcement agencies in the US and Canada that have made the commitment in the past year. The 30x30 Initiative is a coalitio...