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March 14, 2022

Tiananmen Square protester killed in his New York law office - ABC News

NEW YORK -- A dissident legal scholar who was jailed for two years in China after participating in the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement was killed Monday in his law firm’s office in New York, where he had settled after seeking asylum in the U.S., police said. Li Jinjin, 66, was stabbed to death in the city where he had long worked as an immigration lawyer, even as he continued to ...
March 14, 2022

Mississippi governor signs law limiting discussion of race in schools - NBC News

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill Monday to limit how race can be discussed in classrooms, and it became law immediately. “Contrary to what some critics may claim, this bill in no way, in no shape and in no form prohibits the teaching of history,” Republican Reeves said in a video posted on social media. “Any claim that this bill will somehow stop Mississippi kids fr...
March 14, 2022

Tiananmen Square protester killed in his New York law office - Star Tribune

NEW YORK — A dissident legal scholar who was jailed for two years in China after participating in the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement was killed Monday in his law firm's office in New York, where he had settled after seeking asylum in the U.S., police said. Li Jinjin, 66, was stabbed to death in the city where he had long worked as an immigration lawyer, even as he continued to a...
March 14, 2022

Ohio lawmakers move to change Prohibition law banning alcohol at private home fundraisers - The Columbus Dispatch

From Tupperware parties to political fundraisers and other charitable events held in private homes, serving alcohol to guests is illegal under Ohio law. "I was certainly unaware of this law until a constituent was charged with several misdemeanors for violating it," Rep. Kristin Boggs, D-Columbus, said. Now Boggs is leading an effort to change the law. Ohio's “Keeper of a Place” law has bee...
March 14, 2022

Tiananmen Square protester killed in his New York law office - The Associated Press - en Español

NEW YORK (AP) — A dissident legal scholar who was jailed for two years in China after participating in the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement was killed Monday in his law firm’s office in New York, where he had settled after seeking asylum in the U.S., police said. Li Jinjin, 66, was stabbed to death in the city where he had long worked as an immigration lawyer, even as he continued...
March 14, 2022

Tiananmen Square Protester Killed in His New York Law Office - U.S. News & World Report

NEW YORK (AP) — A dissident legal scholar who was jailed for two years in China after participating in the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement was killed Monday in his law firm’s office in New York, where he had settled after seeking asylum in the U.S., police said. Li Jinjin, 66, was stabbed to death in the city where he had long worked as an immigration lawyer, even as he continued...
March 14, 2022

Armed Suspect Shot Dead By Law Enforcement In Sonora - CBS Sacramento

SONORA (CBS13) — Deputies shot and killed an armed suspect who pointed a revolver at them after leading a high-speed chase through Sonora over the weekend, the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. Fred Westmoreland, 51, was shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene. He was found to have been in possession of at least four firearms including the one he pointed at deputi...
March 14, 2022

Central Coast law enforcement required to list their military-style equipment - KSBW Monterey

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Law enforcement across the Central Coast and state are now required to list their military-style equipment and make that information available for public review. Assembly Bill 841 monitors and controls that equipment and the governor signed that bill into law last September. The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office held a community zoom meeting to explain the law Monday nig...
March 14, 2022

Mississippi governor signs into law prohibition on schools teaching critical race theory - CNN

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves posted a video on his official Facebook page about the anti-CRT bill. (CNN)Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves on Monday signed into law a bill described as a prohibition on critical race theory (CRT), becoming the latest Republican-controlled state to legislate how history and race can be taught in schools. Reeves, a Republican, posted a video of him signing the bil...
March 14, 2022

New California law prevents court-ordered enrollment drop at UC Berkeley - KTLA Los Angeles

People walk towards Sather Gate on the UC Berkeley campus on July 22, 2020. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images) California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law on Monday that stops one of the nation’s most prestigious universities from having to turn away thousands of students from its incoming freshman class. Just 11 days ago, the state Supreme Court ordered the University of California, Berkeley...