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Weekend Update tackled Russia’s fake news law, the country’s ban on car exports and Disney’s response to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live. “Russia has passed a fake news law that makes it illegal for any organization to report information that contradicts what the government says,” co-anchor Colin Jost said, “which explains the recent headline, ‘Six-...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — It was business as usual at the Garrahy Judicial Complex in Providence, Rhode Island, until Brooklyn Crockton was blocked from entering a courtroom. Crockton, a law student at Roger Williams University, said a sheriff pulled her out of line and began asking her questions. “He asked if I was the defendant,” Crockton recalled. “It kind of threw me off balance. I was aw...

MICHAEL CHOW, THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC Roopali Desai is one of USA TODAY’s Women of the Year, a recognition of women across the country who have made a significant impact. The annual program is a continuation of Women of the Century, a 2020 project that commemorated the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote. Meet this year’s honorees at womenoftheyear.usatoday.com. Her legal work i...

There’s been no greater act of magic in technology than the sleight of hand performed by Moore’s Law. Electronic components that once fit in your palm have long gone atomic, vanishing from our world to take up residence in the quantum realm. But we’re now brushing the bitter limits of this trend. In a paper published in Nature this week, scientists at Tsinghua University in Shanghai wrote tha...

Republican Sen. Kelli Stargel defends SB 146, a proposed abortion bill in the Florida Senate being heard by the Senate Health and Policy Committee Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Tallahassee, Fla. (Alicia Devine/Tallahassee Democrat via AP) One of the most alarming aspects of the 15-week abortion ban approved by the Florida Legislature (HB 5) is its refusal to exclude victims of rape, incest and ...

Woman Slammed for Confronting Sister-in-law Over 'Disrespectful' Crop Top  Newsweek

JK Rowling has accused Keir Starmer of publicly misrepresenting equalities law, in what she says is “yet another indication that the Labour party can no longer be counted on to defend women’s rights”. The Harry Potter author was responding to comments the Labour leader gave to the Times when asked to define a woman. Starmer, formerly the director of public prosecutions, the most senior prosec...

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More than 6 in 10 Americans oppose legislation that would prohibit classroom lessons about sexual orientation or gender identity in elementary school, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds. The ABC News/Ipsos poll, which was conducted by Ipsos in partnership with ABC News using Ipsos' KnowledgePanel, found that 62% of Americans oppose such legislation, while 37% support it. The results show lopside...

As spring break gets into full swing this week, Lee County is seeing record-breaking numbers for tourism, with people are pumping more money into our local economy. Hotels are seeing a lot of guests this year, and they’re anticipating more for this week. Hotel revenue was already up 80% from 2020 to 2021. While some of that increase is likely due to decreased travel during the pandemic, the p...