Scams at a Glance is a brand new outreach program complete with a webpage on the OAG web site with information about frequent and rising scams. What’s also nice about `The General’ is the sheer quantity of stunts and physical humor a movie like this couldn’t be made right […]
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Attorney General Ken Paxton Unblocks 9 Texans On Twitter After Lawsuit Claiming He Violated First Modification Rights
Scams at a Glance is a brand new outreach program complete with a webpage on the OAG web site with information about frequent and rising scams. What’s also nice about `The General’ is the sheer quantity of stunts and physical humor a movie like this couldn’t be made right […]
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Robinhood, others limit trading, sparking lawsuit and Senate panel hearing
Wall Street: Short selling and short squeezes explained In most cases, profits are made in the stock market as the price of a share rises. But short sellers can make money as value drops and lose money as it rises. WASHINGTON – Robinhood and other retail brokerages are taking steps […]
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Class-action lawsuit claims French police discriminate often
PARIS (AP) — In a first for France, six nongovernmental organizations launched a class-action lawsuit Wednesday against the French government for alleged systemic discrimination by police officers carrying out identity checks. The organizations, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, contend that French police use racial profiling in ID checks, […]
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Fact check: Poland, Sweden and Norway did not file a lawsuit against the WHO for ‘infecting Europe’ with ‘chemtrails’
Posts on social media make the claim that Poland, Sweden and Norway “are suing” the World Health Organization (WHO) for “infecting Europe” with “chemical pneumonia” released from airplanes. Some iterations include the claim that Reuters reported on this alleged lawsuit. These claims are false: Reuters did not report this or […]
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Environmentalists move toward lawsuit over fuel break plan
FILE – In this May 9, 2008, file photo, male sage grouses fight for the attention of females southwest of Rawlins, Wyo. Environmentalists have filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S government to block plans to build up to 11,000 miles (17,700 kilometers) of fuel breaks they claim […]
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CA attorney general weighs in on flavor tobacco ban lawsuit
Xavier Becerra.(AP Photo/Ben Margot) Ben Margot AP Good morning and happy Monday! Let’s get right into the news with the latest election update! WHAT WE KNOW The Associated Press has called the following races: In Assembly District 36, incumbent Assemblyman Tom Lackey, R-Palmdale, has won with 55.1% of the vote, […]
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Statement by AERA, APA, and NCME on Withdrawal of Lawsuit Against Public.Resource.Org
Newswise — We are pleased to announce that the American Educational Research Association, the American Psychological Association, and the National Council on Measurement in Education have dropped their lawsuit against Public.Resource.Org, Inc. That lawsuit had been commenced to protect our copyright and enjoin Public.Resource.Org’s online publication of the 1999 edition […]
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Department of Interior announces e-bike regulations despite lawsuit, conservation concerns
Staff and wire reports The Department of the Interior on Friday announced that it finalized electric bike (or e-bike) regulations that it says paves the way for land managers to allow more people, especially older Americans and those with physical limitations, to experience bicycling on public lands managed by the […]
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N.J. agency accused of cronyism hit with another lawsuit by former employee
The New Jersey agency in charge of school construction in the state’s poorest areas has been hit with another lawsuit, less than a week after a state investigation accused the office of “questionable administrative actions, suspect hires and outright managerial malfeasance.” Shilpi Kumar, a former human resources employee, said Schools […]