Now that’s what I’m talking aboot. A Michigan law recently went into effect for teenagers comparable to the driving regulations in parts of Canada. The law applies to every teenager with a level two license and aims to reduce distractions and make the roads safer. Teenagers are prohibited from driving between the hours of 10:00pm…
DetailsCalifornia recently launched a hotline that would provide free and confidential legal advice for abused seniors. The hotline aims to refer seniors to other resources based on their specific situation. The project is being funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice. Senior citizens over the age of 60 can call the California…
DetailsAs concern over sports-related injuries increase across the nation, Colorado is taking action. Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill into law on Tuesday requiring football coaches of all public and private middle schools, junior high schools, high schools and recreational youth sports to take online training to effectively recognize symptoms of a concussion. The law…
DetailsA visibly distraught woman stormed into a hotel in Tripoli, Libya’s capital city, on Saturday screaming she had been gang raped by Gaddafi’s guards. That woman’s name, as we later learned, is Iman Al-Obeidi. Al-Obeidi’s desperate cries were crippling as she showed journalists bruises on her face and ankles. Tears streamed down her face as…
DetailsWhile other states contemplate abortion laws and bans on Sharia, Kentucky has its hands full with mislabeled bath salts. That’s right, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear recently signed a law banning a new synthetic drug commonly marketed as bath salts. Nice try fake bath salt company, you can’t pull a fast one on Kentucky! Satire aside,…
DetailsLast week, the House Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee in Austin, Texas voted 5-3 to further legislation allowing concealed handguns on college campuses. Rep. Joe Driver (R), proposed House Bill 750, which would allow individuals who obtain a concealed-handgun permit to carry their weapons into college buildings. The current law forbids taking guns onto…
DetailsSouth Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard (R) signed a law last week mandating women must wait three days after meeting with a doctor to have an abortion, the country’s longest waiting period. About half of all states have a 24-hour waiting period. The law also requires women to attend counseling at pregnancy centers that will inform…
DetailsCuba condemns foreign military intervention in Libya as a “gross manipulation” of the UN charter. Cuba supports the right of Libyans to exercise self-determination and overthrow Gaddafi but thinks foreign nations should respect Libyan sovereignty. The Cuban Foreign Ministry issued a statement highlighting the need for dialogue and negotiations rather than physical force. The United…
DetailsA lawsuit against Kanye West for copyright infringement was filed last year. Specifically, a Virginia rapper, Vince Peters, alleged that West’s hit song “stronger” was not an original. Peters says he played the song for West’s business associate, John Monopoly, and West subsequently came out with a track that sounded eerily similar to the one Peters…
DetailsTheodora Richards, the daughter of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards was arrested in Manhattan on Tuesday for scribbling graffiti on a local building. She used a paint marker to write “T (heart) A” on a building. Once police grabbed her on the graffiti charges, they also found marijuana in her possession. Not very shocking considering…
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