Giorno: 2 Agosto 2022

Oklahoma public schools requiring students complete ‘biological sex affidavits’ to participate in sports

Oklahoma public schools are now requiring students from kindergarten through college to complete a sex affidavit if they wish to participate in school sports. An affidavit form distributed by Woodall Public Schools as part of its 2022-23 athletic policy began circulating on social media July 28 after Erin Matson, executive director at Reproaction, a reproductive […]

Kriegler to challenge ruling that he retract remarks on Hlophe

Read More Retired constitutional court justice Johann Kriegler will appeal a ruling by the Judicial Conduct Committee (JCC) that he must retract a statement to the effect that Western Cape judge president John Hlophe was not fit to be on the bench. Freedom Under Law (FUL), the nonprofit organisation Kriegler chairs, said the finding that […]

Tembisa protests, Krugersdorp anger raise fears

Read More What started as a service delivery protest in Tembisa on Friday has degenerated into looting, adding to the tension that has simmered below the surface in South Africa since violence and vandalism rocked KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng in July last year. The unrest in Hospital View in Tembisa, east of Johannesburg, which left four […]

Big oil’s quarterly profits hit ?50bn as UK braces for even higher energy bills

Read More Bumper profits of nearly ?50bn shared by the world’s five biggest oil companies prompted a chorus of calls for higher taxes on the sector as UK households were told to brace for average annual energy bills of more than ?3,600 this winter. The UK firm BP was accused of “unfettered profiteering” after it […]

Calif. Politician: Drug Cartels Illegally Draining Water Supplies

Drug cartels are buying vacant lots and houses to create large greenhouses and farms that drain much-needed resources from Californians struggling under water rationing and electric brownouts, State Sen. Melissa Hurtado told the Washington Examiner on Tuesday.

Tiger Woods Turned Down $700 Million LIV Offer

LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman apparently wasn’t exaggerating about Tiger Woods turning down a “mind-blowingly enormous” offer in June to join the new golf league.

Idaho’s near-total abortion ban challenged by Justice Department

The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging Idaho’s near-total ban on abortion, arguing that it would criminalize doctors for performing abortions during medical emergencies. Idaho’s law is set to take effect on Aug. 25 after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, returning the issue of abortion to the states. […]

Pennsylvania Supreme Court upholds state’s mail-in voting law

Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the state’s expansion of mail-in voting, in a case brought by Republican state representatives who voted for the legislation in 2019. “We find no restriction in our Constitution on the General Assembly’s ability to create universal mail-in voting,” wrote Justice Christine Donohue in the majority opinion. The 5-2 ruling, […]

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, Senate candidate, said sanctuary cities make ‘everybody safer’

A 2016 clip of Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman claiming that sanctuary cities “make everybody safer” and that “immigrants commit crime at a far lower rate than native-born people” is receiving renewed attention as the U.S. Senate race heats up between him and Republican candidate Mehmet Oz. Speaking at West Chester University on Jan. 27, […]

Rep. Bryan Steil to Newsmax: Manchin-Backed Bill Will ‘Clobber’ Families

The Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act, which now has the backing of Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is a “terrible bill” that will raise taxes and “clobber American families that are already struggling,” Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wis., told Newsmax.