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Three reasons why scientific advice on drugs is ignored
LSD is far safer than alcohol or tobacco, so why don't drug laws reflect it?
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On Tour With Notorious R.B.G., Judicial Rock Star
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s off-the-court schedule is full, with at least nine public appearances over three weeks.
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Upstate lawmaker to reintroduce bill to allow firing squad executions in SC
South Carolina Rep. Josh Putnam (R, Piedmont) said he plans to reintroduce a bill to add firing squads to the execution methods in South Carolina. Putnam first introduced the bill in 2015 but the legislation didn’t pass. He said the new bill would be almost identical to the prior one but he feels it’s important for creating dialogue about death penalty options in the state since lethal injections cannot be carried out at this time, due to the unavailability of the drugs needed for the lethal injections.
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US Court Upholds $25M Lawsuit Against Now-Defunct Trump University
President must now reimburse thousands of students court ruled were defrauded
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Honestly, Facebook's Coworker Dating Rule Seems Extremely Reasonable
Dating police, if you see something, say something.
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Government set to borrow nearly $1 trillion this year, an 84 percent jump from last year
The federal government is on track to borrow nearly $1 trillion this fiscal year — President Donald Trump's first full year in charge of the budget.
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Judge throws out 'diplomatic immunity' argument in rent dispute
Diplomatic immunity doesn't apply to rent bills, according to an Ontario Superior Court justice who on Friday sided with an Ottawa landlord in an unusual legal spat over a luxury townhouse. Last year, Rolf Baumann got a judgment from the Landlord and Tenant Board requiring Betsy Zouroudis, who works at the U.S. Embassy, to pay thousands of dollars in back rent and legal expenses.
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Two New Zealand Writers Facing Lawsuit for Inspiring Lorde to Cancel Her Israel Concert
Two authors of an op-ed in the New Zealand blog The Spinoff are reportedly being sued for their alleged role in inspiring Lorde to call off a concert in Tel Aviv. By Winston Cook-Wilson.
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Virginia proposes porn watching fee to prevent human trafficking
The Commonwealth of Virginia might start charging people for checking out adult websites. There is a new bill being proposed in the General Assembly that would lock all pornographic sites from your phones and computers, and the only way to unlock them is to pay the state $20. Virginia House Bill 1592 is also known as "The Human Trafficking Prevention Act." Lawmakers who proposed the bill said that by making pornography less accessible on the internet, it will reduce the amount of human trafficking.
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An ER visit, a $12,000 bill — and a health insurer that wouldn’t pay
A new insurance policy expects patients to diagnose themselves.
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Is it illegal to call someone a Nazi?
An angry American traveler found herself plunged into German legal waters this month after allegedly calling federal police officers "Nazis" during a dispute at Frankfurt International Airport. Police say the woman, a 49-year-old professor, became "unreasonable and irritated" when they told her she had too many liquids in her carry-on during a screening for explosives.
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Rachael Denhollander: The voice that began end of Nassar
“She was the rock that tipped the avalanche of strength and courage and all these women coming forward”
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Neil Gorsuch Is a Terrible Writer
The Supreme Court justice’s prose is exhausting to read and impossible to take seriously.
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Why a Radical 1970s Science Group Is More Relevant Than Ever
A second life for an organization of scientists who questioned how their work was being used.
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Trump imposes 30 percent tariff on solar panel imports
President Trump on Monday imposed tariffs of 30 percent on imported solar panel technology in a bid to protect domestic manufacturers while signaling a more aggressive approach toward China.
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Inside Cloudflare's Decision to Let an Extremist Stronghold Burn
The story of how an internet infrastructure company get locked into a free-speech dispute starts in the cubicles of SoMa and the brothels of Istanbul.
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Man who supplied weapon used in Munich mass shooting sentenced to seven years
A German court has sentenced a man to seven years for selling a gun that was used in the 2016 mass shooting in Munich. It's the first time an illegal arms dealer has been punished for an act in which he was not involved.
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U.S. Border Guards can Search your Phone: Here are some Details on How
U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a new directive that sets new limits on border agents accessing travellers' phones, establishing criteria for when they can demand passwords, conduct extensive searches, like downloading documents stored in the cloud, or uploading files into a storage drive for analysis.
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Fear of the Federal Government in the Ranchlands of Oregon
Two years after the standoff at the Malheur Refuge, many people in the region remain convinced that their way of life is being trampled.
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Will Apple finally pay a price for keeping secrets?
Apple’s battery slowdown shenanigans are beginning to catch up with it.
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