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California Governor Gavin Newsom is expected to sign the state’s rap lyrics bill into law after an Assembly vote. Bill AB 2799, as first reported by Billboard, was recently unanimously approved by the state Senate and was on Monday the subject of another Assembly vote which cleared the path for it to move toward being […]
WGCL reports a bill in Tennessee unanimously passed in the Senate Wednesday that would require someone convicted of vehicular homicide due to intoxication to pay child support if that person kills a parent. House Bill 1834 was introduced one month prior to the sentencing of Janet Hinds, who was driving while intoxicated when she struck and killed Chattanooga police […]
President Joe Biden has signed the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act, which now makes lynching a federal hate crime for the first time in U.S. history. Now, a crime could “be prosecuted as a lynching when death or serious bodily injury results from a conspiracy to commit a hate crime,” per the Huffington Post, with those convicted facing upwards of […]
ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed into law a new bill that will make it illegal for dog owners to […]
Virgina has become the first southern state to legalize marijuana. On Wednesday, the state’s Democratic-controlled Legislature voted to approve Gov. Ralph Northam’s proposed amendments to a legalization bill. One such change was to legalize marijuana possession beginning July 1, 2020, rather than the initial date of Jan. 1, 2024. Though the bill will allow adults 21 and over […]
Nancy Pelosi has been reelected as Speaker of the House despite a slim margin of victory, CNN reports. Of the 216 votes that Pelosi received, one notable name who stayed in her corner was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who has been lukewarm about having her serve another term. Ocasio-Cortez told The Intercept last month that she’s prepared to […]
Hong Kong is still reeling from a horrific attack that apparently targeted pro-democracy demonstrators. On Sunday night, a group of men donning white T-shirts entered a city subway station and began beating people with wooden sticks and metal pipes. The attack, which occurred amid on-going protests against mainland China, were captured on video by a number of victims, […]
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