Utah Social Media Age Verification Law Blocked by Judge

Judge partially blocks Texas transmission law

A federal judge on Monday struck down a section of a Texas law that gives state utilities the “right of first refusal” for building new electrical transmission lines. The law, SB 1938, made it ...

Politics - The Hill - October 30

Norway to increase minimum age limit on social media to 15 to protect children

Prime minister wants young people to be shielded from ‘power of the algorithm’. Norway is to enforce a strict minimum age limit on social media of 15 as the government ramped up its campaign ...

World - The Guardian - October 23

Massachusetts judge rules Meta must face state's social media lawsuit

A Massachusetts Superior Court judge has ruled Meta must face a state lawsuit, alleging the company knowingly designed and deployed features harmful to young online users. Suffolk County Superior ...

Politics - The Hill - October 18

Australia to ban under-16s from social media – but can’t say how TikTok, Instagram and others will enforce it

Meta says it will comply if required, but the technology is not ready to enforce proposed age limit across up to 40 apps. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our ...

World - The Guardian - 2 days ago

Australia plans a social media ban for children under 16

The Australian government announced on Thursday what it described as world-leading legislation that would set an age limit of 16 years for children to start using social media, and hold platforms ...

Tech - ABC News - 2 days ago

Judge Blocks Hand-Counting of Election Ballots in Georgia

The ruling was confined to the current election, halting the measure from going into effect for 2024 while the judge further weighs its merits in the future.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 16

Tapestry-Capri Fashion Merger Is Blocked by Judge

The F.T.C. had sued to halt the merger of Tapestry, the parent of Coach and Kate Spade, and Capri, the owner of Versace and Michael Kors.

Business - The New York Times - October 24

Coach-Michael Kors Deal Blocked by Judge

A federal court sides with the FTC, which argued that a Tapestry-Capri merger would raise prices for handbags.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 25

Pennsylvania judge refuses to block Musk's $1M giveaways

A Pennsylvania judge on Monday refused the Philadelphia district attorney’s request to block daily $1 million giveaways from Elon Musk’s pro-Trump super PAC in the lead-up to the election. Judge ...

Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago

Georgia judge blocks election rule requiring hand counting of ballots

A Georgia judge has blocked a new rule that would have required ballots in the state to be hand-counted after election night, saying the timing of the rule's passage makes its implementation wrong. ...

Why a judge blocked Georgia's election ballot-counting rule

A Georgia judge has blocked a new policy that would have required the state's election ballots to be counted by hand. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has more.

Georgia judge blocks election rule requiring hand counting of ballots

The judge wrote that there was "a substantial threat of irreparable harm," if the hand count rule were to be implemented for the upcoming election.

Politics - CBS News - October 16

Federal judge blocks Alabama's voter purge program ahead of election

A federal judge temporarily blocked Alabama’s voter removal program that flagged thousands of registered voters and accused them of illegally registering in the state.

Georgia judge blocks elections rules backed by Pro-Trump Republicans

(Reuters) -A judge overturned changes to Georgia election rules made by a Republican-controlled state board in August, in a case brought by a conservative group which argued the changes would ...

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 16

Texas judge blocks execution of man in shaken baby case

Robert Roberson has thanked supporters for winning a temporary reprieve in the controversial case.

Judge hears arguments to block Louisiana's Ten Commandments displays in schools

BATON ROUGE, La. — A federal judge heard arguments at a hearing Monday on whether he should temporarily block a new Louisiana law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public ...

Politics - NBC News - October 22

Starmer claims people with shares do not count as ‘working people’

Labour’s manifesto pledges on tax are coming under increasing scrutiny ahead of the Budget

Business - Financial Times - October 24

Ohio judge permanently blocks state's 6-week abortion ban

An Ohio county judge issued a permanent injunction Thursday blocking the state from enforcing its “heartbeat” abortion ban, the first time the entire law has been permanently blocked following the ...

Politics - The Hill - October 24

Michael Kors owner Capri’s shares crater after $8.5bn merger blocked

Decision is a win for antitrust regulators who argued deal with Kate Spade owner Tapestry would strangle competition

Business - Financial Times - October 25

Judge blocks Virginia from purging voter rolls of alleged noncitizens

The ruling in Virginia on its voter rolls comes as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are in a tight presidential election contest.

Business - CNBC - October 25

Judge blocks Virginia from dropping alleged noncitizens from voter rolls

A federal judge on Friday granted a Department of Justice request to block Virginia from systematically removing alleged noncitizens from the voter rolls this close to an election.

Judge rejects suit seeking to block acceptance of hand-returned mail ballots

The judge rejected a Republican lawsuit trying to block counties from opening election offices on Saturday and Sunday to let voters hand in their mail ballots in person.

Judge rejects request to block Elon Musk $1 million voter giveaway

Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his America PAC are backing Donald Trump in the presidential election against Vice President Kamala Harris.

Business - CNBC - 4 days ago

Georgia judge rejects GOP lawsuit to block hand-returned mail ballots

A Georgia judge has blocked attempts to keep voters in Fulton County from submitting mail-in ballots in person. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion spoke with officials in the Peach ...

Pennsylvania judge declines to block Elon Musk’s $1m voter prize giveaway

Prosecutors had called sweepstakes a scam that violates state election law and asked for it to be shut down. US election 2024 live: latest polls, results and updates The $1m-a-day voter ...

World - The Guardian - 4 days ago

Judges deny requests to block DOJ from monitoring polls

Federal judges denied two states' requests to bar the Justice Department (DOJ) from dispatching lawyers to monitor adherence to federal voting rights laws on Election Day. Both Missouri and Texas ...

Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago

Call from Holly Newton's family to review domestic abuse law to be considered

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper tells the BBC it is an "extremely important issue" after 15-year-old Holly Newton's murder by her ex-boyfriend.

Social Media Layoffs Hit Meta

The tech giant confirmed an unspecified number of job cuts at WhatsApp and Instagram.

Business - Inc. - October 17

Judge weighs Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in schools

Louisiana is the only state that will require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom.

Indigenous Canadian judge who reshaped nation’s legal system dies aged 73

Murray Sinclair praised by prime minister for pioneering country’s Indigenous reconciliation efforts. Murray Sinclair, the Anishinaabe judge, senator and university chancellor, who reshaped ...

World - The Guardian - 4 days ago

Quincy Jones, US musician and media mogul, dies aged 91

Producer of ‘Thriller’ album won 28 Grammys during career working on hit songs, movies, film scores and TV shows

World - Financial Times - 5 days ago

Majorities back early voting, voter verification: Gallup

Large majorities of Americans back photo ID laws for voting and rules that allow people to vote early, according to a new Gallup poll. The poll found 84 percent of Americans back having “all ...

Politics - The Hill - October 24

Georgia judge blocks rule requiring counties to hand-count Election Day ballots

A Georgia judge on Tuesday blocked a new rule from the state's election board that would have required counties to count ballots cast on Election Day by hand.

Georgia judge blocks ballot hand count rule from taking effect before election

A new Georgia election rule that would require a hand count of ballots on election night will not take effect before November’s contest, a state judge ruled. In a decision late Tuesday, Fulton ...

Politics - The Hill - October 16

Georgia's controversial hand count rule blocked by judge: 'Too much, too late'

Georgia’s controversial hand count rule blocked by a judge, "too much, too late."

Georgia judge blocks election rule requiring hand-counting ballots as early voting begins

A record number of people are showing up for early voting in the crucial state of Georgia. Early voting is beginning as a Georgia judge blocked a new hand-count election rule passed by a ...

Judge blocks Florida surgeon general from threatening TV stations over abortion rights ad

A judge issued a restraining order against Florida’s surgeon general, after tv stations that ran an abortion-rights ad received cease-and-desist letters.

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Norway to increase minimum age limit on social media to 15 to protect children

Massachusetts judge rules Meta must face state's social media lawsuit

Australia to ban under-16s from social media – but can’t say how TikTok, Instagram and others will enforce it

Australia plans a social media ban for children under 16

Judge Blocks Hand-Counting of Election Ballots in Georgia

Tapestry-Capri Fashion Merger Is Blocked by Judge

Coach-Michael Kors Deal Blocked by Judge

Pennsylvania judge refuses to block Musk's $1M giveaways

Georgia judge blocks election rule requiring hand counting of ballots

Why a judge blocked Georgia's election ballot-counting rule

Georgia judge blocks election rule requiring hand counting of ballots

Federal judge blocks Alabama's voter purge program ahead of election

Georgia judge blocks elections rules backed by Pro-Trump Republicans

Texas judge blocks execution of man in shaken baby case

Judge hears arguments to block Louisiana's Ten Commandments displays in schools

Starmer claims people with shares do not count as ‘working people’

Ohio judge permanently blocks state's 6-week abortion ban

Michael Kors owner Capri’s shares crater after $8.5bn merger blocked

Judge blocks Virginia from purging voter rolls of alleged noncitizens

Judge blocks Virginia from dropping alleged noncitizens from voter rolls

Judge rejects suit seeking to block acceptance of hand-returned mail ballots

Judge rejects request to block Elon Musk $1 million voter giveaway

Georgia judge rejects GOP lawsuit to block hand-returned mail ballots

Pennsylvania judge declines to block Elon Musk’s $1m voter prize giveaway

Judges deny requests to block DOJ from monitoring polls

Call from Holly Newton's family to review domestic abuse law to be considered

Social Media Layoffs Hit Meta

Judge weighs Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in schools

Indigenous Canadian judge who reshaped nation’s legal system dies aged 73

Quincy Jones, US musician and media mogul, dies aged 91

Majorities back early voting, voter verification: Gallup

Georgia judge blocks rule requiring counties to hand-count Election Day ballots

Georgia judge blocks ballot hand count rule from taking effect before election

Georgia's controversial hand count rule blocked by judge: 'Too much, too late'

Georgia judge blocks election rule requiring hand-counting ballots as early voting begins

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