• MSHA chief says new silica rule is personal

    Chris Williamson is a native of Mingo County and watched many neighbors and family members struggle with breathing ailments for years. He said an improved safety standard for the industry on silica was sorely needed as those ailments appear in younger and younger miners.

  • Tibetans say compensation for Chinese land grab is too low

    4 protesters who were arrested are released, but say they were beaten.

  • IAMAI says OTTs should remain under the regulation of IT Rules, 2021

    In its comments on the draft Broadcasting Services Regulation Bill, 2023, the Internet and Mobile Association of India, among other things, pointed out that the bill "fails to take into account the uniqueness of the OTT industry" with regard to some of its requirements.

  • Video: What Senate rules say about dismissing Mayorkas impeachment

    There are 26 Senate rules that lay out the process for an impeachment trial

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    No liberty in addiction, says minister on smoking ban law

    The measures, championed by PM Rishi Sunak, pass despite opposition by several leading Conservative figures.

  • Law firm drops Village of Dolton as client, says it hasn't been paid

    The Del Galdo Law Group has been representing Dolton in more than a dozen cases, including some that involve serious injuries or death.

  • Apple's iPadOS subject to tough tech rules, EU says

    Apple's operating system for iPads has been designated as a gatekeeper under the bloc's landmark tech rules by EU antitrust regulators because of its importance to business users, the European Commission said on Monday. Under the Digital Markets Act which came into force this year, 22 services owned by Apple, Alphabet's Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta Platforms and TikTok owner ByteDance have already been labelled gatekeepers which control access to their platforms. The European executive's...

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    Zelensky signs law overhauling Ukraine’s mobilization rules

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed into law a key piece of legislation overhauling the country’s mobilization rules. The legislation places a new requirement on all men between 18 and 60 to register with Ukraine’s military and to carry their registration documents on them at all times. The aim is to make recruitment processes more efficient and more transparent, the government says. Men of service age who are living abroad will not be able to renew their passports at Ukrainian...

  • Georgia prosecutors renew challenge of a law they say undermines their authority

    Three district attorneys in Georgia have renewed their challenge of a commission created to discipline and remove state prosecutors, arguing it violates the U.S. and Georgia constitutions. Their lawsuits filed Tuesday in Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta challenge Georgia’s Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission, a body Republican lawmakers revived this year after originally creating it

  • UK court rules prayer ban at London school ‘lawful’

    Shafaqna English- A UK court on Tuesday declared a ban on Muslim prayer at a school in London to be lawful. Michaela community school in Brent, founded by conservative campaigner and former government social mobility tsar Katharine Birbalsingh, introduced the ban last year. A challenge was brought by a Muslim

  • California court rules state laws cannot broadly override local government

    (The Center Square) - A California court ruled state laws cannot broadly override local control over development and zoning, finding one of the state’s most significant new zoning laws is unconstitutional. “This is not a case about whether or not our State Legislature may enact legislation to ensure access to affordable housing or whether it may act to address the different concern of a statewide housing shortage more generally,” wrote California Superior Court Judge Curtis A....

  • Rugby league kick-off rules could be changed to reduce collisions, NRL says

    St George’s Moses Suli concussed on first play of Anzac Day gameLeague says it’s ‘desperately’ trying to reduce head impactsA staple of rugby league is under threat as calls mount to address the high velocity collisions in traditional kick-offs, and the NRL says it cannot rule out change.St George centre Moses Suli was concussed on the first play of the Anzac Day game against the Roosters on Thursday, when a sprinting Jared Waerea-Hargreaves met the Dragons defensive line at top speed. Continue...