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Month: September 2024

Florida officials pressure schools to roll back sex ed lessons on contraception and consent

Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Some Florida school districts are rolling back a more comprehensive approach to sex education in favor of abstinence-focused lessons. State officials have pressured districts to restrict some lesson plans on contraception, anatomy and consent. The state deemed the lessons inappropriate for students. The shift reflects a nationwide

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Thousands of ill inmates released from Congo’s main prison to ease overcrowding

Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s minister of justice says nearly 1,700 ill inmates have been released from the country’s largest prison as part of an effort to thin out Congo’s overcrowded prisons. The operation took place Monday at Makala Central Prison in the capital Kinshasa. Severely ill prisoners received immediate medical care, while

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Judge rules out possibility of punitive damages in Smartmatic defamation lawsuit against Newsmax

Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge has ruled out the possibility of punitive damages in a defamation lawsuit pitting an electronic voting machine manufacturer targeted by allies of former President Donald Trump against a conservative news outlet that aired accusations of vote manipulation in the 2020 election. Monday’s ruling comes just days

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US-China research has given Beijing’s military technology a boost, House GOP says

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report by congressional Republicans asserts that partnerships between the U.S. and China at universities over the past decade have allowed hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding to aid Beijing in developing critical technology that could be used for military purposes. The report released Monday says U.S.

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El Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de San Bernardino informó el hallazgo de restos humanos cerca del incendio “Line”

Lina Robles El Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de San Bernardino reportó el hallazgo de restos humanos muy cerca del incendio de Big Bear, pero creen que la muerte de la persona no esta relacionada con el fuego que ha consumido casi 40 mil acres de vegetación y está controlado en 67%; ahora el forense

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Gracias a un operativo encubierto arrestaron en Coachella a un individuo que buscaba morbosamente a joven de 17 años

Lina Robles Gracias a una investigación encubierta la policía arresto a un sujeto de 41 años que estaba seduciendo a una joven de 16 años, pero se trato de una trampa de las autoridades ya que durante varios días tuvieron varias conversaciones Ramiro Favela Benites y la joven que era parte del operativo de la

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Online overseas ballots for Montana voters briefly didn’t include Harris as a candidate

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana election officials say ballots on the state’s online election system for overseas and military voters initially did not include Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris as a candidate for president. The Secretary of State’s Office says the system went live Friday and one person had voted before a second voter reported

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Attorneys say other victims could sue a Mississippi sheriff’s department over brutality

Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Attorneys for two Black men who were tortured by Mississippi law enforcement officers say they expect to file more lawsuits on behalf of others who say they were brutalized by officers from the same sheriff’s department. Malik Shabazz and Trent Walker spoke Monday. The Justice Department last week announced

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