TUC warns Keir Starmer: do not water down ban on zero-hours contracts | Zero-hours contracts
Chancellor Keir Starmer has been warned against succumbing to pressure to weaken the ban on exploitative zero-hours contracts after new evidence showed they are causing financial harm to millions of people in precarious work. The bosses told the Prime Minister,Actual damage“If the government's proposals for the biggest reform of workers' rights in a generation are […]
Harris Supported Fracking Ban in Last Presidential Run Because She Represented Bay Area, Didn’t Know About It
On “CNN News Central” on Thursday, CNN political commentator and Democratic strategist Paul Begala said Vice President Kamala Harris, a 2024 Democratic presidential candidate, has changed her position on banning fracking since she last ran for president because, “You represent the Bay Area, and there isn't a lot of fracking going on in the Bay […]
Radical Leftist Brazil Supreme Court Minister Posts a Threat on X to Ban the Platform
Alexandre de Moraes, Minister of the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Threatened The Brazilian government announced on Wednesday that it would block access to X in Brazil if the social media platform does not appoint a legal representative in Brazil within 24 hours. De Moraes, the US Supreme Court justice, issued a subpoena to X […]
Starmer Confirms Gov’t Considering Smoking Ban in Outdoor Spaces
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday confirmed reports that the government is considering plans to ban smoking in outdoor spaces such as pub gardens in a patronage-style intervention. The new left-wing Labour government said it had drawn up plans to ban smoking and e-cigarettes outdoors, including in pub gardens, outside nightclubs, shisha bars, restaurant […]
Fed. Appeals Court Rules Fla. Can Enforce Ban On Trans Treatments For Minors
A transgender pride flag is raised above a crowd of LGBTQ+ activists during the Drag March LA: Santa Monica Boulevard March, organized by the Los Angeles LGBT Center, in West Hollywood, California, on Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023. (Photo by Alison Diener/AFP via Getty Images) By Frank Lara Lisko, OAN StaffWednesday, August 28, 2024 6:00 […]
FACT CHECK: Kamala Harris Claims Trump And Allies Will Implement Abortion Ban, Limit Birth Control Access If Reelected
Vice President Kamala Harris said speech At the 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC), former President Donald Trump and his allies announced their intention to ban medication abortions, restrict access to birth control, and implement a nationwide abortion ban. Verdict: Misleading While the claims about Trump are inaccurate, it is true that some of his allies […]
Switchblade Carry Ban Violates 2A
The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a state law banning the carrying of switchblades violates the Second Amendment. This incident Commonwealth v. David E. Canjula. Kanjula was arrested on July 3, 2020, and a knife with a “spring-loaded blade” was found during a body search. The suspect was charged with “possessing a dangerous weapon,” […]
Desmond Howard defends Deion Sanders, cites need to protect mental health amid controversial reporter ban
Colorado Football Head coach Deion Sanders had a tense exchange with reporters during media day on Aug. 9. Sanders made it clear that he did not like some of the reporting that Denver Post columnist Sean Keeler had done in the past about him and the Buffaloes football program. “You hate us, why would you […]
Ryan and Righ want to get married in Taiwan – they can’t because of China’s same-sex marriage ban | Taiwan
RYang and Li like to compare their relationship to a Shakespeare play. The two met when Li, a Chinese native, visited Ryan's Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung in 2016. What began as a brief conversation by the city's “Love River” quickly blossomed into a romance that ignored years of tension between the two countries. Rigg returned […]
New York county makes first arrest under new mask ban law
New York City police made their first arrests Sunday for allegedly violating a new mask-wearing ban in Nassau County. Police say Weslin Omar Ramirez Castillo, 18, was arrested in Levittown, New York, after he was seen wearing a mask and acting suspiciously. Photos showed the suspect dressed entirely in black and police say he was […]