Los Angeles School Board Bans Students Using Cell Phone During School Hours
The Los Angeles Unified School District’s (LAUSD) board voted Tuesday to ban students using their cell phones during school hours. The ban by the country’s second largest district supplants a previous directive issued by the board in 2011 that banned student cell phone usage only during class instruction and allowed social media access for educational […]
Biden administration bans Kaspersky software over Russian ties
The Biden administration has issued an order banning the use of all software from Kaspersky Lab, citing its ties to Russia. The company’s software has been a concern for the U.S. government since at least 2017 due to suspicions that the Russian government has influenced it, which has full access to all of Kaspersky’s systems […]
Los Angeles Unified School District Bans Cellphones, Social Media
The Los Angeles Unified School District board voted 5-2 to ban cellphone and social media use during the day amid protests from educators. The ban in Los Angeles public schools will take effect in spring 2025 and goes beyond previous school district policies that only banned cellphones during class and limited social media to “educational […]
NY bill bans selling hot restaurant reservations on the ‘black market’
They’re taking “black market” reservations off the menu. A new bill aimed at cracking down on internet scammers who prevent New Yorkers from going to their favorite eateries by reselling dinner reservations like concert tickets would ban scalpers who make it harder for people to get reservations at high-end New York restaurants. The bill would […]
11 States Consider Bans on Teaching Critical Race Theory
Three states already have outlawed teaching children to judge each other based on skin color. At least 11 other states are considering doing so as the U.S. Department of Education promotes critical race theory in schools. Earlier this year, an Aiken County teacher wrote to South Carolina state Rep. Bill Taylor in alarm about critical […]
Lefty Christian Group Bans Christian Beliefs
Reddit used to be the biggest forum for free and open discussion on the internet. Now, with everything right-of-center banned or censored, the lunatics have taken control of the asylum — and it’s turned into the internet’s biggest left-wing cesspool. The Reddit group for Christianity, over 100,00 members strong, just banned core Christian beliefs on […]
Biden asylum ban’s loopholes could create headaches, immigration experts say
President Joe Biden’s asylum ban may already be facing a mountain of problems as the administration looks to enforce the order in the coming days and weeks. Since Biden signed an executive order Tuesday that prohibited migrants from seeking asylum if they show up at the U.S.-Mexico boundary, immigration experts have laid out a myriad […]
MLB Bans Tucupita Marcano for Life for Betting on Baseball, Four Others Get One-Year Suspensions
NEW YORK (AP) — San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano He was banned for life from baseball for gambling on baseball, and the other four were given one-year suspensions. Major League Baseball On Tuesday, the sport’s biggest betting scandal in decades broke. According to MLB, Marcano made 387 baseball bets totaling more than $150,000 at […]
Maldives bans Israelis from entering country during war in Gaza
The Indian Ocean tourist destination of the Maldives has banned Israelis from entering its territory in retaliation for the war in Gaza. The Muslim-majority island nation’s government announced that President Mohamed Moueise had implemented the ban this week following a recommendation from his cabinet. “Cabinet decisions include amending necessary laws to prevent Israeli passport holders […]
Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to state abortion ban’s medical exceptions
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a case challenging the state’s abortion ban on medical exceptions. The court ruled against a group of women who suffered serious pregnancy complications, making them the first women in the nation to testify in court about being denied access to abortions since Roe v. Wade was overturned in […]