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Megan’s Law became law 27 years ago; How it continues to protect children against predators
Read full article: Megan’s Law became law 27 years ago; How it continues to protect children against predatorsOn May 17, 1996, President Bill Clinton signed legislation requiring law enforcement officials to release information about convicted sex offenders. This became known as Megan’s Law.
U.S. Supreme Court delays decision on abortion pill until Friday night
Read full article: U.S. Supreme Court delays decision on abortion pill until Friday nightThe Supreme Court has given itself until 11:59 p.m. on Friday to decide whether a Texas U.S. district judge’s ruling that found the abortion drug Mifepristone unsafe should stand.
Why did the Texas Senate remove “white supremacy” and ways “it is morally wrong” from new education bill?
Read full article: Why did the Texas Senate remove “white supremacy” and ways “it is morally wrong” from new education bill?An education bill that was recently passed along party lines by the Texas Senate removed, among other things, a teaching requirement about “the history of white supremacy… and the ways in which it is morally wrong.”
Former UK leaders unite to slam Boris Johnson on Brexit plan
Read full article: Former UK leaders unite to slam Boris Johnson on Brexit planFILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019 file photo, former British Prime Ministers Tony Blair, left and John Major attend the Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Cenotaph in Whitehall in London. One major element of the Brexit withdrawal agreement is the section related to ensuring an open border on the island of Ireland to protect the peace process in Northern Ireland. The issue proved thorny during the more than two years of discussions it took to get a Brexit deal done, as the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland is the only land link between the U.K. and the EU. As a result, the two sides agreed there would be some kind of regulatory border between mainland Britain and Northern Ireland. Major and Blair, who both vociferously opposed Brexit, said the planned legislation puts the 1998 Good Friday agreement that ended decades of violence in Northern Ireland at risk.