Biden Administration to Appeal Ban on Social Media Contacts
The US Justice Department said it’s appealing a court ruling that would block federal agencies and officials from
2023-07-06 06:48
Sunil Chhetri: Indian footballer in the same league as Messi and Ronaldo
Long-standing captain Sunil Chhetri has been the face of football in cricket-crazy India.
2023-07-06 06:46
Clayton Kershaw’s All-Star Game replacement left him a perfect thank you gift
When Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw was ruled out of the All-Star game, his replacement paid his respect in an epic way. A real class act.Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher David Bednar just delivered the feel-good story of the summer. After Los Angeles Dodgers star Clayton Kershaw was ruled out of the...
2023-07-06 06:45
Jefferies Taps SMBC Banker Josh Maio for Consumer Dealmaking
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. hired Josh Maio from SMBC Nikko Securities America Inc., adding to its consumer banking
2023-07-06 06:29
Norfolk Southern says other companies should share blame in fiery Ohio derailment
Norfolk Southern says the owner of the rail car that caused the fiery Ohio derailment in February failed to properly maintain it in the years before the crash
2023-07-06 06:27
China Has Ample Tools Even in ‘Panic’ Yuan Drop, PBOC Paper Says
China has ample tools to stabilize the foreign-exchange market even if the yuan enters a “panic” slide, according
2023-07-06 06:26
NBA free agency: The 3 biggest winners in this offseason so far
The initial wave of NBA free agency has come and gone. Here are the three biggest winners so far.The most exciting time of the summer for NBA fans is the start of free agency. The NBA is now at a place where superstars and mid-tier stars alike are changing teams to increase their chances of winn...
2023-07-06 06:24
Rivian CEO Eyes Production Ramp, New Partners After Supply Woes
Rivian Automotive Inc. is ready to take on more commercial partners beyond Amazon.com Inc. after a recent bout
2023-07-06 06:22
A father preparing to walk his daughter down the aisle and a young man who ran out for a snack were among those killed in the Philadelphia mass shooting
Ralph Moralis was supposed to walk his daughter down the aisle this weekend. Instead, he was shot dead by a gunman who started firing randomly at vehicles and nearby pedestrians in southwest Philadelphia Monday night. Five people, including Moralis, were killed.
2023-07-06 06:22
California hotel workers back on the job after strike. But union warns more walkouts are possible
Workers who picketed 19 major Southern California hotels over the long holiday weekend are back on the job, but their union warned that more walkouts could come at any time
2023-07-06 06:22
Ohio's showdown over abortion rights intensifies as group files signatures for ballot measure
Ohio is poised to become the next major abortion battleground after groups seeking to enshrine abortion rights in the state's constitution on Wednesday submitted hundreds of thousands of petition signatures to the secretary of state's office.
2023-07-06 06:18
Florida schools remove books by John Milton and Toni Morrison and restrict Shakespeare under DeSantis rules
Over 150 books have been removed from a large, Orlando-area Florida school district, including classics like The Scarlet Letter, Paradise Lost, and The Invisible Man, as school officials review materials for sexual content under the state’s restrictive book ban laws. According to a teacher keeping track of books that have been temporarily pulled for review by the Orange County government, titles by Shakespeare have been restricted to only 10th through 12 graders, while other popular works like The Fault in Our Stars, Into the Wild, and Catch-22 have been put on the restricted list because of sexual material. One teacher told The Orlando Sentinel she was “gobsmacked” when she saw Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream was among the restricted works. She said she chooses works to study in class “to engage my students, to offer them literature that makes them think,” and that an accurate version of “the adolescent experience” in literature may contain some sexual themes, but still be valid for the classroom. “It’s just so frustrating and disheartening,” she said. The state’s book ban laws, passed under Republican governor Ron DeSantis, have caused empty shelves across Florida. “The books are sitting out on tables, they’re being boxed up and discarded,” Florida school librarian Keri Clark told The Independent earlier this year. “It’s just it’s a really sad sight. A lot of the kids keep looking through the window and it’s just it’s awful that I can’t let them come in and get books.” The Florida policyies are part of a nationwide surge of book bans. During the first half of the 2022-2023 school year, school officials tried to restrict at least 874 individual book titles, according to PEN America, a nearly 30 per cent spike from book challenges over the previous year. Overwhelmingly, the book ban attempts singled out works by and about people of colour and LGBT+ people, PEN found. At least 30 per cent of the impacted titles are books about race, racism, or feature characters of colour, and more than a quarter of all titles include LGBT+ characters or themes. Read More Biden condemns ‘hysterical’ threats to LGBT+ Americans as White House pushes back on book bans As conservatives target schools, LGBTQ+ kids and students of color feel less safe Florida mom who tried to ban Amanda Gorman’s book has ties to far-right groups
2023-07-06 06:17