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Civil Rights Groups cry Foul as LA Police Commission Unanimously Approves Facial Recognition Technology

The Los Angeles Police Commission has approved the use of facial recognition technology in a unanimous vote by members. The approval has come under fire by over sixty civil rights groups and public letters protesting the idea, with 931 out of 943 letters in opposition to using facial recognition within... Read More about Civil Rights Groups cry Foul as LA Police Commission Unanimously Approves Facial Recognition Technology

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Inauguration Day Unlike Any Other as Capitol and States Beef Up Security Measures

Heightened restrictions, tighter security measures, and the first transition of power in modern history where the current president has announced his plans not to attend; the 2021 inauguration will be unlike any other in modern times. National Guardsmen Descend Upon D.C. 25,000 National Guard troops have descended upon Washington D.C.... Read More about Inauguration Day Unlike Any Other as Capitol and States Beef Up Security Measures

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The Department of Homeland Security amends the process on how USCIS selects H-1B registrations for the filing of H-1B cap-subject petitions

Just days before President Trump is to leave office, his administration published a finalized rule amending the process by which U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) selects applicants for H-1B visas. In one of the final attempts to leave the administration’s lasting mark on the U.S. immigration system, the new... Read More about The Department of Homeland Security amends the process on how USCIS selects H-1B registrations for the filing of H-1B cap-subject petitions

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Court Orders Georgia Defendants to Stop Selling Vitamin D Products as Treatments for COVID-19 and other Diseases

Matthew Ryncarz, owner and operator of Fusion Health and Vitality LLC (doing business as Pharm Origins) was halted from continuing to sell Vitamin D products that he claimed were certified treatments for the COVID-19 virus and other diseases. This permanent injunction from the U.S. District Court of the Southern District... Read More about Court Orders Georgia Defendants to Stop Selling Vitamin D Products as Treatments for COVID-19 and other Diseases

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Supreme Court May Hear First Amendment Case on Students’ Social Media Rights in Public School

An angry ninth-grader who just learned she didn’t make the varsity cheerleading squad posted a message on social media. It included what her public school considered offensive gestures and language. She was removed from the cheerleading squad and sued her school. She won her case in the lower courts, and... Read More about Supreme Court May Hear First Amendment Case on Students’ Social Media Rights in Public School

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Nicki Minaj pays $450,000 to settle Tracy Chapman’s 2018 Copyright Lawsuit

Tracy Chapman, an American singer-songwriter, filed a lawsuit against Nicki Minaj, an American-Trinidadian rapper, in 2018, claiming Minaj’s song “Sorry” took “both lyrics and vocal melody” from Chapman’s 1988 hit “Baby Can I Hold You.” Earlier this month, Chapman accepted Minaj’s offer to settle the suit by paying Chapman $450,000... Read More about Nicki Minaj pays $450,000 to settle Tracy Chapman’s 2018 Copyright Lawsuit

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