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NSW residents face $11,000 fine for breaking quarantine, ACT follows suit
NSW Minister for Health Brad Hazzard signed the Public Health (COVID-19 Restrictions on Gathering and Movement) Order 2020 last night. Photo: Twitter. UPDATED 2:40 pm NSW and ACT residents who leave their homes without a valid excuse could face fines of up to $11,000 or six months’ jail time as the states and territories toughen …
US District Court rules on lawsuit challenging state’s Sex Offender Registry Act | News
A United States District Court Judge ruled on a lawsuit challenging the state of Michigan’s Sex Offender Registry Act on Friday, Feb. 14. Judge Robert Cleland sided with the plaintiffs in the case and ruled parts of the SORA are unconstitutional. The court held oral arguments on the case on Feb. 5 at the U.S. …
Vandals break into several cars in Long Beach – NBC Los Angeles
Residents in one Long Beach neighborhood are angry and frustrated after waking up to find a handful of cars vandalized and broken into. Since Friday morning, that count has risen close to 40. Home surveillance video shows several people walking up Ransom Street around 2 a.m. Friday. The footage shows one of them smashing out …
Citizenship Act protests: Thousands held across India for defying ban
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Police are detaining protesters in Delhi and Bangalore Indian police have detained thousands who defied a ban on protests against a controversial new citizenship law. The ban has been imposed in parts of the capital Delhi, and throughout the states of Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka. Mobile data services are …
SC Issues Notice On Petitions Challenging Citizenship Amendment Act
Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to all petitions challenging the Constitutional Validity of Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019. The Bench comprising CJI Bobde and Justices BR Gavai and Surya Kant asked the Centre to file the response by the second week of January. The Petitions contended that the Act, which liberalizes and fast-tracks grant of …
Citizenship Amendment Act: Delhi police in ‘shooting’ row as protests spread
Image copyright AFP Image caption Police detain a demonstrator during a protest against the bill outside Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Ahmedabad on Monday Indian police have denied shooting people during protests in Delhi – as anger at a citizenship law spreads across the country. At least three people said they were shot, but …
President Trump signs Hong Kong human rights act
The US has long maintained a special trading relationship with Hong Kong, a semi-autonomous territory where mass protests have erupted continuously since June over perceived infringement on its autonomy by Beijing, among a host of other issues. The new law will require the US to annually confirm that Hong Kong’s special freedoms are being maintained …
Future forests facing climate balancing act
Image copyright M.Venturas Image caption Researchers found that trees could be surprisingly resilient to increased warming and CO2 levels Forests can cope with a warming world if – and only if – temperature rises increase in line with increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide. Increased CO2 allows trees to develop physiological characteristics, such as greater foliage, …
Dubuque health center helping with Affordable Care Act open enrollment
DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) – Crescent Community Health Center is busy helping people sign up for health insurance with the Affordable Care Act. Crescent Community Health Center is helping people enroll in the Affordable Care Act. Photo: Monday, Nov. 25, 2019 (Allison Wong/KCRG) Open enrollment began on November 1 and goes through December 15. Interested persons …
Reproductive Health Act has supporters among clergy – The Buffalo News
By Dennis Ross Religious leaders across Western New York and the rest of the state applauded the passage of the Reproductive Health Act, which ensures that each New Yorker receives the protections of Roe v. Wade throughout pregnancy. So it was disappointing to see local news recently report only one side of the religious story …
