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Whitmer mum on health chief’s resignation, sports ban | News, Sports, Jobs
IMichigan Office of the Governor via AP In this photo provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state Friday in Lansing, Mich. Whitmer announced Michigan restaurants and bars can reopen for indoor dining at 25% capacity but with a 10 p.m. curfew starting Feb. 1, and …
Critics Of Facial Recognition Technology Target NYC And The State With ‘Ban The Scan’ Campaign – CBS New York
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A global campaign was launched Tuesday to ban facial recognition technology. Critics say it creates privacy issues and can contribute to racial profiling. The campaign is called “Ban the Scan,” and on Tuesday morning civil rights groups and lawmakers called on the New York City and state to ban the technology, …
Headteacher threatens to ban children from school if they break lockdown rules
Eat This, Not That! Dr. Fauci Says When Life Will Return to Normal Every day, more Americans are getting vaccinated against COVID-19, offering them some immunity against the highly infectious virus responsible for the deaths of over 419,000 Americans. So, when will there be enough immunity in the country for life to start returning to …
Ban on facial recognition technology advances in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A proposal to ban the use of facial recognition technology by Minneapolis police and other city departments is advancing. The technology has raised concerns by some who worry it could be a dangerous step toward a surveillance state where people’s movements are tracked the moment they leave their homes. The technology uses …
Bolsonaro vets ban on contingency of funds for science and technology – 01/13/2021 – Science – KSU
President Jair Bolsonaro (no party) vetoed the ban on contingency of resources from the National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FNDCT), one of the main sources of funding for science, technology and innovation in the country. The vetoes were published in the Wednesday edition (13) of the “Diário Oficial da União” and can be …
Apple Has Threatened To Ban Parler From The App Store
Apple has given Parler, the social network favored by conservatives and extremists, an ultimatum to implement a full moderation plan of its platform within the next 24 hours or face expulsion from the App store. In an email sent this morning and obtained by BuzzFeed News, Apple wrote to Parler’s executives that there had been …
Trump extends visa ban; court clears health insurance rule
SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday extended pandemic-related bans on green cards and work visas to large groups of applicants through March 31, while a federal appeals court sided with him on a rule that requires new immigrants to have their own health insurance. The twin developments on the final day of …
Countries Ban Travel From U.K. in Race to Block New Covid-19 Strain
Italy and Israel on Sunday were preparing to join the Netherlands and Belgium, which hours earlier had banned passenger air travel from the U.K., while other countries considered similar moves in an effort to prevent a worsening of the pandemic before Christmas. The travel restrictions, following the identification of the new strain earlier this week, …
13 DeKalb County bars, restaurants remain under watch by health officials for violating indoor dining ban
There remain 13 local bars and restaurants in DeKalb County under the watch list of both local and state health departments for not complying with the continued ban on indoor dining, according to the DeKalb County Health Department. Of that group, 10 also have received letters of noncompliance from the Illinois Department of Public Health …
Would UK be ready for a new petrol car ban in 2030?
Boris Johnson is poised to announce that the government is bringing forward by a decade a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars to 2030 from 2040, the BBC understands. It’s understood that new hybrid cars – those with electric motors as well as engines – will get a stay of execution: …
