What Israel’s UNRWA Ban Could Mean for Palestinians
Israeli legislation taking effect on Thursday will threaten the operations of a major United Nations agency that provides critical humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip after more than a year…
Israel Urged to Reverse UNRWA Ban
With only two days before Israel outlaws operations on its soil of the main U.N. aid agency for Palestinian refugees, the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday took up the…
Mississippi Lawmaker Behind Masturbation Ban Bill Is Getting Death Threats
MISSISSIPPI LAWMAKER MEN WANT ME DEAD OVER PROPOSED MASTURBATION BAN Published January 28, 2025 12:31 PM PST The Mississippi lawmaker proposing a bill that effectively bans masturbation for men says…
Lin-Manuel Miranda, ‘SNL’ Mock Trump Inauguration, DEI Ban and Elon Musk Nazi Salute
Lin-Manuel Miranda Hamilton Gets Trump’d!!! ‘I’m in My King Era’ Published January 26, 2025 7:24 AM PST Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s gonna need a rewrite on his smash hit musical “Hamilton” if…
Quebec’s Ban on Religious Symbols Will Be Tested at the Supreme Court
A Quebec law that critics say unjustly targets Muslim, Jewish and Sikh people will be challenged at Canada’s Supreme Court, reigniting a sweeping debate over the province’s brand of secularism.…
Education Dept. Ends Book Ban Investigations
The Education Department said on Friday that it would no longer investigate schools that remove books from their libraries, emphasizing its new stance by dismissing 11 pending civil rights complaints…
TikTok Ban and Trump Executive Order Lead to Tech Company Dilemma
For more than six years, Amazon Web Services, the world’s largest cloud computing company, provided technical support to deliver TikTok videos to tens of millions of Americans. But over the…
Lynn Ban, Jewelry Designer and ‘Bling Empire’ Star, Dies After Ski Accident
Lynn Ban, a celebrity jewelry designer and a star of Netflix’s “Bling Empire: New York,” died on Monday, just weeks after she had emergency surgery for a brain bleed following…
Trump Signs Executive Order in Attempt to Delay TikTok Ban
President Trump signed an executive order on Monday to delay enforcing a federal ban of TikTok for 75 days, even though the law took effect on Sunday and it is…
TikTok Ban Behind Fire Set at a Mall With Congressman’s Office, Police Say
A man was arrested in connection with a fire set early on Sunday in response to “recent talks” of banning the popular video app TikTok, the authorities said. The fire…