Judge blocks Arkansas law criminalizing libraries and bookstores for providing 'harmful' books to minors
A federal judge on Saturday temporarily blocked portions of an Arkansas law that would have made it a crime for librarians and bookstores to provide minors with materials deemed "harmful" to them.
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Supreme Court: Is India's most powerful court hobbled by a huge pileup of cases?
India's top court has a backlog of nearly 70,000 cases, and many say this is impeding justice.
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Bear cools off in a Burbank pool during heat wave
Police in Burbank California responded to an unexpected visitor having a bear-y good time taking a dip in a neighbor's pool.
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Six killed at Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon
Deadly clashes broke out between rival factions in Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp over the weekend.
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Nigeria's Tinubu appoints investigator to probe central bank - letter
ABUJA Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has appointed a financial watchdog to investigate the central bank, weeks after he
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At least two die in Palestinian faction clashes in Lebanon
BEIRUT At least two people were killed in two days of clashes in a Palestinian refugee camp in
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Exclusive-Banks vote to limit accounting of emissions in bond and stock sales -sources
By Tommy Wilkes LONDON Banks working to develop global standards on accounting for carbon emissions in bond or
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Federal judge temporarily blocks Montana's ban on 'drag story hours' in libraries
A federal judge on Friday paused a Montana law that bans drag performers from hosting children's story hours at public libraries and bars "sexually oriented shows" on public property that can be seen by minors.
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Bank robbery suspect drops out of ceiling and into recycling bin before he's arrested, police say
A bank robbery suspect's escape was thwarted when he fell into a recycling bin -- right where police were waiting for him, authorities said.
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Bank failure: Kansas Heartland Tri-State Bank closed by FDIC
Heartland Tri-State Bank of Elkhart, Kansas, failed on Friday, with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation taking control.
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San Francisco security guard who fatally shot Bako Brown charged $1,500 in fines
The security guard who fatally shot Banko Brown, a transgender man who was suspected of shoplifting from a San Francisco Walgreens in April, must pay $1,500 in fines for code violations, says the agency that regulates security services in California.
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Sam Bankman-Fried must be jailed, is intimidating witnesses, prosecutors say
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK Sam Bankman-Fried must be jailed pending his October fraud trial over the collapse
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