Category: US
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Va. Supreme Court approves Confederate statues’ removal
Across the country, symbols of the Confederacy are being dismantled as societal attitudes change, feeling they represent slavery. The latest effort is taking place in Virginia, where the state supreme court ruled Confederate general statues may be removed. The Associated Press has the story: Statues of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson…
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SCOTUS upholds FCC relaxing media ownership restrictions
Due to times changing with internet and cable companies growing and taking readers and viewers away from traditional media, the FCC has relaxed some restrictions on traditional media. The Supreme Court unanimously upheld the move, which prohibited a company from owning a radio or TV station and a daily newspaper in the same media market.…
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On Camera, Ambassador Ereli on immigration
The former US ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain confirmed that the problem of illegal immigration is a persistent problem in US domestic affairs and that the solution must come from US lawmakers and work to change asylum laws, ruling out that humanitarian aid to South American countries can reduce illegal immigration. The U.S. Senate…