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5 Big Tech Companies to Be Investigated for Censorship of Conservative Content: Indiana AG

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita said on Wednesday that he will be scrutinizing five big tech companies that might have potentially caused harm to Indiana consumers through “abusive, deceptive and/or unfair” practices. The five companies to be scrutinized by Rokita are Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Twitter. The attorney general is particularly looking into procedures […]

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Orange County Tackles Its Human Trafficking Hotbed 

Visitors flock to Southern California for its beaches and sunshine, but there’s a darker side to Orange County’s tourism industry that law officials are working to combat: human trafficking. Orange County has become a destination location for human trafficking victims, officials from the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force said during an April 6 press conference in

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World’s Poorest Nations Face ‘COVID-19 Debt Trap’

WASHINGTON—The world has averted a systemic debt crisis amid the pandemic. However, the poorest developing countries continue to face significant debt problems, raising global worries over multiplying debt traps by creditors like China. Addressing the rising risk of a systemic debt crisis in developing countries is one of the key themes at this week’s virtual spring meeting

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White House Willing to Negotiate Corporate Tax Rate, but Holding Firm on ‘Big’ Infrastructure Bill

President Joe Biden is willing to go lower on his proposed corporate tax rate but is holding firm on a “big” infrastructure plan. Biden wants to increase the corporate tax rate from 21 percent to 28 percent to help pay for his $2.2 trillion infrastructure proposal. The president told reporters after giving a speech at

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Agent Tells Chauvin Trial That He Heard George Floyd Say ‘I Ate Too Many Drugs,’ Then Changes Answer

A law enforcement agent told the court during the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on Wednesday that he heard George Floyd, the man who died after being in police custody, say he ate too many drugs. James Reyerson, a senior special agent with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, was being questioned

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Supreme Court Refuses to Take Up Religious Accommodation Appeal

The Supreme Court refused to take up an appeal that could have resulted in a different standard for when employers must accommodate the religious beliefs of employees, but two  justices objected to the decision in a strongly worded dissent. The case is Small v. Memphis Light, Gas & Water, court file 19-1388. The Supreme Court denied Small’s petition

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Supreme Court Asks Biden Administration to Weigh In on Waterfront Commission Dispute

The Supreme Court directed the Biden administration to share its views on whether New Jersey should be allowed to withdraw from a powerful bistate commission that monitors corruption at the storied Port of New York and New Jersey, a signal that it may soon decide to hear the commission’s appeal from a lower court. The

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