AUGUSTA, Maine: On April 12, the Maine Legislature passed a bill to join an interstate compact for social worker licensure to make it easier for social workers to practice in new states. Proponents of the compact said the process of applying for a separate license in each state is time-consuming and inefficient and leaves communities with unmet needs. The National Association of Social Workers said that s

Maine approves interstate licensing of social workers

Maine passes bill allowing social workers to join interstate compact

Maine passes bill allowing social workers to practice in other states

DENVER, Colorado: On April 14, Colorado's Democratic-controlled House passed a bill by a vote of 35-27 banning the sale and transfer of semiautomatic firearms. The bill is now on its way to the Democratic-led state Senate, and if approved, Colorado will follow ten other states, including California, New York, and Illinois, that have banned semiautomatic guns. However, the bill's chances of success in the 

Colorado House passes semiautomatic firearm ban

Colorado House bans, sale, transfer of semiautomatic firearms

Semiautomatic firearm ban passed by Colorado House

COLUMBIA, South Carolina: Federal prosecutors said that Christine Mary Livingston, supervisor in a South Carolina prison, accepted more than US$219,000 in bribes over three years and allowed 173 contraband cellphones to be smuggled in for inmates. Earlier this month, Livingston, 46, was indicted on 15 charges, including bribery, conspiracy, wire fraud, and money laundering. An inmate at the prison, Jerell

US: South Carolina prison supervisor accepted bribes worth $219,000

Prison supervisor in South Carolina took bribes, smuggled in phones

For 3 years, South Carolina prison supervisor took $219,000 in bribes

Israel has established a new police force to stamp out peace activism in the West Bank. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir says the new police force will arrest people "cursing IDF soldiers, igniting tempers, inciting and encouraging harming Jews, and in doing so hurting the security of the state." "Founding the team for handling the anarchists is consistent with my clear policy of fighting those 

Israel's National Security Minister to stamp out activism in West Bank

Israel sets up new police force to combat activists in West Bank

Peace activists in West Bank to be policed by new enforcement unit

LOS ANGELES, California: Last week, the former interpreter of Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani was charged with bank fraud and accused of stealing US$16 million to pay off gambling debts. According to a 36-page criminal complaint and affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, Ippei Mizuhara embezzled money from the Los Angeles Dodgers star's account that he had helped set up.  He allegedly

Japanese interpreter accused of stealing $16 million from MLB star

Japanese interpreter accused of bank fraud, stealing from MLB star

Japanese interpreter charged with stealing $16 million from MLB star

OAKLAND, California: In a filing to U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland on Friday, tech giant Apple said it did not violate a court order governing its App Store.  It also called on the California federal judge to reject a request to hold it in contempt by "Fortnite" developer Epic Games. Epic's lawsuit, made in 2020, accused Apple of violating antitrust law by controlling how consumers 

Apple: We did not violate court order in Epic Games lawsuit

Apple says it did not violate court order governing its App Store

Did not violate court order in Epic Games lawsuit, Apple asserts

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Late last week, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a controversial surveillance program, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), keeping a key element of the U.S. foreign intelligence-gathering operation in place. The bill, passed in a 273-147 vote, will now move to the Senate, where it is expected to receive bipartisan approval.  It would have expired on

US House passes controversial foreign intelligence surveillance bill

US House approves controversial surveillance program bill

Contentious foreign intelligence surveillance bill passed in US House

DUBLIN, Ireland - A man has been sentenced to 11 and a half years in prison for regularly raping and sexually assaulting his little daughter after re-entering her life when she was six.  Cyril Mullane, 51, of Borefield, Strokestown, County Roscommon, was found guilty by a jury earlier this year of 25 counts of rape and sexual assault. His daughter, now 19, waived her anonymity and hoped other survivors mi

Judge jails rapist father saying he misled daughter to believe this was how fathers behaved

Father jailed for repeated rape, sexual assault of young daughter

51-year-old man jailed for raping daughter repeatedly when she was six

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The U.S. Justice Department has announced the finalization of a rule that mandates gun dealers to obtain federal licenses and conduct background checks, regardless of where they sell firearms, closing the so-called "gun show loophole." The rule aims to ensure that sellers at gun shows, online, and other venues adhere to the same background check requirements as traditional gun stores, tightenin

US to close 'gun show loophole', require more background checks

US seals license loophole, tells gun dealers to have background checks

US wants more background checks to close 'gun show loophole'

Background checks on those who purchase firearms at gun shows may soon be expanded.The Justice Department last week issued a directive to close the so-called "gun show loophole." A final rule submitted to the Federal Register changes the definition of firearm sellers, ultimately 

Federal licenses to be required by firearm sellers at gun shows

Background checks on firearm buyers at gun shows may be expanded

U.S. Justice Department to tighten licensing for gun sellers

CHICAGO, Illinois: An Illinois federal jury says Amazon.com's Amazon Web Services (ASW), the world's largest cloud-service provider, violated the patent rights for data-storage technology of tech company Kove and must pay US$525 million.The jury said AWS infringed three Kove patents covering technology that became "essential" to Amazon's cloud-computing arm's ability to "store and retrieve massive amounts of dat

US jury: Amazon must pay $525 million in cloud-storage patent case

Amazon to pay $525 million for violating tech firm's patent rights

Amazon violated patent rights of tech firm, asked to pay $525 million

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Late last week, Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell and Republican and Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers agreed on a deal on draft bipartisan data privacy legislation restricting the collection of consumer data by technology companies and enabling Americans to prevent the sale of their personal information. Under the agreement between Cantwell, chair of the Commerce Committee, and Cathy McMor

Two US lawmakers agree on data privacy legislation deal

Data privacy: 2 US lawmakers agree on draft bipartisan legislation

2 US lawmakers move to stop tech firms from collecting consumer data

HANOI, Vietnam: This week, Van Thinh Phat (VTP) Holdings Group Chairwoman Truong My Lan, the mastermind of Vietnam's largest-ever financial fraud, was sentenced to death after a month-long trial. Lan and other defendants were found guilty of siphoning off more than $12 billion from large private lender Saigon Joint Stock Commercial Bank (SCB) via loans to shell companies as part of a real estate scam. Inv

Mastermind of Vietnam's largest financial fraud sentenced to death

Death sentence to Vietnamese billionaire businesswoman for fraud

Vietnamese billionaire businesswoman gets death sentence for fraud

Missouri may, at one time, have had a reputation as the "meth-lab capital of the country" - but a five-part podcast uncovers its true history."Home Cooked: A Fifty-Year History of Meth in America" delves into the relationship of methamphetamine use with broader drug policies and social and cultural ramifications.Reporter Olivia Week

How meth went from a prescription drug to being outlawed

Remembering the days when methamphetamine use was legal

Most meth entering U.S. coming via shipping containers

The computer-generated ladies will put their looks, technical skill and social media clout to the testThe creators behind AI-generated influencers are set to compete for a cash prize in the world's first online beauty pageant exclusively for digitally produced ladies.The event, called 'Miss AI', is being organized by the World AI Creator Awards (WAICA) in collaboration with Fanvue - an On

World&#039;s first beauty contest for AI models announced (IMAGES)

The bloc's regulator has urged caution in the reduction of liquified natural gas imports from Russia as the transit deal with Ukraine nears expirationThe EU's energy regulator has warned against drastic reductions of imports of liquified natural gas (LNG) from Russia, despite the bloc's ambition to completely end its reliance on fossil fuels from the country over the Ukraine conflict.In t

EU still needs Russian gas energy watchdog

Imphal (Manipur) [India], April 19 (ANI): Voting for the Lok Sabha at 5 Thongju, 31 Khongman zones of Imphal was stopped after some women alleged irregularities in the polling process and created a ruckus.
With events taking a chaotic turn all of a sudden, the polling officer ordered the closure of the booths in question and reported the matter to the district collector of Imphal East.
According to officials, polling was 

Manipur: Polling stopped at Imphal's 5 Thongju, 31 Khongman zones after ruckus over 'irregularities'

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 19 (ANI): Two people sustained injuries after a portion of the Wadia building in the Fort area near the High Court in Mumbai collapsed on Friday, Fire Brigade officials said.
The fire brigade personnel who arrived at the site of the incident said that the parapet of the terrace of the ground and the upper two-story structure had collapsed, causing injury to two people.
Both 58-year-old 

Portion of two-storeyed building in Mumbai collapses, 2 injured

Hubballi (Karnataka) [India], April 19 (ANI): The last rites of the twenty-four-year-old daughter of a Congress corporator, who was killed on a college campus in Hubbali, were performed by her parents on Friday.
The Congress government in Karnataka is under severe pressure on law and order in the state after the twenty-four-year-old daughter of a Congress corporator was stabbed to death on the college campus in Hubbali.
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Karnataka: Last rites of Congress corporator's daughter performed in Hubbali

New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday moved a fresh application seeking direction to jail authorities to administer insulin and allow him to consult with doctors through video conferencing daily for 15 minutes for his acute diabetes and fluctuating blood sugar levels.
The plea also stated that the Delhi Chief Minister's wife Sunita Kejriwal should also be allowed to join the con

Kejriwal moves fresh plea in Delhi court seeks direction to jail authorities to administer insulin

Escalation of conflict in the Middle East will send energy prices skyrocketing, analysts have warnedGlobal prices for crude oil jumped by as much as 3.5% shortly after Israel carried out a series of strikes on Iran in the early hours of Friday.Both oil benchmarks soared over $3 a barrel in early trading before retreating. By 12:00 GMT, Brent crude oil futures for June delivery were down $

Oil prices spike after Israel strikes Iran

New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): Making a strong comeback from the early losses, Indian stock indices closed the day and the week's trading on a high.
During the morning trade, the Indian stock market nosedived into negative territory with continued selling for the fifth session, succumbing to the escalating geopolitical tensions between Iran and Israel.
Sensex closed at 73,088.33 points, up 599.34 or 0.83 per cent, and

Paring early losses, Indian stocks close week on a high

New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): Tensions between Israel and Iran have sent shockwaves through global markets, triggering a wave of uncertainty and volatility.
Asian markets find themselves in the red, currencies are trading lower, and oil prices have seen a noticeable uptick.
India's Sensex experienced a decline in last 4 sessions, particularly affecting consumer durables and banking stocks.
India's 10-year yield remai

Wider conflict in the Middle East may lead to rise in inflation: BoB Report

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 19 (ANI): In a tumultuous day of trading, the Indian stock market nosedived into negative territory, succumbing to the escalating tensions between Iran and Israel.
The Sensex plunged by 591.21 points, opening at 71,898.32, while the Nifty plummeted by 183.55 points, commencing trading at 21,812.30.
The market sentiment was grim as only six out of the Nifty companies advanced, while a st

Stock market plunges amid escalating Iran-Israel tensions; Sensex- Nifty record steep declines

Sears Injury Law, an award-winning car accident lawyer known for its commitment to representing accident victims, is thrilled to announce its expansion in Portland, Oregon. With a focus on offering top-notch legal advice and representation to people hurt in auto accidents, Sears Injury Law can now provide excellent services to the Portland community.The choice to open an office in Portland indicates Sears Injury

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