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View More NewsIn a fitting send-off to Tim Curry, a federal judge has struck down a Texas law restricting drag shows. On Tuesday, Judge David Hittner of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas ruled that a 2023 state law banning “sexually oriented performances” in the presence of minors violated the First Amendment. Before the ruling, businesses found hosting an event in violation of this law would have faced a fine of up to $10,000. Performers could be charged with a Class A misdemeanor, the most serious misdemeanor charge in Texas, which could result in a $4,000 fine, a…
Dolly Parton died yesterday. You probably already knew that. How could you not? The country icon, actress, entrepreneur, and philanthropist with high hopes and higher hair occupied a place in the American consciousness that seemed to defy gravity. Who else would attract the admiration of both President Donald Trump and the Democratic Socialists of America? The question isn’t really whether Parton, who passed away at age 80 after a brief battle with cancer, transgressed political and cultural boundaries that often appear intransgressible. Many have made that point. We implicitly know it’s true. And it was more than just a feeling:…
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What follows is an excerpt from The Status of Scholarly Standards in Sociology, by Ashley T. Rubin, Professor of Sociology at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Professor Rubin’s report was published earlier this month under the auspices of the Vanderbilt–WashU Commission on the State of Scholarship in the Humanities and Humanistic Social Sciences. Its Report on the State of Scholarship in the Humanities and the Humanistic Social Sciences was published in April and excerpted in Quillette.Research Blind Spots and Intellectual Narrowing Sociology shows a heavy emphasis on some topics and not on others. Some topics’ popularity have declined over time…
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Brazil’s new internet intermediary liability regime is underway. The implementation of changes established by the Supreme Court includes notice and takedown mechanisms and duty of…
Shinhan Financial Group will use Visa’s platform to test stablecoin issuance, remittance, and redemption while building new AI-powered payment models. Read the full article…
Bitcoin (BTC) slipped under $78,000 following Wednesday’s Wall Street open after US inflation data came in above expectations.Key points:Bitcoin sees further downside after US…
In brief XRP fell 6.23% over 24 hours, the steepest drop among the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap XRP still leads the pack…
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The price of bitcoin fell to $79,000 on Wednesday after gaining 23% in seven days as August ETF inflows climbed above $3 billion. Read…
Bitcoin (BTC) remains sensitive to sell-side pressure at $80,000, even as investors broadly avoid mass profit-taking.Key points:Bitcoin investors’ unrealized profit and loss crosses above…
In brief Judge Katherine Polk Failla adjourned Roman Storm’s retrial to April 26, 2027, in an order entered Tuesday. His motion for acquittal, argued…
Japan’s regulators are racing to modernize national settlement systems to prevent institutional investors and foreign capital from fleeing to overseas markets. Read the full…
The funds are $390 million short of October 2025’s inflow total after cutting their year-to-date net outflow deficit by more than half. Read the…
The privacy coin’s spot ETF began NYSE trading Tuesday, which was one of the catalysts behind its surge to an eight-year high. Now traders…