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View More NewsEU lawmakers are set to vote again on controversial legislation dubbed “chat control” by its critics, which would allow tech firms to scan messages for child sexual abuse material.On Tuesday, the European Parliament voted through a rarely used urgent procedure that will bring lawmakers to a vote Thursday on whether to extend the legal framework, which expired in early April.“Today’s vote violates our own rules of procedure, the European Parliament decided to use an urgent procedure for Chat Control 1.0,” Pirate Party MEP Markéta Gregorová said on Tuesday. “This means that on Thursday, we will once again vote on extending…
The Institute for Free Speech, which represented Bakersfield College Prof. Daymon Johnson, reports: Johnson has secured a settlement that makes his First Amendment protections permanent—and includes a $150,000 payment for attorneys’ fees. Kern Community College District has agreed to settle Johnson v. Fliger, a federal lawsuit brought by the Institute for Free Speech on behalf of Professor Johnson. Under the settlement, the preliminary injunction that a federal court entered in February 2026 will be converted into a permanent injunction for a period of five years, barring officials from investigating, disciplining, or terminating Johnson based on his speech in the classroom,…
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Science does not often advance in sudden epiphanies that yield “Eureka” moments. More typical are years of failed experiments, dogged hypothesis-testing, and incremental discoveries that are, at best, inconclusive. And then, sometimes, eventually, the accumulated knowledge results in a breakthrough. Two recent examples are stunning advances in cancer medicine—one for pancreatic cancer, the other for melanoma—that are rewriting what doctors can promise their patients. But to understand why these achievements matter so profoundly, it is instructive to appreciate how long they took.A Pill That Doubled Survival for the Disease That Kills Almost EveryonePancreatic cancer is the third-leading cause of cancer…
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Court rules that Florida professors are not mouthpieces for the government and that the ‘Stop WOKE Act’ violates the First Amendment.Ruling rejects Florida’s attempt…
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Denver Golmon, a police officer in Hammond, Louisiana, is facing federal charges for allegedly exposing the identity of a confidential informant in a cockfighting investigation.…
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Blockchain security firm Chainalysis is strengthening its collaboration with South Korea’s national police to crack down on crypto crimes, including those involving North Korea.Chainalysis…
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Yesterday’s promises: Just a day ago, the Iranian military warned that if Israel strikes southern Lebanon again, “much harsher and more crushing actions than before will…