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A second federal judge has granted his second preliminary injunction preventing the federal government from effectively shutting TikTok down as the legal saga of the wildly popular video sharing app continues.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols said the government had “exceeded the express limitations” of IEEPA – the Emergency Economic Power Act it used to bring the suit. The act can ban transactions between the U.S. and foreign companies. The U.S. Commerce Department had cited
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In a year pockmarked by an ongoing pandemic, the type of tragedy that brings faded war memories back to life, Rebecca Deng has a reason to truly celebrate Christmas in her snow-dusted home of Holland, Mich. As part of an annual ritual, many in the U.S.
lawsuit was filed in early November by a coalition of LGBTQ groups, as well as a business with federal contracts to provide such training to correctional staff and government agencies, who argue that the order, issued by President Trump on Sept. 22, violates their free speech rights and right to due process under the U.S.
Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFilm Movement has acquired North American rights to Amjad Abu Alala’s feature debut “You Will Die at Twenty,” which marks Sudan’s first official Oscar submission.As part of the deal, Film Movement will give “You Will Die at Twenty” a theatrical rollout via virtual cinema in 2021, followed by a release on home entertainment and digital platforms.The film, which is only the eighth narrative feature film to be made in Sudan, follows Muzamil, whose death at
The father of a woman whose body was found in a Staten Island park last year has been extradited from the Middle East and charged with her murder. Kabary Salem had been indicted in the murder of his daughter, Ola Salem, 25, by a Staten Island grand jury Nov.
A push by Republicans in Georgia to scrap absentee drop boxes currently being used in early voting in the state's twin Senate runoff elections was shot down on Thursday. A federal judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, which is situated in Augusta, dismissed the case brought by the 12th Congressional District Republican Committee.The judge said that the plaintiffs had no standing and that courts shouldn’t change election rules so close to an election.
Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series highlights the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race.
Lindsay Blake Ryan Murphy’s latest Netflix series, “Ratched,” is graphic in every way possible – from the gore to the violence to the set decorations. Even the locations are dramatically eye-catching, none more so than the colorful pad where wealthy heiress Lenore Osgood (Sharon Stone, who doesn’t appear to have aged a day since her breakout role in 1992’s “Basic Instinct”!), lives with her pet monkey, Petunia, and son, Henry (Brandon Flynn).
Congrats are in order for Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden – the royal couple just announced that they are expecting their third child!
© @Copyright HELLO! Hello! Magazine Sweden's Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia have revealed that they are expecting their third child with a beautiful picture on social media. The translated statement reads: "Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia have the great pleasure of announcing that they are expecting their third child. MORE: Royal family sends accidental tweet as fans react'We are happy and expectant and look forward to welcoming our third child, a sibling to Prince Alexander and
STOCKHOLM -- Sweden’s Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia said Friday they are expecting their third child.The prince, son of Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf and fifth in the line of succession, and his wife said they are “happy and excited, and looking forward to welcoming our third child."The royal household said Sofia is doing well and the birth is expected for March-April.The 37-year-old prince wed Sofia Hellqvist, now 36, in June 2015.
A federal judge has found the Seattle Police Department in contempt of court for the indiscriminate use of pepper-filled “blast balls” and pepper spray during Black Lives Matter protests in recent months. U.S.
Attorney Sidney Powell is filing an emergency appeal with the 11th Circuit after a Georgia federal judge dismissed her challenge of the state's results in the presidential election. Powell’s efforts come on the “safe harbor” day, which federal statute says is the final day for election disputes to be resolved before Congress is bound to accept the results.
Attorney Sidney Powell suffered losses in two states Monday morning, with judges in both Michigan and Georgia ruling against her clients in lawsuits challenging the election results in those states. Both cases alleged widespread voter fraud and errors having to do with absentee ballots and vote counting.
"Saturday Night Live" this weekend did several sketches on the coronavirus, including one about last week's Staten Island, N.Y., demonstration following the arrest of a bar owner who allegedly defied government restrictions on indoor dining.
A Florida judge granted bond to a woman accused of killing her husband five years ago and burying the body under a firepit she built in the backyard, according to a report. Laurie Shaver, 38, has been behind bars since her September arrest in the 2015 death of her 36-year-old husband, Michael Shaver, a Disney World mechanic, WOFL, the Fox owned station in Orlando, reported.
The Detroit News.Stephens, a former embalmer and funeral home director from 2007 to 2013, sued the funeral home chain for sex discrimination in response to being fired after telling her boss, Thomas Rost, that she was transitioning from male to female and planned to begin wearing women’s business attire to work.Rost raised personal religious objections to Stephens’ transition, arguing that Stephens’ transition would be a distraction, and demanded that she continue to adhere to dress code