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	The Justice Department sued TikTok and parent company ByteDance, alleging the popular video app repeatedly violated the U.S.’s Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and related regulations.'House of the Dragon' Season 2 Finale Leaks on TikTok and Twitter/X, HBO Blames 'International Third-Party Distributor'




	The DOJ, together with the FTC, on Friday (Aug. 2) filed the civil lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against TikTok, ByteDance and their affiliates. According to the complaint, from 2019 to the present, TikTok “knowingly permitted children to create regular TikTok accounts and to create, view and share short-form videos and messages...

TikTok Sued by U.S. Justice Department for Allegedly ‘Knowingly and Repeatedly’ Violating Child Data Privacy Law

Until recently, local policies on homelessness have been guided by two controversial rulings from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals: Martin v. Boise (9th Cir. 2019) 920 F.3d 584 and Johnson v. City of Grants Pass (9th Cir. 2022) 50 F.4th 787.[1] However, the Supreme Court’s decision in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson(2024) 603 U.S. ____, is likely to transform local jurisdictions’ policy approaches to managing homelessness. In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court upheld the city’s ban on camping and parking overnight on public property.

Supreme Court Holds That the Eighth Amendment Does Not Prevent Enforcement of Local Camping Bans, Authorizing a Significant Shift in Local Policies on Homelessness

Minnesota State

A federal appeals court on Tuesday agreed that Minnesota’s ban on 18- to 20-year-olds from carrying handguns publicly is unconstitutional, the second and largest legal blow yet to the 2003 state statute. The Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals made it almost certain that adults younger than 21 will...

US court agrees Minnesota age limit on carrying handguns in public is unconstitutional

A US appeals court ruled that the Federal Communications Commission's Universal Service Fund is unconstitutional, finding Universal Service fees on phone bills to be a "misbegotten tax." If not overturned, the ruling would upend the $8 billion-a-year system that is used to expand telecom networks and make access more affordable through programs such as Lifeline discounts and deployment grants for Internet service providers.

5th Circuit court upends FCC Universal Service Fund, ruling it an illegal tax

CBS San Francisco

Washington — The Justice Department filed a federal lawsuit against TikTok and its parent company ByteDance on Friday, alleging that the social media platform broke the law by collecting data on its young users. In the suit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, the Justice Department alleged TikTok violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, as well as a 2019 agreement between TikTok and the Federal Trade Commission over its practices toward children. The lawsuit, which stems from an FTC investigation, alleges that TikTok knowingly permitted children to create accounts and interact with adults on the platform...

DOJ sues TikTok over alleged children's online privacy law violations

Virginia State

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs officials testified during a Wednesday House hearing that the department would not comply with proposed legislation barring it from sending certain information about U.S. military veterans to the federal government’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). For years, the VA’s policy has been...

VA Officials Tell Lawmakers They Won’t Comply With Proposed Laws to Preserve Veterans Gun Rights

Oklahoma State

Washington County, OK

Law & Crime

A woman told deputies a 15-year-old girl was tied up in the backyard in need of medical attention with "a hole in her leg and lesions on her arms," cops said. The girl had been there for three days.
The post Dad left his 15-year-old daughter ratchet strapped to tree next to chicken coop for 3 days because she goes to the bathroom on herself and ‘cannot be trusted’: Cops first appeared on Law & Crime.

Dad left his 15-year-old daughter ratchet strapped to tree for 3 days because she goes to the bathroom on herself and 'cannot be trusted': Cops

New York City, NY

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

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It’s no secret that Prince Harry feels very strongly about the lack of private security he and his family will have when they visit the U.K., after he lost his right to public-funded private security when he and Meghan Markle stepped down as se...

King Charles Is Reportedly ‘Heartbroken’ After Prince Harry Tells Him He Cannot See His Grandkids Until Security Issues In The UK Are Resolved: A ‘Clear Message To The King’

Business Insider

Nancy Pelosi was asked if Donald Trump had messed up in selecting JD Vance. She responded by   calling it a "great choice" and laughing.

Nancy Pelosi burst out laughing after being asked if Trump screwed up by picking JD Vance

A devastated mom was handed a jail sentence after she burnt her daughter's rapist alive following his release from prison. Spanish woman María del Carmen García's daughter Verónica was just 13 years old when she was raped at knifepoint by her neighbor Antonio Cosme in 1998. The rapist was sentenced to nine years in prison for the crime but in June 2005 he was on day release when he approached María at a bus stop near her home outside of Alicante.

Mom burnt 13-year-old daughter's rapist alive after he taunted her while out of prison

The Independent

At least 16 nurses have taken their own lives while under investigation by the UK’s scandal-hit nursing regulator, it has been revealed. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has faced criticism after a review found its “toxic” culture was putting the public and those it regulates at risk.The review, prompted by The Independent’s investigations of whistleblower claims and led by former public prosecutor Nazir Afzal KC, revealed that in the last year, six nurses took their own lives while under investigation. It warned long delays by the regulator were “leaving people in limbo”, with investigations taking years to conclude.Now, following...

Sixteen nurses in five years took their own lives while under investigation by scandal-hit regulator

Wide Open Country

A United States fugitive lasted 20 years as a police officer without raising suspicion. Per CBS, Antonio 'El Diablo' Riano was wanted for a fatal shooting. At a bar in Ohio, Riano shot Benjamin Becarra in the face after a heated argument. WXIX went on to further report on the horrific circumstances of the shooting.

‘America’s Most Wanted’ Fugitive Worked For 20 Years As A Police Officer While Wanted For Murder

Wisconsin State

"Kamala Harris is obviously not struggling in the same ways that Joe Biden did," Vance said of the presumptive Democratic nominee.

JD Vance admitted in private that Biden getting swapped out for Harris was like a 'political sucker punch'

Polk County, FL

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Fort Meade, FL

Uncovering Florida

The Polk County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest after conducting an investigation into a case of credit card fraud involving 28-year-old Burger King employee, Kellyn Miley. The incident was discussed in detail during this morning's briefing with Sheriff Grady Judd.

Burger King Employee Caught Using Customer's Credit Card for Food at Former Job

A flight attendant who quit her job, because she was asked to change her hairstyle, has had a lawsuit against the airline dismissed by an Employment Tribunal after she accused her ex-employer of sex discrimination and constructive dismissal. Marion McKay, 52, decided to sue British leisure airline Jet2 when she...

Ex-Flight Attendant Who Quit Her Job Because of Stress Caused By Being Asked to Change Her Hairstyle Loses Discrimination Lawsuit

TIME

Consequences mattered to the Founders—and that meant early American judges upheld major gun restrictions.

The Supreme Court's 2nd Amendment Mistake

The Hill

Charlamagne tha God is predicting that even if former President Trump loses the election in November to Vice President Harris, the Supreme Court will overturn the results and name him the winner. “Everybody should be focusing on the Supreme Court,” the “Breakfast Club” co-host said in an exclusive interview with...

Charlamagne tha God predicts ‘corrupt’ Supreme Court will overturn election results if Harris wins

Mediaite

Former Bush campaign manager Karl Rove joined Fox News on Friday and predicted Vice President Kamala Harris will soon have a solid lead over Donald Trump in the polls. “So let’s talk about where the race is, because in some battleground states, the polls seem to have been narrowing. Let’s put it up here Arizona. Trump still leads, though one poll has got Harris up by two. Same thing in Nevada. Wisconsin, Trump holds a very narrowly missed Michigan. Trump is ahead, but Harris is up 11 in one new poll, which I think might be an outlier. Trump continues to lead in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia. He’s still got the advantage, Karl, but she’s gaining momentum, there’s no question,” began anchor John Roberts.

Karl Rove on Fox News Predicts Kamala Harris’s ‘Momentum’ Will Soon Give Her a Solid Lead Over Trump

Los Angeles, CA

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L.A. TACO has identified the police officer seen in a viral video sucker-punching a detained man named Alexander Mitchell in Watts over the weekend as Los Angeles Police Department Officer (LAPD) Joshua Sportiello.

LAPD Officer Identified After Punching Detained Man In Face In Watts On Video

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US appeals court rejects First Amendment DMCA challenge, penalizing unauthorized access of copyrighted material

The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit rejected a First Amendment challenge to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which penalizes unauthorized access to...

US appeals court rejects First Amendment DMCA challenge, penalizing unauthorized access of copyrighted material

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