Posted by Emily Nichols. In late 2013, the Texas State Conference of NAACP filed suit challenging Texas’s photo voter ID law. The specific law that was being challenged was S.B. 14, which was enacted in 2011 and requires voters to present photo ID from a limited list of approved identification in order to vote. This law …
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Posted by Emily Nichols. On November 5, 2015, six men were convicted on felony charges of fraud and conspiracy in the sale of vending machine business opportunities. All six of these men were from New York, and they were just six of the 22 individuals convicted with this vending machine scheme. Two of the men …
Posted by Katie Kontos. Years ago a YouTube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7dLU6fk9QY) entitled Look Up went viral that urged the public to put down their phones and other technology to pay attention to the world around them. The most moving line says, “So look up from your phone, shut down the display take in your surroundings make …
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Posted by Renaldo Nel. Judge, Sheri Pym, of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, recently ordered Apple to assist the FBI in an investigation involving the San Bernardino terror attacks. The Apple iPhone belonging to one of the shooters, Syed Farook, was recovered by the FBI. The FBI wants to …
Posted by Luke Iorio. It was deemed the trial of the century–a trial with so many twist and turns it has sparked books to be written about it as well as a TV mini series. It is the O.J. trial, and there was a recent discovery that could finally provide all the answers. The one …
The Justice Department may soon reveal the details of a criminal settlement with GM over its failure to recall vehicles with defective ignition switches. The deal will require GM to plead to wire fraud and pay a penalty of approximately $1 billion. “GM is expected to enter a deferred prosecution agreement under which the government …
Posted by Tejas Oza. Disney has made a change on how they accommodate children with disabilities. First, there was a Guest Assistance Card (GAC) which let the children with disabilities first in line. Now they changed the policy to that children have to wait to a specific time to go on each ride. “I have …
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Posted by Alexander Sayour. Retirement is a thought that many hardworking Americans seek towards saving up for during the latter years in life. Barring some rare instances, the path to retirement involves saving up enough money to live comfortably which has grown to be much harder in today’s times. A common way of doing so …
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Posted by Alexander Sayour. Mergers are very common for both small and large companies. New York based company Pfizer just attempted merging with Allergan because of the incentive of moving corporate headquarters to Ireland, which in return could reduce its tax bill. This would’ve been a $150 billion merger, the second largest in history, except Obama …
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Posted by Andrew Nguyen. One of the latest lawsuits involve Hulk Hogan and a media organization named Gawker. Hulk Hogan is one of the most iconic faces in wrestling entertainment. The lawsuit is about how Gawker released a sex tape of Hulk Hogan and a woman without his knowledge of the tape. Hulk Hogan claimed that …
