Republican lawmakers in Ohio on Thursday voted down a potential ban on the sale and display of Confederate memorabilia at Ohio’s county fairs. The amendment to House Bill 665 would have banned the display and sale of Confederate memorabilia by vendors at local and county fairs in Ohio. Rep. Juanita Brent (D-Cleveland) offered the amendment. [...]

The Supreme Court of Canada ordered the British Columbia government on Friday to pay the province’s only French-language school board $6 million in damages and $1.1 million for operations. Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie‑Britannique (CSF) is the only French‑language school board in British Columbia. There are 37 schools within the province, all of which [...]

The Louisville Metro Council on Thursday voted unanimously to ban no-knock warrants. The legislation was entitled Breonna’s Law in honor of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman who was fatally shot during a raid by Louisville Metro Police Department on her home earlier this year. Taylor’s death has become one of the focal points in the [...]

US Attorney for the District of Colorado Jason Dunn announced Thursday that a Gambian man who had been living in Denver was indicted on torture charges for his actions in Gambia in 2006. Michael Correa was a former member of the Junglers, a Gambian armed unit. The Junglers operated outside the regular Gambia Armed Forces [...]

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday expressed “profound regret” and concern thatat the US decision to impose sanctions against it that may impede ongoing investigations throughout the world. US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday a litany of sanctions against the ICC, its staff and those aiding the investigation. The announcement followed the recent [...]

The Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro voted unanimously on Wednesday to start impeachment proceedings against Governor Wilson Witzel. The impeachment motion, one of 14 that Witzel faced, was for alleged graft in ventilator and medical supply purchases for the COVID-19 outbreak. Witzel has faced 14 impeachment motions based on investigations by federal police and [...]

Amazon halted police use of facial-recognition software system “Rekognition” on Wednesday over concerns of potential racial bias. In the blog post announcing the moratorium, Amazon claimed they hoped Congress would use that time to implement stronger regulations. Further, Amazon said that Congress seems to be moving toward stronger regulations in recent days. Amazon will continue [...]

The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that French judges erred in convicting activists who staged a “boycott Israel” demonstration at a supermarket. The activists, who were members of the “Collectif Palestine 68,” boycotted products imported from Israel as part of a campaign launched in July 2005. On September 26, 2009, five of the [...]

The Public Utilities Commission of the State of California said Thursday that drivers who work for services such as Uber and Lyft will be considered employees, not independent contractors, under California’s new gig worker law. California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 5 into law in September, modifying the California Labor Code to direct that an [...]

Buffalo, New York, Mayor Byron Brown on Wednesday ordered that a new police unit, trained in civil rights and without military gear, handle peaceful demonstrations. This order comes after a police riot unit was involved in the injury of a 75-year-old protester. During the June 4 march against racism and police brutality in Buffalo, two [...]