Новости за 09.02.2020

A federal judge has ruled that Alabama's current procedure of choosing state Supreme Court judges by election does not violate the Voting Rights Act. The elections, in a majority Republican state, have resulted mostly in Republican judges. Judge W. Keith Watkins, a George W. Bush appointee, wrote that there are "reasons other than race that…

(CNN) It may sound like a gruesome detail from a dystopian movie, but a team of scientists believe yarn grown from human skin could soon be used to stitch up surgical patients and repair organs. The researchers say their "human textile," which they developed from skin cells, can be used for knitting, sewing and even…

Faced with a federal complaint, a condominium HOA in Florida on Friday reversed its ban on holding Bible studies and displaying religious symbols in its common spaces. The board of the Cambridge House Condominiums in Port Charlotte, Florida, had shut down a weekly Bible study led by resident Donna Dunbar. Religious symbols were ordered removed,…

(WZTV) A new bill in Tennessee is aiming to have internet providers block all porn on every device. Rep. James Micah Van Huss (R-Jonesborough) filed the ""Safer Internet for Minors Act," or HB 2294, this week. It would essentially make those of age and wishing to view porn take extra steps to do so. Right…

(CNN) Police in India have come up with an ingenious plan to cut noise pollution -- by making vehicles wait longer for traffic lights to go green if they honk their horns too loudly. Fed up with the din from car horns in their city, Mumbai Police conducted a trial in November and December last…

(WEEKLY TIMES NOW) A man using a mobile phone while horseriding has faced court - because he didn't have a hands-free device fitted to the animal. The man was riding along a rural NSW road, travelling at an estimated speed of 10km/h and holding a mobile phone to his ear when police stopped him, the…

Banner ads. Who needs them, right? They just make the site hard to read. We at WND hear this all the time, but unfortunately we need those ads, even though they don't even cover our costs of production, thanks to the greed of Google and Facebook who together have vacuumed up between 70 and 90…

(FINANCIAL POST) As Americans prepare to tuck into their guacamole, a staple of Super Bowl viewing parties, ahead of this weekend’s football championship, avocado growers in Mexico are guarding against criminal gangs eager to cash in on a fruit dubbed “green gold.” With about a dozen trucks an hour setting off from the avocado belt…

(TIME) A federal Transportation Security Administration agent tricked a traveler into twice showing him her breasts as she went through security at one of the world’s busiest airports, California’s attorney said. Attorney General Xavier Becerra said Johnathon Lomeli, 22, was working at Los Angeles International Airport in June when he used fraud or deceit to…

President Donald Trump may have been a billionaire real estate mogul before ever foraying into national politics, but it certainly is hard to believe the man ever owned more real estate than he does now. Such a shame the majority of Trump's largest recent acquisitions were all made in the uninhabitable space between the ears…