The Supreme Court voted 6–3 on June 30 to strike down President Joe Biden’s controversial plan to partially forgive student loans. The six conservative justices voted to invalidate the program in the closely watched case, while the three liberal justices voted to uphold it. Biden unveiled the plan in August 2022 in a move critics…
Supreme Court Strikes Down Biden Student Loan Forgiveness Program
Couple Celebrating 50th Wedding Anniversary Are Stabbed to Death
NEWTON, Mass.—A couple celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary were stabbed to death, along with another family member, in what law enforcement officials said was probably a random attack. The bodies were found in a home in Newton when the couple failed to arrive at church Sunday morning, police said. Police worry that the killer or…
Couple Celebrating 50th Wedding Anniversary Stabbed to Death, Suspect Arrested
BOSTON—A suspect was arrested Monday in the weekend killings of a Boston-area husband and wife celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary and the woman’s 97-year-old mother, authorities said. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said police took Christopher Ferguson into custody and charged him with killing 73-year-old Gilda “Jill” D’Amore after an autopsy revealed her death was…
Wearing Shirt Saying ‘There Are Only Two Genders’ Not Protected Speech, Judge Says
School administrators were not infringing on a student’s constitutional rights when they ordered him to remove a shirt that said “there are only two genders,” a district judge ruled on June 17. A Massachusetts middle-schooler said the order violated his First Amendment rights to free speech and his Fourteenth Amendment rights to due process, but…
Federal Government Tells Automakers to Not Comply With Massachusetts Automotive Law
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) told carmakers that Massachusetts’ right to repair law “conflicts with and therefore is preempted” by federal car safety legislation. The announcement on June 14 may effectively end the state’s controversial automotive law that required car manufacturers to give drivers access to telematic vehicle data. The Massachusetts Data Access Law has…
Students at Massachusetts School Revolt Against Gay Pride Celebrations
Students at a middle school near Boston revolted against Pride Month celebrations and destroyed rainbow decorations, according to school officials. The incident was sparked after the school’s Spectrum club for LGBT students celebrated the beginning of Pride Month by distributing rainbow stickers, plastering Pride signs, and by telling their peers to wear rainbow clothing, the Boston Globe…
[PREMIERING NOW] Libby Emmons: Why Biological Men Are Entering Women’s Prisons Across America and the West
“Federal prisons have been tasked with making sure that they are not transphobic by allowing men who identify as women … into women’s federal prisons.” Libby Emmons was a playwright and producer in the New York theater community until she faced the ire of both her peers and her audience. Her crime? The views she…
Libby Emmons: Why Biological Men Are Entering Women’s Prisons Across America and the West
“Federal prisons have been tasked with making sure that they are not transphobic by allowing men who identify as women … into women’s federal prisons.” Libby Emmons was a playwright and producer in the New York theater community until she faced the ire of both her peers and her audience. Her crime? The views she…
[PREMIERING 7:30PM ET] Libby Emmons: Why Biological Men Are Entering Women’s Prisons Across America and the West
“Federal prisons have been tasked with making sure that they are not transphobic by allowing men who identify as women … into women’s federal prisons.” Libby Emmons was a playwright and producer in the New York theater community until she faced the ire of both her peers and her audience. Her crime? The views she…
[PREMIERING 6/13, 7:30PM ET] Libby Emmons: Why Biological Men Are Entering Women’s Prisons Across America and the West
“Federal prisons have been tasked with making sure that they are not transphobic by allowing men who identify as women … into women’s federal prisons.” Libby Emmons was a playwright and producer in the New York theater community until she faced the ire of both her peers and her audience. Her crime? The views she…
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