Iowa state lawmakers in the House passed a bill that would ban minors from joining social media websites without parental consent. The bill would also establish penalties for social media companies that don’t follow the law and would require children younger than 18 to have parental consent to be on a social media platform. The […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Less than a week after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed a social media ban for minors, Florida lawmakers sent him a new version on Wednesday that’s expected to withstand his scrutiny. The House passed the bill on a 109-4 vote, completing Republican Speaker Paul Renner’s top priority for the 60-day session […]
Florida’s Republican House Speaker Paul Renner discusses Gov. Ron DeSantis’ veto of a bill that would have banned kids under 16 from social media regardless of parental consent, in Tallahassee, Fla., Friday, March 1, 2024. A new proposal lowers that age to 14. He was joined by Democratic Rep. Michele Rayner, left, and Republican Rep. […]
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – Missouri’s Republican attorney general on Thursday sued a Planned Parenthood affiliate, accusing it of helping minors travel to Kansas to get abortions without notifying their parents in violation of state law. The lawsuit by Attorney General Andrew Bailey cites undercover footage released by the conservative Project Veritas last year purporting […]
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed Indiana’s ban on gender-affirming care to go into effect, removing a temporary injunction a judge issued last year. The ruling was handed down by a panel of justices on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. It marked the latest decision in a legal […]
Six people, including three minors, were injured after a car chase that led police from Haltom City to Dallas ended in a crash around 1:45 a.m. Sunday, according to Star-Telegram media partner WFAA. All three of the minors were in the vehicle fleeing police, WFAA reported. They’re expected to recover, but no information was available […]
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — The Florida Republican-led House overwhelmingly passed legislation Thursday to create the strictest social media prohibitions in the country by cutting off anyone under 16 years old from many platforms despite some objections from Gov. Ron DeSantis. House members voted on the bill mere hours after it was backed by the Senate in […]
Two minors were arrested Thursday afternoon after reportedly shooting into a Wakulla County school bus carrying elementary school students, shattering two windows and injuring one student, law enforcement said. An 11-year-old and a 15-year-old were charged with shooting into an occupied conveyance and criminal mischief. They were taken to the Wakulla County Jail, but there […]
Feb. 15—NELSON COUNTY — A Dakota Prairie school counselor who’s been on administrative leave since late November has been formally charged with three felony crimes involving students at the school. The crimes Brendon Thomas Parsley, 47, is accused of allegedly occurred in 2008 and 2014 to 2015. Two different girls were involved, according to a […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee would be the latest state to make it illegal for an adult to help a minor get an abortion without parental consent under legislation that advanced Tuesday inside the GOP-controlled Statehouse. The proposal stems from the growing push among anti-abortion advocates to get states to implement abortion bans and convince […]
A former associate pastor at St. Philip Catholic Church in Franklin who was removed from that position amid an investigation of sexual misconduct involving a youth is now charged in the case. Juan Carlos Garcia has been booked into the Williamson County Jail with a $2 million bond, according to jail records. Garcia was indicted […]
The Ohio Senate passed legislation last week that prohibits physicians from performing gender reassignment surgeries and prescribing puberty blockers to minors. The bill also requires all Ohio schools to only allow athletic teams by sex. House Bill 68 was originally passed in the House 65-28, and passed in the Senate 24-8. Gov. Mike DeWine, a […]