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Postie suspended after parcel row ends in 'street fight with customer'

Police have been informed of the incident

Wales Online

Fans wrestle with a (largely) beer-free World Cup in Qatar

Qatar has presented its World Cup – the first ever in an Arab, Muslim nation – as a chance for different cultures to come side by side and get along

The Independent UK

Drugs boss' plot to fix trial by tampering with jury exposed when witness WINKED at juror

Jurors became concerned after spotting defence witness Laurence 'Del Boy' Hayden nodding and winking at one of their number as he entered court

Daily Mirror

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Five facing jail for plot to fix drugs kingpin’s trial

Leslie Allen recruited a team of stooges to help him get off charges of having £150,000 of cannabis and cocaine and a pepper spray in 2018.

The Independent UK

Chester-le-Street man choked and bit partner during violent attack which lasted half an hour

Mark Walker, 43, subjected his then-partner to a horrific, drunken attack that involved him biting her nose and choking her

Chronicle Live

Editorial: DeSantis’ ‘dystopian’ idea of free speech

The hypocrisy of Florida’s freedom governor was on display again last week after a federal judge halted enforcement of a state gag order at Florida’s colleges and universities. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Mark Walker of the Northern District in Tallahassee called Florida’s new Stop WOKE Act, which restricts speech…

Tribune News Service

Federal judge strikes down DeSantis-backed ‘Stop WOKE’ law on college campuses: ‘Positively dystopian’

Restrictions on discussions of race and gender amount to unconstitutional discrimination, judge rules

The Independent UK

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With a nod to '1984,' a federal judge blocks Florida's anti-'woke' law in colleges

Gov. Ron DeSantis was a champion of the bill designed to limit instruction about racism and privilege in the workplace and public universities. A federal judge called it "positively dystopian."

WEKU

Judge blocks DeSantis' "dystopian" law

GOP's "Stop WOKE Act" violates the First Amendment, federal court rules

Salon

‘Positively dystopian’: judge blocks key parts of Florida’s ‘Stop-Woke’ law

Legislation that limits what universities can teach about racism and sexism violates first and 14th amendment, judge rules

The Guardian - US

Judge blocks DeSantis law on barring 'woke' education

A federal judge in Florida has blocked a law pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that restricts certain race-based conversations and analysis in colleges

The Independent UK

Juror declared kingpin ‘not guilty, not guilty’ in trial ‘fix’, court hears

Damien Drackley was allegedly promised £5,000 to sway fellow jurors, the Old Bailey was told

Evening Standard

How a 2013 US Supreme Court ruling enabled states to enact election laws without federal approval

Since 2019, legislators and election officials in Florida have revised, passed and enforced restrictive voting laws that make it harder for poor people, former felons and people of color – who traditionally favor Democrats in elections – to vote.

The Conversation

Wynn wants to make it harder to vote

Law Group that includes Karl Rove, Bill Barr stirs unfounded doubts about integrity of election system, say critics

Salon

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Florida All in for Assault on Academic Freedom

To defend the Stop WOKE Act, Florida asks court to eliminate any academic freedom exception to government employee speech doctrine

Chicago Sun-Times

Ron DeSantis wants to edit the First Amendment

Instead of defending free inquiry and open debate, DeSantis seems bent on fighting intolerance with intolerance.

Reason

Ron DeSantis Wants To Edit the First Amendment

Florida’s governor claims unconstitutional powers that could be used to promote the "far-left" policies he decries.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Stopping ‘Stop WOKE’: A judge’s wise injunction against a bad law championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis

Full-time culture warrior and sometime Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sports a Harvard Law degree and plenty of supposed respect for the U.S. Constitution, but he governs without wisdom or fealty to the most important American principles. Federal Judge Mark Walker has just made that resoundingly clear in issuing a stay…

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Reason

Federal Court Rules Against Florida Law Banning "Woke" Workplace Training

The court ruled - correctly - that the law violates the First Amendment.

Reason

Democrats Attempt To Boost Midterm Fortunes by Pitching Inflation Reduction Bill That Won't Reduce Inflation

Plus: Federal judge halts part of Florida's Stop WOKE speech law, streaming services overtake cable, and more...

Miami Herald

Editorial: Calling Florida ‘upside down,’ judge calls out Desantis’ so-called ‘free state’

You know a law is really bad when a federal judge cites a science fiction series on Netflix to describe it.

Salon

Ron DeSantis: Lord of the "upside down"

Federal judge compares Florida to "Stranger Things" realm in scathing ruling on Stop WOKE Act and freedom of speech

Tribune News Service

Florida's 'Stop Woke Act' for workplaces blocked by federal judge

A Florida law restricting workplace bias or diversity training violates the First Amendment and can’t be enforced, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

The Guardian - US

Florida Republicans targeted Black voters, justice department says in filing

The agency claims the restrictions, including a ban on providing water and food to those lining up to vote, are racially motivated

Orlando Sentinel

'God’s gift to lawyers': DeSantis' culture war laws get him sued a lot

ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis hasn’t had any problem pushing his firebrand conservative agenda through the Florida Legislature, scoring national headlines that have propelled him to the top of potential GOP contenders for president in 2024.

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