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The Week contest: Festival survivors

The Week 

This week's question: A three-day festival will take place in upstate New York this summer to mark the 50th anniversary of Woodstock. If a classic rock bond were to write a song about gray-haired, arthritic hippies trying to survive a nostalgia-driven music festival, what could the track be titled?

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Appeals Court: First Amendment Violation To Ban Members Of The Public From Gov't Officials' Facebook Pages

Techdirt 

Late last spring, a federal court in New York made it clear Trump's blocking of Twitter users violated those users' First Amendment rights. As the court reasoned then, Twitter may be a private company, but the use of it by government official to engage with the public makes it a limited public forum -- limited to Trump's account and Twitter users' interaction with it. Twitter remains free to moderate as it pleases. The ruling did not say Twitter itself was a public forum, just government officials' use of the platform via official accounts.

NYPD commissioner defends cops in baton beatdown video

New York Post 

The NYPD’s top cop stood by the officers filmed clubbing two Washington Heights men, demanding on Friday that the Manhattan district attorney get tough with the suspects — and takes further action against them. “It’s not just about the two cops now — it’s about all New York City cops, keeping them safe. And it’s...



Yaa-Naa Funeral: Police Vow To Maintain Peace And Order

Modern Ghana 

After the shooting incident at Yendi that claimed one life, police has said it will focus on ensuring the funeral of Yaa-Naa Yakubu Andani II passes without any more violence. The funeral of the late Yaa-Naa started this morning after yesterday rsquo;s hitches. The Northern Regional Police Public Relation officer Salifu Tanko, who confirmed ...

Madras HC dismisses former TN minister's plea to suspend conviction in 1998 riots case

Business Standard 

The Madras High Court on Friday dismissed former Tamil Nadu Minister Balakrishna Reddy's plea for the suspension of his conviction in a 1998 riot case against him.After hearing the arguments challenging a special court's order which sentenced him to four years of imprisonment, Justice V Parthiban passed the order to dismiss his application for suspension of conviction alone.On January 7, special court judge J Santhi found Reddy and 15 others guilty of offences under Sections 147 (rioting), 341 (wrongful... Читать дальше...


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