Electronic signs with obscure meanings, references to pop culture or those intended to be funny will be banned in 2026.
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In Michigan, a series of gun safety bills will go into effect in 2024. The bills include an expansion of background checks, requirements to store guns away from children and a new red flag law. Legislation was also signed in November to temporarily ban people convicted of domestic violence from possessing and purchasing firearms and ammunition.
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The short answer is no, you will not need a REAL ID to fly in 2024, but there is still a deadline in place. DHS extended it to May 7, 2025 but It is worth noting that REAL ID-compliant documents are already required to enter some federal facilities.
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On Wednesday, Dec. 13, the government made it much harder for sellers to make calls to numbers obtained from the lead generation industry. In a 4-to-1 vote, the Federal Communications Commission approved regulations that explicitly say that telemarketing robocalls are allowed only if the actual seller, not just the telemarketing company, has gotten written consent from the specific consumer.
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This question came up - under federal law, the minimum wage for most workers is $7.25 an hour. But just how much that is can vary widely, because of the interplay of state and federal rules on minimum wages and tips.
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The consumer protection agency on Friday announced finalized amendments to its Safeguards Rule requiring lenders that aren’t banks—including mortgage brokers and auto dealers—to report information about the scope of security incidents affecting the unencrypted data of 500 or more customers “as soon as possible,” and within 30 days at most.
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White House unveils AI executive order, requiring companies to share national security risks with feds
President Biden on Monday will sign what the White House is calling a "landmark" executive order that contains the "most sweeping actions ever taken to protect Americans from the potential risks of AI systems."
Among them is requiring that artificial intelligence developers share their safety-test results – known as red-team testing – with the federal government.
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A judge said Jones can’t use bankruptcy to avoid paying $1.1 billion he owes parents of the Sandy Hook massacre victims for airing lies about them on his talk show. That came 13 days after Cardi B scored a big victory in her battle to collect nearly $3 million from a blogger who falsely claimed, among other things, that the singer had been a prostitute and had herpes.
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The arguments, which defense lawyers have hinted at in court filings, could help the 31-year-old former billionaire try to defeat charges he stole a fortune from FTX customers by arguing he lacked criminal intent despite making mistakes that led to the now-bankrupt exchange's November 2022 collapse.
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