WASHINGTON — Lawmakers, meet your latest lobbyists: online influencers from TikTok. The platform is once again bringing influencers to Washington, this time to lobby members of Congress to reject a fast-moving bill that would force TikTok’s Beijing-based parent company to sell or be banned in the United States. On Tuesday, some influencers began a two-day…
We all recognize Bill Gates for his signature look—casual T-shirts, spectacles, and the brilliant mind that shaped Microsoft. But in a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, the UFC color commentator entertained a fun and unexpected thought experiment– What if Bill Gates had a chiseled six-pack like that of bodybuilders and MMA fighters? Of…
LONDON — British lawmakers are expected to vote Friday on a law proposed to help terminally ill adults end their lives. The contentious bill would allow adults expected to have fewer than six months to live to request and be provided with help to end their life, subject to safeguards and protections. Members of Parliament…
MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia’s House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill that would ban children younger than 16 years old from social media, leaving it to the Senate to finalize the world-first law. The major parties backed the bill that would make platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram liable for fines…
23 TRENTON, N.J. — A proposed amendment to New Jersey’s sports wagering laws would ban betting on player-specific proposition bets in collegiate sports, a move aimed at safeguarding the integrity of amateur athletics and curbing harassment of student-athletes. The legislation, introduced in the state assembly, seeks to prevent licensed operators from offering or accepting proposition…
21 TRENTON, N.J. — A proposed amendment to New Jersey’s sports wagering laws would ban betting on player-specific proposition bets in collegiate sports, a move aimed at safeguarding the integrity of amateur athletics and curbing harassment of student-athletes. The legislation, introduced in the state assembly, seeks to prevent licensed operators from offering or accepting proposition…
Open this photo in gallery: Chairman of the Hockey Hall of Fame Bill Hay about to contact the 2012 Inductees Pavel Bure, Joe Sakic, Mats Sundin and Adam Oates on June 26, 2012. Mr. Hay died on Oct. 25 at the age of 88.Steve Poirier/Hockey Hall of Fame On and off the ice, Bill (Red)…
World Rugby’s new chairman, Brett Robinson, has outlined his urgent mission to tackle the sport’s acute financial crisis, after narrowly winning the vote to succeed Sir Bill Beaumont. The former Australia flanker became the first elected figurehead of the global governing body from the southern hemisphere, by edging out ex-France captain Abdelatif Benazzi 27-25 in…
“We kept trying and trying to engage and just ran against brick walls,” the North End Democrat said in August. After the two sides reached a compromise on the nearly $4 billion bill, Michlewitz told the Globe the package that emerged was “well worth the effort and the wait.” He said the package will be…
LONDON — Details of a proposed law to legalize assisted dying in England and Wales have been published, rekindling debate on the controversial topic ahead of a vote in Parliament later this month. The draft bill, published Monday, proposes allowing terminally ill adults expected to have less than six months to live to ask for…
