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New York Gears Up for NRA Gun Battle Over COVID-19 Gun Store Closings

Keith GirardApril 7, 2020

New York State says it will “aggressively defend” itself against a National Rifle Association (NRA) lawsuit to overturn an order that deemed gun stores “non-essential” businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic....

CULTUREPOLITICS

Abortion Becomes Political Football as Red States Use Pandemic to Curb Services

Keith GirardMarch 30, 2020

Anti-abortion politicians in mostly conservative red states are cynically trying to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic to block access to abortion services....

POLITICS

Craigslist Becomes Latest Haven for Coronavirus Scammers, Price-Gougers

Keith GirardMarch 20, 2020

Craigslist.com, the popular online site for the sale of goods and services and the latest haven for coronavirus scammers and price gougers, has come under fire by New York’s attorney general....

ENTERTAINMENT

NY Attorney General Turns Up Heat on Trump With New Border Wall Suit

Keith GirardMarch 4, 2020

New York Attorney General Letitia James and state attorneys general from 18 other states have filed a new lawsuit asking a federal court to block the use of federal funds to build Trump’s wall on the southern U.S. border....

CRIMECULTUREPOLITICS

Donald Trump $2B Border Wall Funding Raid Slapped Down in Court

Keith GirardDecember 12, 2019

Donald Trump has been slapped down in court again. In separate rulings, two U.S. District Court judges ruled that diverting money from the military to build his wall under the guise of a “national emergency” is illegal....

ENTERTAINMENT

Russian spy Maria Butina continues to create legal problems for the National Rifle Association. (Photo: Maria Butina/Facebook)

Maria Butina Fallout: NRA, Branded ‘Russian Asset,’ Now Faces State, Fed Probes

Keith GirardNovember 2, 2019

Maria Butina, the fetching Russian “gun rights” advocate and accused spy, has left the country, but her close ties to the National Rifle Association continue to reverberate....

LOBBYING

Ghostbusters! New York State Cracks Down on DYI ‘Ghost Gun’ Assault-Rifle Sales

Keith GirardSeptember 23, 2019

More than a dozen websites operators who sell ready-to-assemble assault rifles and other guns over the Internet have been ordered to stop doing business in New York State,...

CRIME

Google, YouTube to Pay $170 Million for Tracking Personal Info on Children

Keith GirardSeptember 4, 2019

Google and YouTube repeatedly violated a federal law that protects children from being tracked online and will pay $170 million in a nationwide settlement....

MEDIASCIENCE & TECH