The New York Times

The 64-year-old story of the last World Cup dismissal that didn’t lead to a ban

Garrincha (left) with Pele PA Images Archive via Getty Images The case of Folarin Balogun will be remembered for years to come, through no fault of his own. It will be thought of as a symbol of how ...
TechCrunch

Research repository ArXiv will ban authors for a year if they let AI do all the work

ArXiv, a widely used open repository for preprint research, is doing more to crack down on the careless use of large language models in scientific papers. Although papers are posted to the site before ...
wtvr

Virginia governor signs assault weapons ban into law

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed into law Thursday a ban on the sale of assault firearms and high-capacity magazines, while allowing people who already own them to keep them.
New York Post

NY could ban common ingredient found in pizza and bagels over health concerns

New York’s iconic pizza and bagels may soon taste a little different as lawmakers move to strip out additives that can cause cancer and other health problems. The state Assembly on April 21 passed the ...
PBS

Trump's asylum ban at the border is illegal, appeals court says

WASHINGTON (AP) — An appeals court on Friday blocked President Donald Trump's executive order suspending asylum access, a key pillar of the Republican president's plan to crack down on migration at ...
wtvr

Virginia lawmakers pass assault firearm ban; what it could mean for gun owners

RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia General Assembly has sent legislation to Gov. Abigail Spanberger's desk that would ban the sale of assault firearms and high-capacity magazines, while allowing people who ...
The Providence Journal

RI travel ban ends at noon. What we know.

Rhode Island's total travel ban will end at noon on Tuesday, Feb. 24, Gov. Dan McKee announced during a press conference. The total travel ban had been in effect since 7 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 22. The ...
Bleeping Computer

Pastebin comments push ClickFix JavaScript attack to hijack crypto swaps

Threat actors are abusing Pastebin comments to distribute a new ClickFix-style attack that tricks cryptocurrency users into executing malicious JavaScript in their browser, allowing attackers to ...
The Atlantic

A Social-Media Ban Really Could Do a Lot of Good

Australia recently decided to try something ambitious. Starting late last year, all children under 16 have been banned from having accounts on social-media sites such as TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram ...
The New York Times

She Fought a Book Ban. She May Never Teach Again.

Summer Boismier, a high school English teacher in Oklahoma, lost her teaching license after she protested a book ban. Now she is fighting to return to the classroom. By Dana Goldstein Photographs by ...
The New Yorker

Americans Won’t Ban Kids from Social Media. What Can We Do Instead?

You’re reading Fault Lines, Jay Caspian Kang’s weekly column on politics and the media. Let’s say, for the sake of the following discussion, that we agree on the following: Teen-agers have First ...