The “Freedom to Read Act” limits book bans in public schools and libraries and shields librarians from lawsuits and criminal charges filed by folks who find library materials obscene or otherwise ...

Another legislative session is upon us in Texas, which means another opportunity to ban books in public schools. This would be an update to the Orwellian-named READER Act, a controversial state ...

Governor Phil Murphy signed the Freedom to Read Act which will prevent arbitrary book banning in the state. Governors push back on federal proposal to move National Guard units 4 Things That Are ...

Former US president Bill Clinton: when it comes to the reckless behaviour that still dogs his image, he is only willing to show so much contrition. Picture: Getty ...

A new bill would give the State Board of Education the power to ban books from Texas public schools that board members deem sexually explicit. The idea would revive a portion of a state law ...

The controversial assisted dying bill has just been approved by MPs in a truly historic vote in the Commons. The bill, which would make it legal for over-18s who are terminally ill to be given ...

Parliament will vote on an assisted dying bill tomorrow for the first time in nearly a decade. Labour MP Kim Leadbeater proposed the Private Members Bill in mid-October, which will legalise ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Bill Battle III, who was athletic director at his alma mater, Alabama, where he played for Paul “Bear” Bryant’s first national championship team, then later coached the ...

It’s the most controversial battle over a private members' bill in parliament for nearly 60 years. Not since David Steel's 1967 Abortion Act has a piece of legislation been so potentially ...

Bill Battle, a former football coach at Tennessee, died on Nov. 28. The University of Alabama, where he played football and later would serve as athletic director, made the announcement. He was 82 ...