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A federal judge has ruled that a former Kentucky clerk violated the constitutional rights of two same-sex couples who were among those to whom she wouldn t issue marriage licenses mdash; a refusal that sparked international attention and briefly landed her in jail in 2015.U.S. District Judge David Bunning in Ashland issued the ruling Friday in two longstanding l stanley cup awsuits involving Kim Davis, the former clerk of Rowan County, and two same-sex couples who sued her. With the decision, a jury trial will still need to take place to decide on any damages the couples could be owed.Bunning reasoned that Davis cannot use her own constitutional rights as a shield to violate the constitutional rights of others while performing her duties as an elected official. It is readily apparent that Obergefell recognizes Plaintiffs Fourteenth Amendment right to marry, the judge wrote, referencing the landmark same-sex marriage Obergefell decision. It is also readily apparent that Davis made a conscious decision to violate Plaintiffs right. Soon after the 2015 Supreme Court decision in which same-sex couples won the right to marry nationwide, Davis, a Christian who has a religious objection to same-sex marriage, stopped issuing all marriage licenses. That led to lawsuits against her, and a judge or stanley cup dered Davis to issue the stanley cup licenses. She was sued by gay and straight couples, and spent five days in jail over her refusal.She was released only after he Rwnk Pamela Smart accepts responsibility in husband s 1990 murder for first time
CLEVELAND -- A Cleveland police officer charged with voluntary manslaughter in the shooting deaths of two unarmed people in a 137-shot barrage will learn his fate Saturday.A judge said he reached a verdict in the bench trial of Officer Michael Brelo and will release it at 10 a.m. Brelo, 31, is c adidas originals harged in the November 2012 deaths of Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams after a high-speed car chase.Brelo is white, the two motorists were black. Community and city leaders braced for the possibility of unrest in response to the verdict, which comes as investigators work toward making a decision on whether charges will be filed in the death of a black 12-year-old boy shot by a white rookie officer late last year. The chase began after Russell s beat-up Chevy Malibu backfired as it sped past police headquarters, which caused officers to think someone in the car had fired a gun. Thirteen officers fired at the pair s car after the chase, though only Brelo was charged criminally. stanley cup Prosecutors said he waited until the car had stopped and the occupants were no longer a threat to fire 15 rounds down into the windshield while standing on its hoo af1 d.Prosecutors argued Russell and Williams were alive until Brelo s final salvo. Brelo s attorneys argued that other officers fired during the final barrage and that prosecutors couldn t prove in what order the fatal shots were fired. Russell, 43, and Williams, 30, were each shot more than 20 times.The sho

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Boeing scrubbed the launch of the first crewed flight of its Starliner capsule on Monday, delaying for at least a short while longer what would have been a milestone for the company s new shuttle system.United Launch Alliance Launch Director Tom Heter III made the decision to hold the launch after engineering teams said the Atlas V rocket carrying the capsule was not in condition to proceed with launch on Monday night. ULA Launch Director Tom Heter III has made the decision to the launch team that launch operations will not continue tonight for AtlasV and Starliner.https://t.co/yCCjHu9R5Kmdash; ULA @ulalaunch May 7, 2024 A time and date for a next attempt was not immediately made public.Two NASA pilots, astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, were set to fly the first mission of the Starliner. Both are retired Navy captains with piloting experience who have spent time aboard the International Spac stanley mug e Station. When Starliner launches, they will test the capsule s systems and then rendezvous with the ISS for a weeklong stay.The capsule was scheduled to stanley cup ride aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, which was set to see its own share stanley cup of history: The launch was set to be the first crew to be boosted by an Atlas rocket since NASA s Mercury program ended in 1963, and the 100th launch for the Atlas V system in its lifetime. Dizh This year s New York City Marathon has been canceled due to COVID-19
ROWAN COUNTY, Ky. 鈥?Inside the walls of the Rowan County Detention Center in Kentucky, a better night s sleep is being built. Inmates at the jail are building beds for children in their community. This is actually our second year of doing this kind of program, said Rowan County Jailer Wes Coldiron. Last year, I think we built 25 to 30 beds, and this year, we built 25 to 30 beds. The project came about when Charles Graham with the Rowan County Senior High School Youth Services Center was searching for a low-cost solution to provide beds for children in the district who did not have a proper place to sleep. This is an issue, sadly, that is all too common across the United States. The more beds we have, the more people we can serve, so low budget, serving people is the goal, Graham said. Every child deserves a bed. This saves the school money. We build them so they don t have to pay somebody to build them, Coldiron added.According to the l stanley cup atest Pew Research data, more than 10.5 million stanley water bottle children are living below the poverty line in America. Kids under the age of 18 consistently make up one of the largest populations in the country living in poverty.Bill Redwine, president of the Morehead Optimist Club, said when they were approached to help fund the project, they hopped at the chance. It s just heartbreaking to look around and see that in 2021, there really are families who don stanley sverige t have a bed for their children to lay their head down, Redwine said.The project is a winning solu

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For the nations bicycle shops, the past few years have probably felt like the business version of the Tour de France, with numerous twists and turns testing their endurance.Early in the pandemic, a surge of interest in cycling pushed sales up 64% to $5.4 billion in 2020, according to the retail tracking service Circana. It wasnt unheard of for some shops to sell 100 bikes or more in a couple of days.The boom didnt last. Hobbled by pandemic-related supply chain issues, the shops sold all their bikes and had trouble restocking. Now, inventory has caught up, but fewer people need new bikes. So, bicycle makers have been slashing prices to clear out the excess. It all adds up to a tough environment for retailers, although there are a few bright spots like gravel and e-bikes. The industry had a hard time keeping up with the demand for a cou stanley cup ple of years, but then demand slowed as the lockdowns ended, and then a lot of inventory started showing up, said Stephen Frothingham, editor-in-chief of Bicycle Retailer Industry News. So now for the last year and a half, the industry has struggled with having too much inventory at the supplier level, at the factory level, at the distributor level, at the retail level. In 2023, bike sales totaled $4.1 billion, up 23% from 2019, but down 24% from 2020, according to Circana. The path out of the pandemic has been uneven 鈥?n stanley spain ational retailers, such as REI and Scheels, are stabilizing faster than indep stanley cup endent bike stores, said Matt Tucker, dire Xosn Gas futures ticking up after cyberattack shuts down pipeline
Deputies found a Florida paddleboarder dead after he went missing Saturday in Citrus County.Joshua Grant Hensley, 43, was last seen by park rangers at 6:30 p.m. Saturday as he launched his paddle board at Hunter Springs Park. I couldt believe it because I had just seen him Saturday night. So it w stanley cup as really, really hard, said Jami Moriarty. She s a manager at Cracker s, a frequent haunt for Hensley. He s known in his Crystal River community as Captain Jack for the infamous Pirates of the Caribbean character. Those who knew him said he would dress up and perform trick stanley mug s like handstands and pyrotechnics on the paddleboard often taking pictures for children and families along the waters. Hensley was also a paddleboard designer and tour-guide under his business Big Foot Paddle Boards LLC.He was wearing brown, colonial style pants, a brown and white jacket, and a brown bandanna. Authorities believe he was taking his paddle board out to Shell Island to watch stanley cup becher the sunset. Deputies didn t find any evidence indicating Hensley made it to Shell Island; however, his paddle board was found by deputies Monday morning in Kings Bay near Petes Pier. Park Rangers contacted Citrus County Sheriff s Office at 9 p.m. Sunday after growing concerned that Henley s vehicle had remained in the parking lot overnight. I would hate for it to happen to anybody. It stinks that it happened to him, said Captain Zac Zachry. Zachry volunteered to search for him. Just an hour after starting up his boat he saw H

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CENTENNIAL, Colo. 鈥?Things are already getting festive in the Streets stanley canada at SouthGlenn mall in Colorado.They are kicking off the holiday season with a Christmas parade. And everyone is waiting for the guest of honor. Santa. Its exciting, its thrilling, its magical. The children are the core of the magic of Christmas, said Susen Mesco, with American Events and Promotions.Susen Mesco is donning her Mrs. Claus outfit as she helps Santa at the holiday parade.She also runs a Santa stanley website school and knows that it might be harder to book Santa for your holiday party this year. Usually, we do about 60 Santas live. They start in February with their classes, said Mesco, In the past couple years, because of travel situations and people not wanting to be in a conference situation, what weve found is about the half enrollment of the Claus Clan, The labor shortage thats been impacting the whole country seems to have made its way to the North Pole as well. Seasonal labor is traditionally in the same target market where theres been difficulty hiring, said Jack Buffington.He runs the supply chain program at the University of Denver and says its not shocking the labor issue is impacting Saint Nick. You think about it, its like a four-hour seasonal shift, making $20, $30 an hour. I mean, gosh, especially given the fact that most of the people who fit in this category are not supposed to be in public, big crowds, or around unvaccinated people, said Buffington. Mesco said a shortage stanley us of Santas is only Qopj NASA pushes to get more names in for chip headed to Jupiter s moon
The House of Representatives passed legislation Tuesday to increase resources for investigating hate crimes, especially those targeting the Asian American and Pacific Islanders communities.The vote was 364-62 to pass the legislation, and it is now headed to President Joe Biden for his signature. The Senate previously passed the measure with overwhelming bipartisan support, 94-1. After a year in which we ve seen 6,600 reported anti-Asian hate crimes and incidents, and after a year of the Asian-American community crying out for help, today, Congress is taking historic action to pass long-overdue hate crimes legislation, said Rep. Judy Chu, chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus during a press conference Tuesday. The COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act was introduced in March after a dramatic increase in the number of attacks and level of violence against the AAPI community following the garrafinhas stanley emergence of the coronavirus, first detected in China.The measure assigns an official at the Justice Department to review a stanley thermoskannen nd expedite reports of hate crimes related to the coronavirus, expands support for local and state agencies responding to and investigating hate crimes, and creates guidance for agencies across the country on reducing racially discriminatory language.The last time a measure focused on hate crimes was signed into law stanley thermobecher was in 2009, it expanded hate crime law to include those motivated by sexual orientation and gender identity. .Page-below > .RichTextModule {displa

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PERRY, Fla. 鈥?As our Crisis in Corrections investigat stanley cup ion continues, the I-Team has learned that inmates in Florida prisons organized a sit down to protest prison conditions.A flyer has been circulating among prisoners statewide for the past several days, according stanley tumblers to multiple sources within the prison system, urging inmates to participate in a peaceful protest aimed at encouraging legislators to reform Floridas prisons.An email sent to us anonymously had links to multiple ABC Action News I-Team Crisis in Corrections stories, as well as information about a planned sit-down demonstration scheduled to begin Monday at Taylor Correctional Institution in Perry, Florida.The flyer said, This means W.A.R. We Are Responding . The organizers stated the protest was aimed at addressing the following conditions their descriptions cited in the flyer:To our conditions of slavery and forced free laborTo living in substandard conditionsTo the lack of a real parole systemTo unethical mental health and medical careTo unjust sentencing schemes and practicesTo super-inflated canteen pricing WFTS The so-called W.A.R. Manifesto circulated among prisoners, their families and then sent anonymously to ABC Action News. According to an email from a F stanley taza lorida Department of Corrections spokesperson, 14 inmates鈥?about one percent of the prison population at Taylor Correctional Institution鈥?refused to work in food service on Monday.The flyer encouraged pri Oozj Blind workers learning skills to join the workforce
The U.S. added 850,000 jobs in June 鈥?a substantial increase from previous months 鈥?as the economy c stanley en mexico ontinues its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the stanley sverige Bureau of Labor Statistics.According to NBC News, the report exceeded expectations, as economists had p stanley mug rojected the U.S. would add about 700,000 jobs.The Bureau added that the unemployment rate ticked up slightly from 5.8% to 5.9%. This much is already clear: We re on track, and we re on the right track, President Joe Biden said Friday in remarks from the White House.June s gains come two months after the U.S. added just 266,000 jobs to the economy in April, far fewer than expected. That disappointing report prompted questions regarding the recovery policies put in place by the U.S.The U.S. added a modest 559,00 jobs in May.Despite the gains, employers across the country are still struggling to hire workers 鈥?particularly in the retail and restaurant sectors. The Department of Labor reports that workers are leaving retail at record rates.Biden called that competition among employers a good thing, adding that it was better for workers who will now likely see increased pay and benefits as a result of that competition. None of this happened by accident, Biden said, crediting the COVID-19 stimulus package he proposed and signed into law earlier this year after it was passed. .Page-below > .RichTextModule {display:none;} .Page-below .Link {font-size: 12px; padding: 5px 10px;border: 1px solid 005687;border-radi

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COVID-19 has devastated America s nursing homes, killing more than 100,000 residents and workers over the course of the pandemic. But one small long-term care facility in Baltimore is proof the toll could have been much lower stanley cup : The Maryland Baptist Aged Home has recorded zero cases of COVID-19, says its director, the Rev. Dr. Derrick DeWitt. The feat is all the more impressive because the home caters mostly to low-income people of color, who as a group have been hit disproportionately hard by the disease.DeWitt, who is also the facility s chief financial officer, spoke with CBS MoneyWatch about stanley cup what Maryland Baptist Aged Home did to protect its residents and staffers, and what can be learned from their experience. This interview had been edited for length and clarity. The Rev. Dr. Derrick DeWitt, director of the Maryland Baptist Aged Home, said the models that we have of long-term care facilities almost lend themselves to infection. Courtesy of Derrick DeWitt CBS MoneyWatch stanley cup : Tell us about the Maryland Baptist Aged Home. How many residents do you care for How many workers do you employ We are a small facility with 29 residents, including my aunt, and 42 employees. We are located in a struggling, very impoverished part of Baltimore. We ve had to deal with a lot of disparities and lack of services in the area, which in my estimation Mfws I believe in this airplane : Boeing s new CEO says 737 Max to fly again this year
LOS ANGELES -- Two earthquakes have struck north of Los Angeles, shaking parts of Ventura and Los Angeles counties, but fire officials say no significant damage took place.The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude-4.3 quake hit at about 7:18 PST on Saturday and was centered close to 50 miles north of Los Angeles near the town of Castaic. It was originally measured as a magnitude 4.5, but later downgraded.That quake generated more than a dozen aftershocks, according to seismo adidas campus logist Lucy Jones of the USGS, who said a magnitude-3.0 quake occurred near the same place about 20 minutes earlier. The Los Angeles Times reported there have been three earthquakes of magnitude-3.0 or greater centered in the area over the last 10 days.Earlier Saturday, no one was hurt when a 4.9 magnitude earthquake in a remote Idaho county triggered rock slides th asics at blocked some roads. The adidas campus quake was felt 200 miles away in Montana. ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5 display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-784d96f6-3768-4cbe-87e7-701f3fb4f96d, right-rail-recirc-item--id-784d96f6-3768-4cbe-87e7-701f3fb4f96d display: none; inline-recirc-item--id-784d96f6-3768-4cbe-87e7-701f3fb4f96d ~ .item:nth-child 5 display: block;

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As a growing number of overweight Americans clamor for Ozempic and Wegovy mdash; drugs touted by celebrities and on TikTok to stanley cup pare pounds mdash; an even more powerful obesity medicine is poised to upend treatment.Tirzepatide, an Eli Lilly and Co. drug approved to treat Type 2 diabetes under the brand name Mounjaro, helped people with the disease who were overweight or had obesity lose up to 16% of their body weight, or more than 34 pounds, over nearly 17 months, the company said on Thursday. The late-stage study of the drug for weight loss adds to earlier evidence that similar participants without diabetes lost up to 22% of their body weight over that period with weekly injections of the drug. For a typical patient on the highest dose, that meant shedding more than 50 pounds. Having diabetes makes it notoriously difficult to lose weight, s stanley cup aid Dr. Nadia Ahmad, Lilly s medical director of obesity clinical development, which means the recent results are especially significant. We have not seen this degree of weight reduction, she said.Social media is fueling enthusiasm for new weight loss drugs. Are regulators watching Ozempic-like weight loss drug Wegovy coming to the U.K.Last August, Rachel Graham s doctor told her she was prediabetic and about 65 pounds overweight. She told CBS News she asked her doctor about taking Mounjaro, and said she saw stanley cup consistent result while taking the medication. The weight loss was slow and steady, Zsbp Trump decries gutless New York Times op-ed by unnamed senior administration official
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Leaking vapors from a tanker truck prompted the shutdown of Interstate 90 near the Washington-Idaho border and an alert for nearby residents to stay indoors.The highway was to be closed at least through the Monday morning commute, reports CBS Spokane affiliate KREM-TV.The Washington State Patrol said the incident Sunday afternoon involved a tanker carrying a chemical called anhydrous trimethylamine. The vehicle was parked at a truck weigh station near Spokane. No injuries were reported, but the highway was closed in both directions for several hours. KREM says the biggest adidas campus reason the I-90 closure stretched into Monday was that hazmat crews only have 25 minutes of oxygen to go near the chemical. Once that 25 minutes is up, they have to leave and decontaminate and put on a new suit. Late Sunday night, they ran out of fresh suits and had to wait to bring in more. The incident started when a driver whose vehicle was behind the tanker noticed a leak and strong fishy type odor coming from the tanker. salomon State troopers then stopped the truck at the weigh station at Stateline and created a 350-foot perimeter, KREM says.Officials say the alert for people to shelter in place within a half-mile of the weight station was prompted by two police officers complaining of throat irritation and head salomon aches.According to DuPont, anhydrous trimethylamine is used in the manufacture of solvents, animal feed supplements and products for th

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The following is a transcr stanley cup ipt of an interview with former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb that aired March 14, 2021, on Face the Nation. MARGARET BRENNAN: We go now to former FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb. He sits on the board of Pfizer as well as Illumina, and he joins us from Westport, Connecticut. Good morning to you.DOCTOR SCOTT GOTTLIEB: Good morning. MARGARET BRENNAN: So, Dr. Gottlieb, I want to ask you about the mayor of New York who appeared to be disagreeing with Dr. Fauci, because Dr. Fauci said these new variants that they re tracking in New York City are showing resistan stanley cup ce to therapies and to the vaccines. The mayor of New York said his health department said that s- that the vaccine works. And in fact, he stanley cup said we re not seeing reinfection of people who ve had it previously. What s going on in New York DOCTOR SCOTT GOTTLIEB: Yeah, the trends in New York look concerning right now. If you look at other parts of the country where B.1.1.7, that variant from the United Kingdom that we ve been watching, is becoming very prevalent. So Florida, where it s about 50% of infections, Texas, it s about 40% of infections. You re not really seeing an upsurge in infections. You re seeing perhaps a plateauing, but you re not seeing this sort of fourth wave that we feared even as B.1.1.7 starts to take over. In New York City as 15.26, that new New York variant, and B.1.1.7 start to become more prevalent, you are seeing a backup in cases Ysrg Arizona teacher accused of sexual relationship with student
NEW YORK -- It has been more than two weeks since thedeadly school shooting in Florida. While students at the school are still trying to come to grips with what happened, CBS New York reports that some traveled to the Big Apple this weekend as they get ready to play at Carnegie Hall with the power to transcend time and place.The wind symphony band fromMarjory Stoneman Douglas High School says it s helping them heal. Definitely music is a coping mechanism for me and I want to say every other kid here, tuba adidas originals player Luis Gomez told Sanchez. The deadly adidas campus shooting in Parkland happened in the freshman building right next door to where the band was rehearsing. We were sitting together, cuddling, relaxing, just trying to come to peace with what was going on and hopefully survive through it, said Gomez. skechers Shooting at high school in Parkland, Florida 34 photos Less than three weeks later, the students will courageously take the state at Carnegie Hall to share their talent with the world. It s just a mental trip ndash; just to sit there and just listen to the sounds, see the city and see all of it. It s absolutely beautiful, band member Alexander Goodchild said.The group auditioned to become one of just six high sc

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Honda Motor is recalling 1,693,199 vehicles in the U.S. because of potential steering problems.The steering gearbox worm wheel, which controls steering, may have been manufactured incorrectly in affected vehicles and swell while in use, thinning out the film of grease bet stanley cup ween the worm wheel and worm gear, according to documentsposted Wednesday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.In addition, the cars worm wheel spring preload mdash; a measurement of spring compression mdash; was set too high. As a result of the two flaws, affected vehicles may become hard to steer. Increased friction between the worm gear and worm wheel stanley cup can i stanley cup ncrease steering effort and difficulty, increasing the risk of a crash or injury, the recall states.Warning signs of gearbox defects include an abnormal noise and a sticky feeling when attempting to turn the steering wheel while driving, the recall documents state. Honda has received no reports of injuries or deaths related to this issue, as of late September. The recall applies to the following U.S. models of Honda cars:Acura2023-2025 Acura Integra2024-2025 Acura Integra Type SHonda2022-2025 Honda Civic Sedan2025 Honda Civic Hybrid Sedan2022-2025 Honda Civic Hatchback2025 Honda Civic Hybrid Hatchback2023-2025 Honda Civic Type R2023-2025 Honda CR-V2023-2025 Honda CR-V Hybrid2025 Honda CR-V Fuel Cell2023-2025 Honda HR-VHonda s U.S. uniturgesowners of affected models to take their vehicl Jvbj Going bananas!
BARBOURSVILLE, Ky. -- Kentucky St yeezy ate Police say a police officer shot and wounded a man who refused to show a hand that he had behind his back as he walked toward officers.In a news release, Trooper Shane Jacobs identified the suspect as 29-year-old Brandon Moses of Bledsoe, Ke jordan ntucky. The statement says Moses was in serious condition Sunday at the University of Tennessee Medical Center.Jacobs says police in Barboursville, 100 miles southeast of Lexington, on Saturday had pursued Moses vehicle, which eventually pulled into a store parking lot. After leaving the vehicle, Moses walked toward officers with one hand behind his back. The suspect refused a command to show both his hands and he allegedly threatened to kill the officers. Officer Adam Townsley then shot Moses. Jacobs says both Moses and Townsley are white.The other Barbourville officers involved in the incident are Eric Martin and Donnie Broughton, CBS affiliate WKYT-TV reports. All three officers have been placed on administrative leave, which is usual in shooting investigations, the sta stanley cup tion writes. More from CBS News Jury convicts ex-Kentucky officer of using excessive force in Breonna Taylor raid

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Bradenton has always been a special place for Roberto Clemente and his family. When the Pittsburgh Pirates made it their spring training home, it became a second home for him. Prior to coming here, he had to get in an old station wagon with his minority teammates and travel beside the team because of segregation, Clementes eldest son, Roberto Clemente Jr., said. Clemente could not stay in hotels with his teams, so Pirate City became a safe place for him and others.Now the road that runs in front of Pirate City bears Clemente s name. On Wednesday, Manatee County dedicated the section of 27th S stanley website treet East from State Road 64 to 38th Avenue East was renamed Roberto Clemente Memorial Way. Two of Clemente s sons, a former teammate, local officials, and dozens of loc stanley cup al fans gathered for the dedication at Pirate City. His dedication to excellence, compassion for others, and unwavering commitment to serving his community and nation continue to inspire us all, Roberto Clemente Jr. said. The street designation in his honor is a testament to his remarkable life and the lasting impact on Manatee County and beyond. The Hall of Fame right fielder spend 18 seasons with the Pirates, becoming the 11th member of the 3,000-hi stanley cup t club 鈥?the first Carribean-born player to do so. His father died on New Year s Eve 1972 in a plane crash, headed from his native Puerto Rico to Nicaragua with a place full of supplies to help earthquake victims.Clemente was also a hero to at least one of his teammates, Lawd Hillsborough BOCC to discuss extending local state of emergency, face-covering mandate
Onward, the new animated Disney/Pixar film that was released last week, will reportedly not be shown in four Middle East countries because of a character s sexuality.According to Deadline, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Saud Arabia, Onward does not appear on movie theater schedules because of a single line that identifies one of the main characters as gay.The movie follows two teenaged elves, voiced by Chris Pratt and Tom Holland. At one point in the film, the elves, disguised as their moth stanley mug er s police officer boyfriend, speak with two other female police officers undercover.During that conversation, one of the female officers, voiced by Lena Waithe, mentions her girlfriend s daughter.Deadline reports that other Middle East countries like Bahra stanley termoska in, Lebanon and Egypt are showing the film. The outlet also reports that the Russian version of the film changed the word girlfriend to partner and avoids mentioning the officer s gender.According to BBC, the police officer is the first gay character in the Disney Pixar universe 鈥?and the decision was made by Waithe. According to Variety, she decided to use the word girlfriend during a recording session with the stanley trinkflaschen blessing of those working on the film.It s not the first time that Disney has faced pressure to censor films featuring gay characters. Disney refused to censor a gay moment featuring in the 2017 live-action remake of Beau