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Texas can require public schools to display Ten Commandments, court rules

Texas can require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms, a US appeals court ruled on Tuesday in a victory for conservatives who have long sought to incorporate more religion into schools.

It sets up a potential clash at the US supreme court over the issue in the future.

The law is among the pushes by Republicans, including Donald Trump, to incorporate religion into public schools.

The ruling comes after the full court heard arguments in January in the Texas case and a similar case in Louisiana.

The appeals court in February cleared the way for Louisiana’s law, requiring displays of the commandments in public school classrooms.

The fifth circuit court of appeals voted 12-6 to lift a block that a lower court had first placed on the law in 2024.

The Texas law took effect on 1 September, marking the largest attempt in the nation to hang the Ten Commandments in public schools. »

PlayStation's Shuhei Yoshida was fired for not listening to Jim Ryan

Authored by eurogamer.net

Shuhei Yoshida, the former long-tenured leader of Sony's first-party PlayStation Worldwide Studios, has said he was fired from the role by Jim Ryan - the boss of PlayStation - because he didn't listen to him.

"Jim Ryan wanted to remove me from first-party because I didn't listen to him.

As Yoshida later remarked, he and Ryan were part of the same PlayStation generation so they knew each other well. »

Deaths and disappearances of scientists spark federal probe

Authored by cnn.com

In a post on X, NASA said it is “coordinating and cooperating with the relevant agencies” in relation to the scientists.

“It’s very unlikely that this is a coincidence,” House Oversight Chair James Comer, a Republican, told Fox News Sunday.

The investigation is being carried out “in light of the recent and legitimate questions” regarding the recent cases and “no stone will be unturned,” she said. »

Virginia voters approve Democrats' redistricting plan, giving the party a midterm election boost

Authored by nbcnews.com

Virginia voters on Tuesday approved a Democratic redistricting plan that could allow the party to pick up as many as four new seats in the midterm elections, NBC News projects.

"Virginia just changed the trajectory of the 2026 midterms," Virginia Democratic state House Speaker Don Scott said in a statement.

Once Virginia enacts the map authorized by Tuesday’s election, Democrats could win as many as 10 new House seats due to redistricting. »

Tucker Carlson’s apology for supporting Trump is just hot air

Authored by ms.now

On his podcast, Carlson and his brother, Buckley, a former speechwriter for Trump in 2015, criticized the war in Iran.

And a subdued Tucker said he will be “tormented” by his support for Trump for a “long time,” apologizing to listeners for “misleading” them about the president.

As the tide of public opinion shifts against Trump and his ill-conceived war, Carlson’s attempt at contrition isn’t really remorse. »

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Texas can require public schools to display Ten Commandments, court rules

PlayStation's Shuhei Yoshida was fired for not listening to Jim Ryan

Deaths and disappearances of scientists spark federal probe

Virginia voters approve Democrats' redistricting plan, giving the party a midterm election boost

Tucker Carlson’s apology for supporting Trump is just hot air

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