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(Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) After lower courts delivered conflicting rulings, the Supreme Court heard two issues on Monday that are related to contentious laws imposing social media limits in Texas and Florida. Even in cases where users transgress platform standards, the laws seek to prevent social media companies from banning users because of their political beliefs. Should they be upheld, it might make it more difficult for businesses to impose their own policies and change the nature of free expression online. “These cases are potentially of enormous, enormous scope,” said Scott Wilkens, senior counsel at the Knight First Amendment Institute. “This will be the first time that the Supreme Court really weighs in on the First Amendment rights of social media platforms, and therefore, the shape and contours of free speech online.”  “We knew this day would come,” DeSantis said. “Whatever the court decides, we’re going to make sure that we’re doing everything we c

IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu arrives Federal High Court in Abuja for his trial on Monday. The judge fixed a new date for the Nigerian government to begin calling its prosecution witnesses against the IPOB leader, Mr Kanu.  0 The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday adjourned the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), until 19 March. Binta Nyako, the judge, before whom Mr Kanu is being tried by the Nigerian government for terrorism, fixed the date for commencement of trial. At the adjourned date, the prosecuting lawyer, Adegboyega Awomolo, promised to call at least two witnesses that day. Mr Awomolo’s appearance on Monday is an indication of the federal government’s drastic shake-up of its prosecution team. It’s the first time an external prosecutor will be leading the federal government’s team since the case started in 2015. Mr Kanu’s trial resumed on Monday following the Supreme Court judgement on 15 December 2023. The Supreme Court last December restored

In this handout photo provided by A.M.P.A.S., Beyoncé performs during the ABC telecast of the 94th Oscars® on Sunday, March 27, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mason Poole/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images) OAN’s  Sophia Flores 1:38 PM – Thursday, February 22, 2024 The 32-time Grammy winner Beyoncé has achieved a new feat by becoming the first Black woman to have a spot on Billboard’s country music chart. Her new single “Texas Hold ‘Em” quickly reached the top of the country airplay chart and debuted at number nine after it was released on February 11 th . Her other song that was also released on Super Bowl Sunday, “16 Carriages,” landed a spot on the chart as well at number 38. In addition to her achievement, the singer is the first woman to have a top spot on both the Hot Country songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart. The only other artists to achieve this are Justin Bieber, Billy Ray Cyrus and Ray Charles. The two songs are from Beyoncé’s new album country-themed album whic

      IDF soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip February 26, 2024. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT) The IDF and IAF conducted operations against Hamas infrastructure and terror operatives in the Zaytun area in  Gaza City  on Monday. Israeli forces located a weapons manufacturing facility and rocket launchers used by the terror organization and identified a number of terrorists inside a  tunnel shaft , which they promptly destroyed. The terrorists were eliminated. Several other terrorists were eliminated by Israeli forces in central Gaza the same day. Strategic sites belonging to Hamas were also destroyed by IDF engineering troops. Hamas also launched numerous rockets towards Israeli communities bordering the Gaza Strip on Monday, in response to which the IAF struck an operational center of the launches located in central Gaza. IDF strike on Hamas rocket launcher in Gaza (credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit) IDF soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip February 26, 2024. (credit:

Cillian Murphy is embraced by Emily Blunt after winning Best Male Actor in a Leading Role for Oppenheimer during the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 24, 2024. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Historical epic “Oppenheimer” picked up more prizes on Saturday at Hollywood’s Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, bolstering the movie’s chances to score the best picture trophy at next month’s Oscars. The film about the race to build the first atomic bomb took the top honor – best movie cast – handed out by members of the SAG-AFTRA actors union at a red-carpet ceremony in Los Angeles. Cillian Murphy, who played scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer, won best movie actor, and co-star Robert Downey Jr. best supporting actor. Irish actor Murphy said he took up the profession after trying to make a career as a musician and often felt like an “interloper.” “This is extremely special to me because it comes from you guys,” Murphy told his fellow actors a

Cillian Murphy is embraced by Emily Blunt after winning Best Male Actor in a Leading Role for Oppenheimer during the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 24, 2024. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Historical epic “Oppenheimer” picked up more prizes on Saturday at Hollywood’s Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, bolstering the movie’s chances to score the best picture trophy at next month’s Oscars. The film about the race to build the first atomic bomb took the top honor – best movie cast – handed out by members of the SAG-AFTRA actors union at a red-carpet ceremony in Los Angeles. Cillian Murphy, who played scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer, won best movie actor, and co-star Robert Downey Jr. best supporting actor. Irish actor Murphy said he took up the profession after trying to make a career as a musician and often felt like an “interloper.” “This is extremely special to me because it comes from you guys,” Murphy told his fellow actors a

Manhattan prosecutors seek gag order on Trump in hush money case Manhattan prosecutors have asked the judge overseeing the criminal case against  Donald Trump  involving hush money payments to impose a gag order on the former president. Trump is already under a limited gag order in his federal election interference case in Washington, and prosecutors in Manhattan sought a similarly “narrowly tailored order restricting certain prejudicial extrajudicial statements by defendant.” In their motion, the Manhattan district attorney’s office said Trump had a “long history of making public and inflammatory remarks about the participants in various judicial proceedings against him, including jurors, witnesses, lawyers, and court staff,” adding: Those remarks, as well as the inevitable reactions they incite from defendant’s followers and allies, pose a significant and imminent threat to the orderly administration of this criminal proceeding and a substantial likelihood of causing material prejudi