California agrees to let parents use state special ed funds at religious schools

California has agreed to allow a group of Orthodox Jewish parents to use public funds for the purpose of placing their children in special education programs of a sectarian nature.

An agreement was reached Monday in the case of Loffman et al. v. California Department of Education et al., which questioned if state officials could enforce a provision in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act barring state funds from going to religious schools.

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New UN Treaty Allows for Virtual Child P*rn

A new UN treaty to combat cybercrimes would allow predators and tech giants to profit from the sexual exploitation of children, including through images created using AI. These new threats are emerging while the United Nations launches a new treaty to address cybercrime, but the new treaty only addresses some of the threats from sexual exploitation. While the new treaty calls for criminalizing non-consensual sharing of intimate pictures, it still allows for a broad swath of sexualized content involving children.

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Pope Leo affirms Catholic Church teaching on abortion, marriage

A week into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV has affirmed the Catholic Church’s teachings about the sanctity of human life and marriage as concerns persist that he will be a “woke” pontiff. In remarks to the Vatican Diplomatic Corps on Friday, Leo XIV listed “peace,” “justice” and “truth” as the “three essential words that represent the pillars of the Catholic Church’s missionary activity and the aim of the Holy See’s diplomacy.” When discussing the topic of “justice,” he stressed the “responsibility of government leaders to work to build harmonious and peaceful civil societies.”

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Scottish lawmakers ‘delighted’ at passage of initial vote to legalize assisted suicide

Lawmakers in the Scottish Parliament passed the initial vote of a bill that would legalize assisted suicide. The legislation must pass two more votes before it can become law. The Assisted Dying for Terminal Adults (Scotland) Bill would allow adults who are considered terminally ill to request assisted suicide. They must first gain approval from two physicians, who can certify that they are considered mentally stable to make such a request. Unlike similar legislation elsewhere, the bill does not have a time limit for the terminal diagnosis; instead, it must only be considered “advanced and progressive.”

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Genocide in Gaza?

The Hamas attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, was, according to British historian Andrew Roberts, “one of the largest terror attacks in history,” leaving 1182 dead and more than four thousand wounded. Civilians were targeted with precision: Children were shot in front of their parents, women raped, elderly set on fire, young and old shot or hacked to death. There were gang rapes and sexual mutilation of both living and dead. Two hundred and fifty-one hostages were taken.

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