Gambino, the musical stage name of actor Donald Glover, was sued by Emelike Nwosuocha, who performs as Kidd Wes, in May 2021. Regarding copyright fair use, are we being ruled from beyond the grave by artists who died young? The Supreme Court just decided an important fair use case...
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Former Sen. Glen Sturtevant looks to have pulled off the upset Tuesday, knocking off Sen. Amanda Chase, R-Chesterfield, in a tight three-way Chesterfield Senate GOP primary. Tina Ramirez, Sen. Amanda Chase and Glen Sturtevant TIMES-DISPATCH The primary pitted a Trump-supporting state senator who is the only Republican who is not in...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Gov. Mike Parson could soon make Missouri one of the first states to establish 50/50 shared parenting time as the standard in child custody cases. But the bill on his desk, passed in the final hour of the legislative session, did not include changes that some...
Question: Of the thousands of words in the English language, only three English words, according to Webster, begin with the letters “dw,” a number bumped up to at least four if you include proper nouns and names, and specifically one Central Illinois town. Can you name the dw- words? Answer:...
Question: Across from the courthouse in downtown Metamora are the statues of Abe Lincoln and a woman, Melissa Goings. Abe we know, but why is Goings there? Answer: In an 1857 trial in Metamora at which Goings was accused of killing her abusive husband, her lawyer, Lincoln, believed the killing...
Antelope Valley residents can celebrate the Juneteenth holiday with three events this weekend, from today through Monday, in Sun Village, Palmdale and Lancaster. Sun Village will host a free Juneteenth celebration from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. today at Jackie Robinson Park, 8733 East Ave. R. The family-friendly event will...
The Daily Minute is the Journal Star’s morning news briefing where you can get the latest news in about a minute each weekday. Previous Daily Minute videos are archived here. Good morning, Lincoln. Here are this morning’s top headlines. Open Harvest groundbreaking As downtown Lincoln continues to see development eastward,...
Virginia legislative candidates are seeking nominations on landscapes not of their own making, often facing voters who do not know them from Adam — or Eve — and sustaining their campaigns with cash from lobbyists likely to wield greater influence because they know more about the old-time ways of the...
LINCOLN — Mention televised legislative debates, and what may come to mind are stuffy, policy-wonk discussions broadcast by C-SPAN. This year’s Nebraska Legislature was more like a reality TV show, with culture-war rhetoric, open hostility among lawmakers, name-calling, yelling and more. Many Nebraskans couldn’t get enough of it. × ...
Lincoln’s hopes of building a convention center got a big boost from the Legislature this session when it passed a bill that will allow a portion of state sales tax revenue to be used to pay for it. “Until you have some level of financing, you don’t have a project,...