Print is dead. New Jersey is flipping the script and ordering its public schools to bring back cursive writing starting next fall. In one of his final acts as governor, Phil Murphy on Monday signed legislation requiring students in third through fifth grades to learn cursive, insisting the move would help pupils with basic tasks such as opening bank accounts and signing checks later in life.

"This is freedom of speech. This is America, right?" Those were the incredulous words of Raquel Pacheco, a US Army veteran and three-time candidate for local office. She made the remark while being questioned by police at her Miami Beach home last week for criticising her mayor on Facebook. On 6 January, Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner posted a message on his official Facebook page saying, among other things, that "Miami Beach is a safe haven for everyone" and that the city "is consistently ranked by a broad spectrum of groups as being the most tolerant in the nation".

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She has a huge passion for animals.

She has a huge passion for animals.

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A government promising online safety is asking citizens to trust the same system that keeps losing their data.

Americanism, not globalism will be our credo!

Despite giving Ukraine tens of billions in EU loans, von der Leyen makes no mention of Ukraine's many explosive corruption scandals.