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3 days ago · The American Gaming Association, an industry trade group, states that gaming in the U.S. is a $240 billion industry, employing 1.7 million people in 40 states. [2] In 2016, gaming taxes contributed $8.85 billion in state and local tax revenues. [3]
2 days ago · Under the Everytown for Gun Safety definition ("any incident in which four or more people are shot and killed, excluding the shooter") there were an average of 19 mass shootings in the U.S. each year from 2009 to 2020, with 947 wounded by gunfire and 1,363 fatally shot. [26]
2 days ago · Florida. Abortion is legal up to 15 weeks in Florida, though a trigger law establishing a 6-week "heartbeat" ban has been passed and cleared by the Florida Supreme Court, [37] and will go into effect on May 1, 2024. [38] Parental consent is required for minors under the age of 18.
4 days ago · The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments.Usually considered one of the most consequential amendments, it addresses citizenship rights and equal protection under the law and was proposed in response to issues related to formerly enslaved Americans following the American Civil War.
3 days ago · Approximately 3,800 Seminoles transported to the Indian Territory. Approximately 300 remain in Everglades. Andrew Jackson (March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837) Martin Van Buren (March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841) William Henry Harrison (March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841) John Tyler (April 4, 1841 –March 4, 1845) Texas Comanche Wars.
3 days ago · t. e. Racism has been reflected in discriminatory laws, practices, and actions (including violence) against "racial" or ethnic groups throughout the history of the United States. Since the early colonial era, White Americans have generally enjoyed legally or socially sanctioned privileges and rights which have been denied to members of various ...
3 days ago · Kidnapped and murdered 23-year-old Harvey Mad Man and 20-year-old Thomas Running Rabbit, two Native American men in the fall of 1982. 41 years, 34 days. Smith is the only Canadian on death row in the United States.
