Judge Upholds Ocean City Ban on Topless Women
A federal judge has upheld a ban on women going topless at one of the East Coast’s most popular beach destinations, rejecting arguments from five women that a local ordinance is sexist.
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Pandas Use Lockdown Privacy to Mate After a Decade of Trying
Stuck at home with no visitors and not much else to do, a pair of pandas in Hong Kong finally decided to give mating a go after a decade of dodging the issue.
Read moreVibrator Burns
A woman who was burned while using her B Yours Vibe 2 vibrator may pursue her design defect claims against the seller of the device, a federal court in Washington ruled, finding that her electrical-engineering expert’s testimony is admissible given the “‘liberal thrust’ of the Federal Rules.”
Read moreFicheras
An appeals court in Texas upheld a ruling in favor of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission’s decision to cancel a bar’s alcoholic beverage permit based on the presence of “ficheras,” who are women that sit with male customers at bars, get them to buy a drink for an inflated price, and receive a ticket or cash from the bar for each drink they help sell.
Read moreSingapore Court Rejects Challenge to Gay Sex Ban
A fresh bid to overturn a Singapore law banning gay sex failed Monday as a court dismissed several challenges, a setback for efforts to promote greater LGBT rights in Asia.
Read moreBuckwheat and Condoms: 5 Things Russians Are Buying in Pandemic
Russians, long used to financial and political crises, are reacting to the coronavirus pandemic by bulk-buying the essentials for life in isolation — including condoms.
Read moreBad Cop
Two women sued Scranton, Pa. in federal court, and the officer they claim coerced them into giving him oral sex.
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New Charge Says R. Kelly Concealed Herpes From Victims
A new set of federal charges against R. Kelly in Brooklyn accuses the incarcerated singer of not disclosing that he has herpes in two instances of alleged forced sexual contact.
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Jailed Cult Leader Hinges Retrial Bid on Civil Suit by Victims
Convicted cult leader Keith Raniere demanded a new trial Monday, arguing that witnesses in his 2019 Brooklyn federal trial, including two his assault victims, lied about their plans to sue him civilly.
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Italy’s Octogenarian Berlusconi Dumps Longtime Girlfriend for 30-Year-Old
Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, famed for his steamy dinner parties, has split from his long-term girlfriend reportedly to date a woman 54 years his junior.
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Long-Rumored Woody Allen Memoir Coming in April
A memoir by Woody Allen, rumored for years and once thought unpublishable in the #MeToo era, will be published in April.
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#HimToo: Chris Matthews Quits ‘Hardball’ Under Fire
Longtime MSNBC host Chris Matthews abruptly retired from his “Hardball” show Monday, apologizing for making inappropriate comments about women and after a brutal week in which he also took heat from supporters of Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.
Read moreBoss of the Week
A former employee sued Northlake Capital & Development for discrimination, claiming its boss ran a relentlessly sexual shop, for instance, telling one employee in public that she needed “vaginal rejuvenation,” and keeping a naked sex doll in the office, in King County Court.
Read moreSex Education
Left Out, an unincorporated association, sued Los Angeles Unified School District in superior court, demanding the right to “remove their children from public school classes and activities regarding sex and health education.”
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Sex Pills Aren’t Food, EU Magistrate Says in Dutch Tax Spat
Aphrodisiac supplements are not food, an adviser to Europe’s highest court said Thursday, in a case over retail sales tax and a Dutch sex shop.
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Super-High Heels Free Women, Says Shoe King Louboutin
Super-high heels can free women, says legendary French shoe designer Christian Louboutin, who insists that wearing his towering six-inch stilettos is a “form of liberty.”
Read moreRussian Arrested in French Sex-Video Scandal
French prosecutors on Tuesday placed a Russian artist and his girlfriend under investigation over the leaking of a sex video that brought down a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron.
Read moreJury Awards $6 Million to Widow of Wrongfully Accused Man
A jury of two women and five men awarded the widow of a crime lab worker implicated in a cold-case murder investigation $6 million Friday for injuries caused to the family by a San Diego Police Department detective’s investigation.
Read moreMassage Envy
An Indiana woman sued Massage Envy in federal court, claiming it failed to take action against a repeat customer who sexually attacked her and other masseuses — it’s the 26th lawsuit against Massage Envy involving sexual behavior since Jan. 1, 2019, according to the CNS database.
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Pope Backpedals on Married Priests in the Amazon
Pope Francis declined Wednesday to approve the ordination of married men to address the shortage of priests in the Amazon, sidestepping a fraught issue that has dominated debate in the Catholic Church and involved retired Pope Benedict XVI.
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