Federal regulators are setting up a new three-digit number to reach a suicide prevention hotline in order to make it easier to seek help and reduce the stigma associated with mental health. Once it’s implemented, people will just need to ...

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U.S. communications regulators have cut off government funding for equipment from two Chinese companies, citing security threats. The Federal Communications Commission also proposed requiring companies that get government subsidies to rip out any equipment from Huawei and ZTE that they ...

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A U.S. law prohibiting corporate and campaign advertising on public radio and television was upheld by a federal appeals court that ruled commercial messages threaten the educational nature of public broadcasting.

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The U.S. Supreme Court revived the Federal Communications Commission’s effort to fine CBS Corp. for the half-second exposure of Janet Jackson’s breast during the 2004 Super Bowl, telling a lower court to reconsider the case. A Philadelphia-based federal appeals court ...

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The culture police who spend their days trying to tamp down outbursts of indecency have quite a task at hand. Young people stroll down city streets exposing undershorts, bra straps and ever more bare skin. On television, gangsters get whacked ...

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