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For example, if a country's age of majority is 18, but the legal drinking age is 21, then a 20 year old would still be considered a "minor" in situations involving buying or consuming alcohol. Another example is the age to consent to sexual activity , which in most of the cases in the world is under the age of majority.
New York Times political analyst Nate Cohn argued in a new piece that President-elect Donald Trump "shattered" the Democratic Party's dreams of a new multicultural majority by appealing to the ...
While Walter and Nataly lived apart from their parents during the dispute, the sympathetic Reagan administration helped to drag out court proceedings until Walter turned 18 and was no longer a minor. The case has similarities to that of Elián González.
Informed consent for a 15-year-old was no longer a defense an adult defendant could use in court. In 1983, the age of consent in Wisconsin was raised from 16 to 18; under the new law, sex with a minor 16 or older carried the lesser penalty of a Class A misdemeanor.
Polanski is still evading American authorities after pleading guilty to raping a minor in a different case. Director Roman Polanski will no longer go to trial in Los Angeles over alleged 1973 rape ...
Shellie Branson, left, brought 18-month-old Gigi Green up on stage to see the menorah after it was lit during a Hanukkah celebration at the Trager Family Jewish Community Center on Monday, Dec. 19 ...
The New York Times was criticized for the work of reporter Walter Duranty, who served as its Moscow bureau chief from 1922 through 1936.Duranty wrote a series of stories in 1931 on the Soviet Union and won a Pulitzer Prize for his work at that time; however, he has been criticized for his denial of widespread famine, most particularly the Holodomor, the Ukraine famine in the 1930s.
The New York Times uses academic and military titles for individuals prominently serving in that position. [251] In 1986, the Times began to use Ms, [249] and introduced the gender-neutral title Mx. in 2015. [252] The New York Times uses initials when a subject has expressed a preference, such as Donald Trump. [253]