'My home is my castle': a law in the USA that everyone living in the country should know about

Many of you have probably heard about laws protecting the “inviolability” of the home in the United States and other democracies of our world. I can’t say about the whole world, but I can talk about the USA - I have such experience, writes the author of the channel “How It’s Wrong to Live in the USA” on...

US jury agenda: what you need to know and how to act after receiving it

If you have a driver's license, file a tax return, vote, or otherwise participate in US political life, then you should expect to be called to jury at some point. Reader's Digest has told you what options there are ...

In the US Congress decided to raise the minimum wage twice

The House of Representatives of the US Congress passed a bill to more than double the federal minimum wage, from the current 7,25 to 15 dollars per hour. The last time the level of the minimum wage at the federal level in the United States was raised for ten years ...

In the US, they want to raise the minimum age of tobacco purchase

Senator Mitch McConnell announced his intention to introduce legislation to raise the minimum age for smoking from 18 to 21 years. The bill will be presented in May and will cover all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, writes NBC News. McConnell (Republican from ...

What weapons can be wielded in the USA

At least 26 people died and dozens were injured in gunfire opened by an armed man in a Baptist church near San Antonio, Texas. The attacker Devin Patrick Kelly was armed with an assault rifle. The rifle was also used by mass murderer Stephen Paddock in Las Vegas. ...

You won the green card: what to do next

If you are lucky enough to receive a notification about winning a US green card, the next drawing of which took place the day before, on the official website of the E-DV lottery, you need to correctly fill out the following pages of the application form. After that, a date will be set for your interview at the American consulate of the country in which ...

Florida's death penalty procedure is declared unconstitutional

A US Supreme Court ruling on the imperfection of Florida's death penalty procedures could lead to verdict appeals by 390 Florida prisoners. Florida is second only to California in terms of the number of prisoners on death row. The Supreme Court ruled in ...

In America, first registered Ukrainian drone

Ukrainian startup Drone.ua received a US certificate of registration for the PD1900 drone in Memphis, Tennessee, for non-commercial use in agriculture. As the Forum wrote, in December the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) adopted rules for mandatory registration of drones. Until February 19, 2016...

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