SORD: Q3 Update 8 – Canada bans camping, 3 states send military to D.C., FBI reveals crime in public schools, Teachers in OK must pass political ideology test, Federal Courts hacked.
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Across the country, Mississippi’s age verification law for minors accessing online platforms was allowed to take effect after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to block it; West Virginia, South Carolina, and Ohio deployed National Guard troops to Washington, D.C. to support federal policing operations; in Oklahoma, officials introduced a required “America First” exam for incoming teachers from New York and California; and in Utah, a full power outage at a level 1 trauma center caused evacuations after backup generators failed. Nationally, a cyberattack linked to Russian actors disrupted federal court systems, exposing sealed legal documents; the FBI reported over 1.29 million school-related criminal incidents between 2020 and 2024, with peak months in September, October, and February; the Anti-Defamation League added “America First” to its extremism glossary, labeling it a phrase used by racist and xenophobic extremists; Russia restricted WhatsApp and Telegram calls under its digital sovereignty policy; and Canada enacted sweeping outdoor activity bans blocking citizens from hiking, camping, fishing, boating.
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