ban

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Some states are taking considerable measures: a bill in Maine aims to ban major new data-center construction until November 2027—which would make it the first state to do so.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The 27-year-old has long been on Benn's radar but the Briton, who has served his own doping ban from the sport, spent 2025 tied up in his rivalry with Chris Eubank Jr.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Bipartisan efforts are in motion to limit or ban External link many of these types of transactions, following state efforts across the country.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

The petitions challenge the landmark 2018 Supreme Court judgment which struck down the ban on women of menstruating age from entering Sabarimala.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

This proposed ban included the pamphlets written by two women in South Carolina, heart of the slaveholding South.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis