Airbnb Sues Boston Over Restrictions on Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb Sues Boston Over Restrictions on Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb is asking a federal court to keep the city of Boston from enforcing a new ordinance that would restrict the kinds of units property owners can offer for short-term rentals.

The company says the ordinance the Boston City Council approved in June violates a federal statute as well as the federal and state constitutions, and also offers what it considers a troubling precedent that other cities are likely to follow if it's allowed to stand.

How Saturday Night Live Apology Can Help Change America
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How Saturday Night Live Apology Can Help Change America

Matthew McDonald

Pete Davidson's apology to Texas Republican Congressman-elect Dan Crenshaw on Saturday Night Live – and Crenshaw's acceptance of it – ought to become a watershed moment in American culture.

On Saturday, November 3, three days before the recent election, Davidson, a comedian, poked fun at Crenshaw's appearance, making a vile joke and then making light of Crenshaw's eyepatch:  "I'm sorry, I know he lost his eye in war or … whatever."

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