Punctuation pedants should not be criticised for emphasising the importance of the typographical marks we use to ensure clarity in our written language.

A fringe messaging board was taken down after the El Paso mass shooting, but if the internet is the modern public square, should everyone have their say, asks Dave McGinn

Boris Johnson could strike a chord with key sections of the electorate in the short-term before major damage is done. They will live to regret it, writes Andrew Hammond

Only a fool would trust Facebook with his or her financial wellbeing. Maybe that’s the point. Facebook knows how many fools are born every minute, writes Joseph E Stiglitz Only a fool would trust Facebook with his or her financial wellbeing. Maybe that’s the point. Facebook knows how many fools are born every minute, writes Joseph E Stiglitz.

William Hill plans to cut about a third of its betting shops and jobs in the UK after the British government slashed the maximum stake permitted on fixed-odds terminals, dubbed the “crack cocaine” of gambling by their critics.

William Hill plans to cut about a third of its betting shops and jobs in the UK after the British government slashed the maximum stake permitted on fixed-odds terminals, dubbed the “crack cocaine” of gambling by their critics.

The US Supreme Court ruled that consumers can press ahead with a lawsuit that accuses Apple of using its market dominance to artificially inflate prices at its App Store.

US sportswear maker Nike has been hit with a €12.5m fine for blocking cross-border sales of soccer merchandise of some of Europe’s best-known clubs, the latest EU sanction against such restrictions.

Chaos erupted outside Texas' death chamber when the son of a condemned inmate became aggressive, shouted obscenities and threw fists after his father spoke his final words.

Shares in leading betting companies which have been pushing into the US market because of tighter regulations in the UK, fell after the US Department of Justice called for wider restrictions on all gambling on the internet.

The influence of law and politics on sport will continue to deepen in 2019. In the first of a two-part series, Jack Anderson looks at some landmark sporting anniversaries that fall this year.

Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which has played a pivotal role in the quest for global justice, writes TP O’Mahony.

A landmark week for the ‘fastest field game in the world’ — and for one of the slowest, writes Larry Ryan

Paddy Power-Betfair’s expansion into the US sports betting market may add as much as €240m to its annual group earnings by 2023, according to Davy.

Brett Kavanaugh has been confirmed to the US Supreme Court after being confirmed by the Senate.

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The repercussions from the explosive testimonies at the Senate judiciary committee last week will be felt in the US for years to come, according to Helen Coster

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If conservative Brett Kavanaugh is appointed, he could weave president Donald Trump’s agenda into the fabric of American society for generations, writes Bette Browne.

The US report on child sex abuse and cover-ups in Pennsylvania has led to calls to extend time limits for more victims to bring cases to court, writes Bette Browne.

The impending retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy from the US Supreme Court at the age of 81 provides an opportunity to examine the nature and function of this court.

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The prospect of an increased tax on UK online gaming revenues represents a bigger threat to Paddy Power-Betfair than the enforcement of maximum restrictions on in-shop gaming machine betting, analysts have warned.

Robert Mercer and his daughter were key players in Trump’s victory. But they will find a repeat performance difficult, writes Bette Browne

"Toughness is the thing that they most fear."

Through accident and design, Spielberg couldn’t have timed The Post better, writes Shilpa Ginatra

The US is being viewed as the next area of consolidation for European betting companies, with markets anticipating gambling legalisation to sweep the country over the next few years.

Tracey Kennedy of Killeagh GAA made history yesterday in Páirc Uí Chaoimh at the Cork County Board convention, becoming the first female chairperson of the board, writes Michael Moynihan.

The US Supreme Court has allowed full enforcement of Donald Trump's travel ban affecting residents of six mostly Muslim countries.

There is an urgent need to defend and vindicate the rights of our citizens against a small number of corporations which at this stage are quite clearly out of control, writes James McNulty.

A judge has thrown out a $417m jury award to a woman who claimed she developed ovarian cancer by using Johnson & Johnson talc-based baby powder for feminine hygiene.

The essential work of the print media is no less important than decades ago. But for that work to continue, newspapers must be given a chance to survive, writes TP O’Mahony.

A judge in Hawaii has blocked the latest version of the Trump administration travel ban just hours before it was set to take effect.

A Texas inmate convicted of the death of a prison guard has been executed after the US Supreme Court rejected his lawyer's attempts to halt the punishment.

Lawyers for an inmate convicted in a prison guard's death are asking the US Supreme Court to halt his scheduled execution.

The US Supreme Court has granted a temporary stay of execution for a Georgia inmate whose attorneys argue that the 59-year-old black man's death sentence was tainted by a juror's racial bias.

‘If Christopher Columbus had an advisory committee, he would probably still be at the dock.’ US Supreme Court justice, Arthur Goldberg

US president Donald Trump's childhood home in New York received some new occupants over the weekend - refugees.