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Sean Salai

Sean Salai

ssalai@washingtontimes.com

Sean Salai is the general assignment/culture reporter for The Washington Times. A former National desk intern and Metro clerk at The Washington Times, he also has served as a City Hall reporter at the Boca Raton News and as a special contributor at America Media. He can be reached at ssalai@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Sean Salai

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to supporters and members of the media after a bill signing on Nov. 18, 2021, in Brandon, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) **FILE**

GOP lawmakers file 15 bills to ban LGBT curricula, books

A free-speech advocacy group reports that Republican lawmakers have filed since May 15 bills in nine states to ban gender identity discussions and LGBT materials in schools, building on a movement for more parental involvement in academic policies and curricula.

February 17, 2022
This May 12, 2021, file photo shows an advertisement for the cryptocurrency Bitcoin displayed on a tram in Hong Kong. Cryptocurrency executives went to Capitol Hill on Dec. 8, 2021, to say their fast-growing industry understands more regulation is likely coming, but they don't want it to squelch the next wave of the internet or send it offshore to other countries. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)  **FILE**

Crypto, NFT ads drive spike in Super Bowl Sunday tweets

Newly released Twitter data shows there were 6.4 million tweets mentioning the Super Bowl on Sunday, a spike in online chatter about the annual game that arose partly from televised advertising gimmicks involving cryptocurrency and NFTs.

February 15, 2022
A protester prays ahead of the North Texas March for Life, celebrating the passage and court rulings upholding the Texas law known as Senate Bill 8, on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, in Dallas. Abortions in Texas fell by 60% in the first month under the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S. in decades. That's according to the fist figures released by Texas health officials since the law known as Senate Bill 8 took effect in September. (Shafkat Anowar/The Dallas Morning News via AP) **FILE*

Texas abortions dropped almost 60% in first month of ban

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is reporting that abortions declined by nearly 60% during the first month of the state's ban of the procedure after six weeks of pregnancy, but reproductive health experts say it's impossible to tell yet how many women got them through other means.

February 14, 2022