A bill signed into law by the governor of Texas earlier this month has banned the use of red-light traffic cameras throughout the state. The use of such cameras, which capture images of vehicles passing through an intersection while the stoplight is red, will end when cities’ current contracts with their vendors expire. While supporters of the cameras have promoted them as a means to make traffic safer and generate funds via ticketing, the former and latter purposes have often found themselves at odds. Studies by the Texas Transportation Institute…

The first round of the contest for leadership of the United Kingdom’s Conservative party ended with results announced Thursday. With 114 votes, Boris Johnson leads the race to be next party leader and Prime Minister. Johnson’s vote count practically guarantees that the final round of the contest will include him as one of two final candidates. 105 MPs would be enough to see Johnson through all further votes to the final two. Trailing Johnson in the votes were Jeremy Hunt at 43 votes, Michael Gove at 37, Raab with 27,…