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Month: February 2025

Trump administration withdraws from gender-affirming care dispute at the Supreme Court

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s administration is switching positions in a major Supreme Court case on transgender rights, backing away from the Biden administration’s opposition to Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors. The appeal over Tennessee’s ban is the most significant LGBTQ+ case the Supreme Court has considered in years.

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Trailblazer at the Helm: TSU Welcomes Dr. Gilbert L. Rochon as Interim Dean of the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs

By Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story     February 7, 2025 (Houston Style Magazine) — February 6, 2025 (Houston, TX) – Texas Southern University (TSU) continues its legacy of academic excellence with the appointment of Dr. Gilbert L. Rochon as the Interim Dean of the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs

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LA County deputy faces 10 years in federal prison for excessive force conviction

By Matthew Rodriguez Click here for updates on this story     LOS ANGELES (KCAL/KCBS) — A federal jury found a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy guilty of using excessive force while detaining a woman outside of a grocery store roughly two years ago. U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson scheduled 32-year-old Trevor James Kirk’s sentencing hearing

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Canciller venezolano dice que la incautación del segundo avión venezolano en República Dominicana no es más que un robo

Por Ivonne Valdés, CNN en Español El canciller de Venezuela, Yván Gil, calificó de “robo descarado” la incautación en Santo Domingo de un avión de la estatal Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) a pedido del Gobierno de Estados Unidos, debido a “violaciones de las leyes de control de exportaciones y sanciones” del país, argumenta el Departamento

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