County executive in New York bans transgender athletes from competing on girls’ sports teams
By Ashley R. Williams and Nic F. Anderson, CNN (CNN) — An executive order issued in a New York county will ban transgender athletes from…
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8 people die in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state as heavy rains cause landslides and floods
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Authorities in Brazil say at least eight people have died in Rio de Janeiro state due to landslides and floods caused by…
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‘She should not have been treated as a bad person’: Father of deceased Deschutes County Jail inmate files federal lawsuit
The father of a 22-year-old Deschutes County Jail inmate who died of suicide while in withdrawal from fentanyl a year ago has filed a federal…
Continue ReadingHistoric Odysseus moon mission marks a milestone in reaching the lunar surface
CNN By Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 lander, also called Odysseus or “Odie,” is on the lunar…
Continue ReadingMan found guilty of murder in Alaska Native woman’s killing that was captured on stolen memory card
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man who recorded the violent death of an Alaska Native woman on his cellphone was…
Continue ReadingMultiple officers ordered to testify in grand jury probe into 2022 Uvalde school massacre
By Jamiel Lynch, Shimon Prokupecz and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Multiple law enforcement officers who responded to the 2022 school massacre in…
Continue ReadingThis couple has to leave Alabama or risk losing their eggs after state ruling forces providers to pause IVF treatment
By Isabel Rosales, Lauren Mascarenhas and Chris Youd, CNN (CNN) — “I just feel like I don’t even want to ever come back to Alabama,”…
Continue ReadingA Kansas county shredded old ballots as the law required, but the sheriff wanted to save them
By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The most populous county in Kansas has confirmed that it has rejected demands from the local…
Continue ReadingUK and EU agree to cooperate on tackling illegal immigration as post-Brexit relations thaw further
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain and its former partners in the European Union have struck a deal to cooperate more on tackling…
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Wyden, Merkley announce $27 million to support Pacific salmon recovery in Oregon
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Thursday an investment of $27 million from the National Oceanic and…
Continue ReadingMississippi might allow incarcerated people to sue prisons over transgender inmates
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A bill before Mississippi lawmakers might allow incarcerated people…
Continue ReadingPanama’s judiciary orders arrest of ex-president holed up in Nicaragua’s embassy
By ALMA SOLÍS Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panamanian authorities have ordered the arrest of former President Ricardo Martinelli who has…
Continue ReadingSome Republicans are voicing doubt over Alabama IVF ruling. Democrats see an opportunity.
By CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats and reproductive rights groups are seizing on a ruling this week by the Alabama…
Continue ReadingVice Media says ‘several hundred’ staff members will be laid off, Vice.com news site shuttered
NEW YORK (AP) — Vice Media plans to lay off several hundred employees and no longer publish material on its Vice.com website, the company’s…
Continue ReadingWhat’s next after the Alabama ruling that counts IVF embryos as children?
By KIM CHANDLER and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Supreme Court ruled last week that couples who were trying…
Continue ReadingReddit strikes $60M deal allowing Google to train AI models on its posts, unveils IPO plans
By DAVID HAMILTON AP Technology Reporter SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Reddit has struck a deal with Google. The pact announced Thursday will allow the…
Continue ReadingAtlanta is the only place in US to see pandas for now. But dozens of spots abroad have them
By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — It will still be months before the San Diego Zoo gets new pandas, the first such bears sent to…
Continue ReadingIsrael’s war cabinet sends negotiating team to Paris for hostage talks
By Jeremy Diamond, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — Israel’s war cabinet has sent a negotiating team, led by Mossad Director David Barnea, to Paris on…
Continue ReadingA Michigan toddler’s shooting highlights new gun storage law and other states’ strategies
By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press A Michigan man is the first person to face charges under the state’s new law requiring gun owners to keep…
Continue ReadingLouisiana lawmakers advance permitless concealed carry gun bill
By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana is one step closer to joining the list of states that allow people to carry…
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