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Month: June 2023

19 states have laws restricting gender-affirming care, some with the possibility of a felony charge

By Annette Choi and Will Mullery, CNN (CNN) — This year has been record shattering for anti-LGBTQ legislation, with particular scrutiny on gender-affirming health care access for transgender children and teenagers. Nineteen states have passed laws restricting it — but not all bans are the same. While some states have enacted laws that can punish

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As chemical cleanup continues in East Palestine, Ohio, disease detectives work to understand why so many got sick

By Brenda Goodman, CNN East Palestine, Ohio (CNN) — One Monday in early March, a team of 15 health specialists affiliated with the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry began knocking on doors along Taggart Street in East Palestine, Ohio. The investigators were trying to contact residents and ask about any health problems

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The double-decker airplane seat is back. Here’s what it looks like now

By Francesca Street, CNN Hamburg, Germany (CNN) — Would you sit directly below another airplane passenger? It might not sound particularly appealing on paper, but 23-year-old airplane seat designer Alejandro Núñez Vicente believes double-level seating is the future of economy flying. You may have seen a photo of Núñez Vicente’s Chaise Longue Airplane Seat prototype

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El académico progresista Cornel West dice que presentará su candidatura presidencial por un tercer partido

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El exprofesor de Harvard y destacado intelectual público Cornel West se presentará como candidato a la presidencia por un tercer partido, anunció este lunes en un video publicado en Twitter. Partidario, sustituto y confidente de Bernie Sanders durante las candidaturas presidenciales del senador de Vermont en 2016 y 2020, West

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Man charged in the sexual assaults of 4 women over a decade ago after his DNA was pulled from a drinking glass at an event, prosecutors say

By Sara Smart, Rob Frehse and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Investigators in Boston have used DNA analysis to identify and charge a suspect in the sexual assaults of four women whose cases have gone unsolved for over a decade, according to prosecutors. Investigators identified Matthew Nilo, who now lives in New Jersey, as the

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