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Month: August 2023

Court fights are ramping up over states’ transgender health care restrictions

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Courts nationwide are delivering a mixed verdict on the future of laws restricting gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth. Legal battles have ramped up over the restrictions, following a historic wave of laws targeting transgender people’s rights. New rulings on the bans may be imminent

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US fighter jets intercept aircraft violating airspace near where Biden is vacationing in Lake Tahoe

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — US military fighter jets responded to a civilian aircraft that “violated a Temporary Flight Restriction” area near Lake Tahoe, Nevada, where President Joe Biden is vacationing, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said in a statement. Two NORAD F-16s, and a US Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin, responded to the

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Ukraine aid faces a stress test as some GOP 2024 presidential candidates balk at continued support

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Strong backing for Ukraine’s effort to repel Russia’s invasion has been the rare issue where President Joe Biden has mustered bipartisan support. But this week’s first GOP presidential debate — and recent comments by former President Donald Trump on Ukraine — suggest that the dynamic will face

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The descendants of a British owner of slaves in Guyana apologize as Caribbean seeks reparations

By BERT WILKINSON Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — The descendants of a 19th-century Scottish sugar and coffee planter who owned thousands of slaves in Guyana have apologized for the sins of their forefathers and called slavery a crime against humanity. Charles Gladstone is a descendant of plantation owner John Gladstone who traveled to Guyana

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Appellate judges revive Jewish couple’s lawsuit alleging adoption bias under Tennessee law

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An appeals panel has revived a couple’s lawsuit that alleges a Tennessee law unconstitutionally protects a decision by a state-sponsored Christian adoption agency not to help them because they are Jewish. On Thursday, a three-judge panel of the state Court of Appeals ruled that Elizabeth and

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US, EU slam far-right Israeli minister’s ‘racist’ claim his rights outweigh that of Palestinians

By Kareem Khadder, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — The United States and European Union Friday slammed comments by far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir that his right to life outweighs Palestinians’ right to freedom of movement in the occupied West Bank. “We strongly condemn Minister Ben Gvir’s racist, destructive comments on the freedom of

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