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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A court in central Japan has ruled that it is unconstitutional to require a transgender person to undergo surgery to remove their current reproductive organs in order for them to receive documentation under their new gender. The verdict in Shizuoka family court upholds a transgender plaintiff’s request
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Scruggs Click here for updates on this story WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (WPBF) — Deliberations began Thursday in the case of Timothy Ferriter, the man who locked his son in a box. Ferriter’s charges stem from claims he and his wife Tracy locked their 14-year-old adopted son in a box-like room in their
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH KRAUSS and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed American support to Israel on Thursday as its military pulverized the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip with airstrikes and prepared for a possible ground invasion. As Palestinians tried to stock up on bread and groceries amid dwindling supplies, Israel
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story FLAGLER COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — A brawl at Matanzas High School resulted in the arrest of eleven students, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office. The fight, which happened between school buildings on Monday afternoon, led to three students being arrested on felony charges, while
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Since Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival where it won the Palme d’Or, Sandra Hüller has been dogged by a question: Did she do it? In “Anatomy of a Fall,” Hüller plays a well-known novelist whose husband is found
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story CRESTON, Iowa (KCCI) — A Creston man who was charged in August with more than 40 counts of sexual abuse has pleaded guilty to at least one count of lascivious acts with a child. Greenfield police officers and Adair County sheriff’s deputies arrested Ryan Kissell,
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Indian Wells is hosting the California Forward Economic Conference with leaders around the Coachella Valley and State attending. One key issue they’re discussing, among many others is a regional and statewide healthcare shortage. For this reason, ‘OneFuture Coachella Valley’ and other valley healthcare leaders are hosting a ‘Healthcare Workforce Crisis Tour.’ The tours are an
Continue ReadingBy Kayla Tausche and Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration is set to announce new measures to raise the cost of Russia’s attempts to skirt a limit set on the price for its oil, senior administration officials told CNN, as the West aims to enforce more strictly a price cap first introduced nearly
Continue ReadingBy Kayla James Click here for updates on this story HUMBOLDT, Iowa (KCCI) — A Humboldt elementary school is switching from its usual Halloween-themed events to fall-themed festivities for the best interests of students, according to Humboldt Community School District’s superintendent Jim Murray. In a statement to KCCI, Murray addressed the decision: The district has
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting, and yields are climbing Thursday following mixed economic reports that offered no slam-dunk clues about where interest rates are heading. The S&P 500 was down 0.1% in midday trading, with four out of five stocks in the index lower. It’s threatening
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urielblanco (CNN) — Israel respeta el derecho internacional, afirmó este jueves el presidente del país, Isaac Herzog, en respuesta a una pregunta de CNN sobre si Israel respeta las leyes de la guerra. “Estoy bastante decepcionado de que eso sea lo que usted pregunta instantáneamente. ¿No lo han visto? Lo han visto, estaban todos allí.
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The Russian Olympic Committee has been suspended by the IOC for breaching the Olympic Charter by incorporating sports bodies in four regions in eastern Ukraine. Russian Olympic officials provoked the dispute last week by accepting the councils in Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia as its members.
Continue ReadingBy Ananda Pellerin, CNN (CNN) — The world of Sarah Lucas is crowded with body parts. During a career spanning over three decades, the London-born artist has amassed hundreds — if not thousands — of arms, legs, breasts and backsides, mixing irreverence and innuendo to make sculptures, self-portraits, and works on paper that raise eyebrows
Continue ReadingBy Morgan Lentes Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (WDSU) — Officials with the Sewerage and Water Board went before a New Orleans City Council committee Tuesday to discuss the utility’s latest efforts to combat saltwater intrusion. Last Thursday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced the saltwater wedge moving up
Continue ReadingBy LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The average onset of puberty is about two years earlier than a generation ago. Well over half of tweens and teens report body image issues. The average age of first exposure to porn is 12 for boys and not much later for girls. Those are just
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — The United Auto Workers union surprised Ford with a major escalation of its strike, ordering workers off the job at the company’s largest plant. Late Wednesday night, the union told 8,700 workers to strike at the Kentucky Truck Plant, which builds some of Ford’s most important vehicles, including the
Continue ReadingBy Jenyne Donaldson Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WBAL) — Baltimore City police are investigating three separate carjackings that happened in the city Monday afternoon. Police said at around 10:30 a.m., a woman was forcibly thrown from her truck on Edmonson Avenue. Her dog, Lucy, was still in the car. Officers
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department has imposed its first set of sanctions on two companies that shipped Russian oil in violation of a multinational price cap. The United States, along with the European Union, countries in the Group of Seven and Australia, imposed a $60 a barrel limit last
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A player in California won a $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot Wednesday night, ending a long stretch without a winner of the top prize. The winning numbers were: 22, 24, 40, 52, 64 and the Powerball 10. The winning ticket was sold at Midway Market & Liquor
Continue Reading Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El Gobierno del presidente Joe Biden sigue buscando detalles concretos sobre el estado del puñado de estadounidenses que se cree que han sido tomados como rehenes por Hamas, incluyendo exactamente cuántos puede tener cautivos el grupo terrorista en Gaza, o si están actualmente retenidos juntos en un mismo lugar, dijo
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