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Month: January 2024

Texas attorney general targets Georgia clinic in another attempt to obtain private medical records of transgender youth

By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — In another attempt to obtain the private medical records of transgender youth, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is requesting the records of Texan minors from a Georgia-based telehealth clinic, the clinic’s founder says. Paxton sent a letter late last year to QueerMed, a clinic providing hormone therapy and other services

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Texas Supreme Court hears oral arguments in challenge to ban on gender affirming care for youth

By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday on the challenge to the state’s near-total ban on gender-affirming care for minors. Senate Bill 14, which went into effect last September, bars Texas health care providers from giving gender-transition surgeries, puberty-blocking medication or hormone therapies to those under 18, with violators

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Ex-NBA star Rajon Rondo arrested in Indiana on misdemeanor gun, drug charges, police say

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Indiana State Police arrested two-time NBA champion Rajon Rondo on Sunday in southern Indiana on misdemeanor gun and drug charges, police said. The 37-year-old former guard was initially stopped for a traffic violation in Jackson County, police said in a news release. An investigation began Sunday afternoon after a caller said

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Ex-NBA star Rajon Rondo arrested in Indiana on misdemeanor gun, drug charges, police say

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Indiana State Police arrested two-time NBA champion Rajon Rondo on Sunday in southern Indiana on misdemeanor gun and drug charges, police said. The 37-year-old former guard was initially stopped for a traffic violation in Jackson County, police said in a news release. An investigation began Sunday afternoon after a caller said

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Estrellas ‘old smokers’ nunca antes vistas sorprenden a los astrónomos

Sol Amaya (CNN) — Un estudio del cielo nocturno que duró una década reveló un nuevo y misterioso tipo de estrella a la que los astrónomos se refieren como “old smoker”. Estos objetos estelares previamente ocultos son estrellas gigantes envejecidas ubicadas cerca del corazón de la Vía Láctea. Las estrellas están inactivas durante décadas y

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Los astrónomos realizan un descubrimiento sin precedentes para la búsqueda de agua en el espacio

Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Los astrónomos que utilizan el telescopio espacial Hubble detectaron moléculas de agua en la atmósfera de un pequeño exoplaneta a 97 años luz de la Tierra. El planeta, llamado GJ 9827d, tiene aproximadamente el doble de diámetro que la Tierra y es el exoplaneta más pequeño cuya atmósfera contiene vapor de

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Supervisors OK $15M consulting agreement requested by RivCo Sheriff

The Board of Supervisors today approved a 10-year, $15 million consulting contract sought by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department for management of the flow of construction projects required by the agency. In a 5-0 vote without comment, the board authorized the sheriff’s department, in coordination with the Department of Facilities Management, to retain the services

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Google’s parent posts double-digit revenue growth in a quarter for first time in nearly 2 years

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google’s corporate parent returned to double-digit revenue growth during last year’s final quarter, signaling the internet powerhouse has regained its footing even as it grapples with regulatory and competitive threats to its digital empire. The results announced Tuesday by Alphabet Inc. marked the third consecutive

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Judge orders Wisconsin elections officials to move quickly on changing absentee ballot rules

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has ordered the Wisconsin Elections Commission to implement his ruling allowing election clerks to accept absentee ballots that have partial witness addresses, a decision that is expected to expand the number of ballots that will be counted in battleground Wisconsin. Each of the

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Undercover Israeli troops dressed as medical staff kill three militants in West Bank hospital raid, officials say

By Abeer Salman and Christian Edwards, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli special forces, dressed as civilians and medical staff, infiltrated the Ibn Sina hospital in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday and killed three Palestinian men, according to Israeli and Palestinian officials. CCTV footage shared on social media appeared to show around

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US Steel agrees to spend millions to settle lawsuit over air pollution violations after 2018 fire

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — U.S. Steel has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the Pittsburgh-based company of violating federal clean air laws by operating plants without its desulfurization controls for more than three months, emitting clouds of sulfurous gas into surrounding towns. Environmental groups Clean Air Council and PennEnvironment said the settlement was filed

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