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South Carolina governor signs ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors

By Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — South Carolina’s Republican governor on Tuesday signed a law banning gender-affirming medical care for minors in the state. Gov. Henry McMaster announced the signing of H 4624 in a statement on social media, saying the measure “protects our state’s children from irreversible gender transition procedures and bans public funds from being used for them.” With

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Reparations proposals for Black Californians advance to state Assembly

By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Senate advanced a set of ambitious reparations proposals Tuesday, including legislation that would create an agency to help Black families research their family lineage and confirm their eligibility for any future restitution passed by the state. Lawmakers also passed bills to create

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Resigned to a fate of constant displacement, India’s river islanders return home in between floods

By ANUPAM NATH Associated Press MORIGAON, India (AP) — Yaad Ali is dreading the rainy season’s arrival this year. The 56-year-old farmer from northeastern India’s Assam state lives with his wife and son on Sandahkhaiti island on India’s Brahmaputra River. The island, like two thousand others on the river, floods with increasing ferocity and unpredictability

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United Airlines to offer nonstop routes from Palm Springs to D.C. in December

United Airlines today announced it will begin nonstop flights from Palm Springs International Airport to Washington, D.C. starting in December and running through April 2025 — the airline’s first direct connection from PSP to the nation’s capital.    “This opens up a world of opportunities for both leisure and business travel, further establishing PSP as

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Louisiana lawmakers advance bill to reclassify abortion drugs, worrying doctors

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers have advanced a bill that would reclassify two abortion-inducing drugs, making it a crime to possess without a prescription. Mifepristone and misoprostol have other critical uses, including to induce labor, stop obstetric hemorrhaging and treat miscarriages. Doctors say they are “greatly concerned” about

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Oscar-winning composer of ‘Finding Neverland’ music, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, dies at age 71

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, who won a 2005 Oscar for the movie “Finding Neverland,” has died at age 71. Kaczmarek’s death was announced by Poland’s Music Foundation. Kaczmarek had suffered from MSA, a rare degenerative neurological disorder. He authored music for movies made in Europe and Hollywood, like the 1995

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Detroit could be without Black representation in Congress again with top candidate off the ballot

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — U.S. House candidate Adam Hollier will be left off Michigan’s August primary ballot after a county clerk ruled that he had not submitted enough valid signatures. Hollier was considered the biggest threat to incumbent U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar’s bid for reelection in Detroit’s 13th Congressional District.

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Louisiana House passes bill that would classify abortion drugs as controlled dangerous substances

By Dianne Gallagher, Shawn Nottingham and John Bonifield, CNN (CNN) — The Louisiana state House on Tuesday passed an amended bill that would classify the abortion-inducing drugs misoprostol and mifepristone as Schedule IV controlled dangerous substances in the state, placing them in the same category as highly regulated drugs such as narcotics and depressants. The House’s final passage

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