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Judge to rule on temporary block of North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota district judge said Tuesday he will rule soon on whether to issue a temporary restraining order against North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming care for children. Families and a pediatrician filed the lawsuit in September. They want the ban found unconstitutional and blocked from

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Oregon GOP senators who boycotted Legislature file federal lawsuit in new effort to seek reelection

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Republican state senators in Oregon who walked out of the Legislature earlier this year have filed a federal lawsuit as part of their efforts to seek reelection. The three senators filed the lawsuit Monday. They’re challenging a voter-approved amendment to the state constitution that bars them from reelection following their term

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Two SoCal men charged with using darknet to sell 124K fentanyl-laced pills and nearly 20 lbs of meth

Two Los Angeles men who allegedly supplied fentanyl-laced pills and methamphetamine for a drug trafficking organization that used the darknet and encrypted messaging to sell narcotics to people in all 50 states are facing federal charges, officials announced today.   The two-count indictment charges Omar Navia, 38, of South Los Angeles, and Adan Ruiz, 27, of

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The Biden administration says colleges must fight ‘alarming rise’ in antisemitism and Islamophobia

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is warning U.S. schools and colleges that they must take immediate action to stop antisemitism and Islamophobia on their campuses, citing an “alarming rise” in threats and harassment. In a Tuesday letter, the Education Department said there’s “renewed urgency” to fight discrimination against

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Some polls in Kentucky close as Beshear hopes abortion debate hands him another term as governor

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Some polls in Kentucky have closed as voters there decide whether to give Democratic incumbent Gov. Andy Beshear a second term in the Republican-leaning state. Beshear is up against Republican challenger Daniel Cameron. After months of sparring over abortion and the economy, they’ll await the verdict

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Just 10 days before another government shutdown, Congress expands to-do list with Ukraine, border

By LISA MASCARO and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There are just 10 days before another potential government shutdown. Congress faces a Nov. 17 deadline to fund the federal government but is no closer to resolving the standoff — and in fact is complicating matters. Republicans are demanding strict U.S. border security changes

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Brittney Griner predicts an especially emotional Olympic return if chosen to represent the USA at upcoming Summer Games

By David Close, CNN (CNN) — During her nearly 300-day detainment in Russia, Brittney Griner didn’t think she would play basketball again let alone represent her country. On Tuesday, the two-time Olympic gold medalist expressed her thankfulness for the opportunity to play for Team USA again following her wrongful imprisonment abroad. “I didn’t think I

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