WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Tennessee law prohibiting doctors from providing medical care such as puberty-blockers and gender affirming surgery for transgender minors can go into effect immediately, a U.S. appeals court ruled Saturday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit said advocacy groups that had challenged Tennessee’s law could not show they were …
Court reinstates Tennessee ban on care for transgender youth Read More »
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday announced he would give up trying to deny parole to one of Charles Manson’s murderous “family” of followers, clearing the way to let Leslie Van Houten out of prison after more than 50 years. In May a California appeals court overruled Newsom and found …
California governor to stop fighting against parole for Manson follower Read More »
By Andrew Hay TALPA, N.M. (Reuters) – Physiotherapist Spencer Bushnell lives less than a mile from farmer Carlos Arguello in Taos, New Mexico. But they are worlds apart on proposals to lace the foothills they love with up to 71 miles of mountain bike and hiking trails. The two volunteered this year for a U.S. …
New Mexico trail clash echoes culture war across US West Read More »
(Reuters) – Police on Friday arrested two men aged 19 and 20 on suspicion of murder in the shooting at a Texas street festival on the eve of the Fourth of July that killed three people and wounded eight others, Fort Worth Police Chief Neil Noakes said. Further arrests could be made, Noakes told a …
Two suspects arrested in Texas shooting at Fourth of July festival Read More »
By Laura Gottesdiener, Ted Hesson, Mica Rosenberg, Kristina Cooke and Daina Beth Solomon MATAMOROS, Mexico (Reuters) – On a June afternoon when temperatures climbed near 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius), Alejandra Pena gently tipped a jug of water into her son’s mouth. Like other children in the migrant camp, a mile-long stretch of tents along …
Biden’s new asylum policy strands some migrants at Mexico border Read More »
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday announced new steps to crack down on short-term health insurance plans and surprise medical bills, stepping up his war against so-called junk fees to lower healthcare costs. This will include a proposed rule that closes loopholes companies use to offer misleading short-term insurance products, …
Biden’s junk fee crusade turns to short-term health insurance plans Read More »
By Daniel Trotta and Brad Brooks (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday sentenced a white supremacist to 90 consecutive life terms in prison for a 2019 shooting in which he killed 23 people and wounded 22 others at a Texas Walmart while targeting Hispanics, according to court records and prosecutors. The sentencing by U.S. …
Shooter who killed 23 at Texas Walmart sentenced to 90 life terms Read More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Eighteen people were taken to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries after a double-decker tour bus collided with a New York City commuter bus on Thursday evening in Manhattan, according to the city’s fire department. The front windows of a double-decker TopView tour bus were shattered in the collision with the rear of …
Two buses collide in New York, injuring at least 18 people Read More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. has destroyed the last of its declared chemical weapons stockpile, President Joe Biden said on Friday, bringing to an end a decades-long effort to eliminate the deadly weapons first used on a large scale in World War One. As part of the Chemical Weapons Convention, which was ratified by the …
Biden says US destroys last of chemical weapons stockpile Read More »
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – The family of a transgender middle school student has sued to prevent Idaho from requiring public school students to use the restroom corresponding to their assigned sex at birth, in the latest fight over a U.S. state law targeting transgender youth. The family and a student association say the law, …
Idaho sued over bill restricting trans students’ restroom use Read More »
