Court Sides With Transgender Student In Bathroom Case
A federal court has ruled in favor of a transgender student in Virginia who wanted to use the boys’ restroom at school. The school had blocked him from doing so.
Lawsuit Challenges Laws Barring Israel Boycott
Many states have laws requiring any company contracting with the state to agree to not boycott Israel. A federal lawsuit in Arizona is the first to challenge these “anti-BDS” laws.
Texas Governor Holds Discussion After School Shooting
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott held a meeting in response to Friday’s shooting at Santa Fe high school. Dallas County Schools Superintendent Dr. Michael Hinojosa talks with Rachel Martin.
VA Bill Set To Expand Support For Veterans’ Caregivers
A Veterans Affairs funding bill expected to pass Congress includes an expansion of a program to pay family caregivers.
Coming To Terms With Texas School Shooting
Residents in Santa Fe, Texas are trying to make sense of last week’s school shooting, which left 10 people dead. A 17-year-old student allegedly opened fire on classmates.
California’s Message To Hospitals: Shape Up Or Lose ‘In-Network’ Status
Covered California, the state’s health insurance exchange, will exclude hospitals from insurance networks if they don’t reduce their numbers of C-sections, back scans and opioid prescriptions.
American Novelist Philip Roth, Author Of ‘Portnoy’s Complaint,’ Dies At 85
Roth, one of the most influential novelists of the later part of the 20th Century, is the author of American Pastoral, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and 1969’s Portnoy’s Complaint.
Hunt For Escaped South Carolina Inmate Intensifies As Second Wanted Man Is Captured
After a 2 1/2-day manhunt across three states only one of the three inmates who escaped on Saturday night is still on the lam. The men escaped when a system glitch unlocked the doors to their cells.
20 Years Ago, Oregon School Shooting Ended A Bloody Season
A year before Columbine, a streak of school shootings had America debating whether they were a blip or a trend. The last fatal mass shooting of the 1998 school year was in Springfield, Ore.
New Studies Confirm A Surge In Coal Miners’ Disease
Confirming what NPR reported in 2016, new studies show the rate of the advanced stage of the deadly disease black lung growing in central Appalachia, including more demand for lung transplants.
Brandi Chastain’s Hall Of Fame Plaque Looks Like Basically Anyone But Her
The bronze depiction of the U.S. soccer legend called to mind Jimmy Carter, Eleanor Roosevelt and Gary Busey. Chastain took it in stride: “It’s not the most flattering, but it’s nice.”
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