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White House orders NIH to research trans ‘regret’ and ‘detransition’
April 11, 2025 4:20 AM ET Rob Stein The Trump administration has ordered the National Institutes of Health to study the physical and mental health effects of undergoing gender transition, according to an internal NIH memo obtained by NPR. The directive was shared with NPR by two current NIH staffers who did not want to…
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Same-sex marriage is under attack by state lawmakers, emboldened by Trump’s anti-LGBTQ+ measures and the Supreme Court’s willingness to overturn precedent
Published: April 14, 2025 8:42am EDT Paul M. Collins Jr., Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, UMass Amherst Disclosure statement Paul M. Collins Jr. does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their…
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Lawyers warn clients of increased arrest risk at immigration check-ins
April 24, 2025 9:06 AM ET Jasmine Garsd When Jessica Rodriguez Aguilar and her husband Josue Aguilar showed up at a routine appointment with U.S. immigration services in Miami earlier this month, they hoped things would go smoothly. It was a long awaited immigration interview which they expected would get them closer to fixing his…
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US judge blocks Trump from withholding funds from 16 ‘sanctuary’ cities, counties
By Nate Raymond April 24, 2025 3:02 PM CDT Summary April 24 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday blocked Donald Trump‘s administration from withholding federal funding from more than a dozen so-called sanctuary jurisdictions that have declined to cooperate with the Republican president’s hardline immigration crackdown. U.S. District Judge William Orrick in San Francisco issued the injunction,…
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Israeli strike in Gaza kills 23 as Arab mediators seek long-term truce
By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Updated 3:06 PM CDT, April 23, 2025 DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An overnight Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City killed 23 people, as Arab mediators worked on a proposal to end the war with Hamas that would include a five-to-seven-year truce and the release of all remaining hostages, officials said…
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Ukraine ready to hold talks with Russia once ceasefire in place, Zelenskiy says
By Reuters April 22, 2025 3:41 PM KYIV, April 22 (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Ukraine would be ready to hold talks with Russia in any format once a ceasefire deal is in place and the fighting has stopped. The Ukrainian leader also told reporters at a briefing that a Ukrainian delegation…
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Tennessee pauses bill targeting right to education regardless of immigration status
The direction announced by House Majority Leader William Lamberth, the bill sponsor, diminishes the chances for it to pass this year. April 22, 2025, 9:41 AM CDT / Source: The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Republican lawmakers in Tennessee have paused a bill meant to challenge the constitutional right for children to attend public schools regardless of their…
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Elon Musk’s xAI accused of pollution over Memphis supercomputer
Hearing scheduled for Friday as residents receive anonymous leaflets that downplay pollution dangers Dara Kerr Thu 24 Apr 2025 22.09 EDT Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) company is stirring controversy in Memphis, Tennessee. That’s where he’s building a massive supercomputer to power his company xAI. Community residents and environmental activists say that since the supercomputer was fired up…
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Memphis police reform activist arrested for disorderly conduct
by: Megan Fayard Updated: Apr 10, 2025 / 12:50 PM CDT MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A city of Memphis police reform task force member was arrested on Wednesday for disorderly conduct, according to Shelby County jail records. Amber Sherman, a vocal and passionate community activist who is widely known in the Memphis area, was also charged with obstructing…
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