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Month: February 2023

Map: Where gender-affirming care is being targeted in the US

Map: Where gender-affirming care is being targeted in the US

ABC News (NEW YORK) — States across the country are considering bans on gender-affirming care for transgender minors. At least six states — Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, South Dakota, and Utah — have passed laws or policies that restrict gender-affirming care for people under the age of legal majority, which is […]

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How the Ohio train derailment could impact pregnant women and young children, experts weigh in

How the Ohio train derailment could impact pregnant women and young children, experts weigh in

Michael Swensen/Getty Images (EAST PALESTINE, Ohio) — It’s been more than three weeks since the Norfolk Southern Railway train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, leaking dangerous chemicals into the air, soil and water. Crews are continuing cleanup of the area where hazardous materials including vinyl chloride, ethyl acrylate and isobutylene may […]

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Five dead, including patient and medical personnel, in Care Flight plane crash

Five dead, including patient and medical personnel, in Care Flight plane crash

Angel Ruiz/EyeEm/Getty Images/STOCK (STAGECOACH, Nev.) — Five people are dead, including a patient and medical personnel, after a Care Flight plane crashed late Friday in Nevada. The incident occurred at approximately 9:15 p.m. when the Lyon County Dispatch Center began receiving multiple calls regarding a possible plane crash near Stagecoach, Nevada […]

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Prep Sports Roundup: 2/25

Prep Sports Roundup: 2/25

Boys Basketball 3A State Championship Game CEDAR CITY, Utah-Kayson Douglas posted 26 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists on 8-10 from the field and the No. 1 Manti Templars clobbered No. 7 Juab 88-58 to win the 3A state championship Saturday at Southern Utah University. The Templars shot 59 percent […]

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Elderly man killed, woman critically injured in ‘horrific’ dog attack

Elderly man killed, woman critically injured in ‘horrific’ dog attack

Kali9/Getty Images (SAN ANTONIO, Texas) — An elderly man was killed and a woman critically injured in a “horrific” dog attack in Texas on Friday, authorities said. The incident occurred around 1:45 p.m. local time in a residential area of San Antonio. Responding firefighters had to fend off the dogs […]

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Ransomware part of attack that compromised 2,000 LA student records, including COVID status, school district days

Ransomware part of attack that compromised 2,000 LA student records, including COVID status, school district days

Rapeepong Puttakumwong/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — A ransomware attack and data leak in September 2022 compromised assessment records, driver’s license numbers, as well as Social Security numbers of approximately 2,000 students, including 60 who are currently enrolled, the Los Angeles Unified School District confirmed to ABC News Friday. An investigation […]

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Media stars reunite to honor Detroit’s WGPR, America’s 1st Black-owned TV station

Media stars reunite to honor Detroit’s WGPR, America’s 1st Black-owned TV station

ABC News (DETROIT) — TV personality Shaun Robinson has been reporting for almost 30 years. She worked in local news in Miami before going on to the national stage, co-hosting “Access Hollywood” and later becoming the face of reality TV sensation “90 Day Fiancé.” But it all started many years […]

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Idaho house where four students were killed will be demolished

Idaho house where four students were killed will be demolished

Kaylee Goncalves/Instagram (MOSCOW, Idaho) — The Moscow, Idaho, house where four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death will be demolished, according to the university president. “This is a healing step” in the wake of a “crime that shook our community,” president Scott Green said in a letter to […]

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Airport runway incidents have risen but serious close calls have decreased over 20 years: FAA

Airport runway incidents have risen but serious close calls have decreased over 20 years: FAA

DuKai photographer/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Amid a recent series of headline-making near misses involving commercial planes and an impending federal review of the nation’s aerospace system, data from the Federal Aviation Administration shows the number of the most serious close calls at U.S. airports has actually been decreasing even […]

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Bats found in high school force students to switch to remote learning

Bats found in high school force students to switch to remote learning

www.fuchieh.com/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Students at one Arkansas high school are attending classes remotely after bats were found inside the school. The North Little School School District has canceled all after-school activities, practices and athletic events that take place inside the school. The campus has been closed since Wednesday. […]

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