Their demands come amid a spate of threats against doctors and institutions that provide medical care for transgender kids, sometimes including hormones or surgery for older teens.
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Loretta Lynn, coal miner’s daughter and country queen, dies
The Country Music Hall of Famer wrote fearlessly about sex and love, cheating husbands, divorce and birth control and sometimes got in trouble with radio programmers for material from which even rock performers once shied away.
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Indonesia police chief, others removed over soccer disaster
The disaster Saturday night was among the deadliest ever at a sporting event.
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Migrant flights’ mysterious recruiter identified, reports say
Several media outlets have identified the mysterious woman who allegedly lured dozens of migrants on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ flights to Martha’s Vineyard from San Antonio.
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North Korea sends missile soaring over Japan in escalation
Japan issued alerts to residents in the northeastern regions to evacuate buildings nearby.
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Bookish Bono: U2 singer to promote memoir with 14-city tour
Bono’s next tour will be without U2 or a new album to support
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Kim Kardashian fined $1 million by SEC over crypto promotion
Kardashian is the latest celebrity to get ensnared in regulations that require full disclosure by people getting paid to promote financial products.
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Trump asks to push ‘special master’ appeal hearing to January
Trump’s lawyers on Monday urged the federal appeals court in Atlanta to deny the Justice Department’s request to expedite the case, arguing Trump’s team is already crunched for time.
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Wall Street soars to best day since summer, with S&P up 2.6%
Helping to drive markets was a report on U.S. manufacturing that came in weaker than expected, along with data showing a drop-off in construction spending from July to August.
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Two convicted of violating George Floyd’s rights to begin federal term
J. Alexander Kueng, TouThao and Thomas Lane were convicted this year of depriving Floyd of his right to medical care as their fellow police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on the man’s neck for 9½ minutes.