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Texas Legislature OKs ban on gender-affirming care for minors
Texas is now poised to join at least 17 other states that have enacted similar bans.
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Sherpa guide regains title for most climbs of Mount Everest after 27th trip
The season’s first wave of climbers reached the summit over the weekend as Sherpa guides fixed ropes and made paths for the hundreds who will attempt to scale the peak over the remaining days of May.
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Montana says 1st-in-nation TikTok ban protects people. TikTok says it violates their rights
A TikTok spokesperson argued that Montana’s law infringes on people’s First Amendment rights and is unlawful.
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Criminal cases for killing eagles decline as wind turbine dangers grow
There is growing concern that a proliferation of wind turbines to feed the demand for renewable energy is jeopardizing golden eagle populations.
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Abortion pill case moves to appeals court, on track for Supreme Court
At issue are the Food and Drug Administration’s initial approval of mifepristone in 2000, and FDA actions making the drug more accessible in later years.
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Biden declares ‘America will not default,’ says he’s confident of budget deal with Republicans
Biden and McCarthy tasked a handful of representatives to try and close out a final deal, with negotiations beginning late Tuesday.
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DeSantis signs bills targeting drag shows, pronouns, bathroom use and transgender children
Florida is banning gender affirming care for minors among a series of anti-LGBTQ+ bills signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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Supreme Court won’t put Illinois gun law on hold while court challenge continues
The case before the court involves a state law enacted in January that bans the sale of a series of guns including the AR-15 and AK-47.
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The likelihood that Earth briefly hits key warming threshold grows bigger and closer, UN forecasts
The United Nations’ weather agency says there’s a two-out-of-three chance that the world will reach the internationally accepted global temperature threshold for limiting the worst effects of climate change sometime in the next five years.