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South Dakota Gov Pushes Changes To Transgender Sports Ban
South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem on Friday suggested language changes in a bill to ban transgender girls and women from participating in girls or womens sports leagues to limit the ban to high school and elementary schools, excluding college sport...
Ex-politician In Prison In Adoption Scam Gets 5 More Years
A former Phoenix politician already in prison on a sixyear sentence for operating an illegal adoption scheme involving women from the Marshall Islands was ordered to serve another five years behind bars for defrauding Arizonas Medicaid system in a scam to...
Sources: Feds Have No Evidence Yet For GA Hate Crime Charge
Federal investigators have so far not found evidence that clears the high bar for federal hate crime charges against a man who has been accused of killing eight people at three Atlantaarea massage businesses, two law enforcement officials told The Associa...
Famed Tiffany Jewelry Designer Elsa Peretti Dead At Age 80
Elsa Peretti, who went from Halston model and Studio 54 regular in the 1960s and '70s to one of the world's most famous jewelry designers with timeless, fluid Tiffany & Co. collections often inspired by nature, has died. She was 80.
Wanted Arizona Man Who Hid In Desert For Months Is Arrested
A 42yearold Arizona man sought on sex abuserelated charges was arrested after he spent more than three months hiding in the desert, a sheriff's office said Thursday.
'So Bad for You': Doctors Flee Lebanon amid Worsening Crisis
Doctors warn a country once dubbed "the hospital of the Arab world" is haemorrhaging its best and brightest.
Man Arrested Outside Kamala Harris' Official Residence With Rifle and Ammunition in Car
DC police say officers arrested and charged 31-year-old Paul Murray, of San Antonio, and that a rifle and ammunition were recovered from his vehicle.
US Won't Recognize Syria Presidency Vote Unless UN Involved
DeLaurentis echoed U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in saying that a credible political settlement cannot wait.
San Diego Seeking Families Of Homeless Men Killed In Crash
San Diego officials released the names of two men killed when a driver crashed into a sidewalk homeless encampment and are asking the public to help them find their families so they can notify them of their deaths.
NKorea Cuts Diplomat Ties With Malaysia Over US Extradition
North Korea says itll cut diplomatic ties with Malaysia to protest its recent court ruling that allows a North Korean citizen to be extradited to the United States to face money laundering charges.
Burns Confirmed As CIA Director As US Faces Diverse Threats
The Senate on Thursday confirmed without opposition veteran diplomat William Burns as director of the CIA, giving him control of the nation's premier spy agency as the U.S. government confronts a diverse array of international threats from China, Russia,...
Swimming - Australia Pulls Out Of Russia, China Meets Due To COVID-19
Australia will not send teams to the junior world championships in Russia and the World University Games in China in August due to COVID19, Swimming Australia (SA) said on Thursday.
Man Arrested On Weapons Charge Near Vice President's Home
District of Columbia police on Wednesday arrested a man near the vice president's residence on a weapons charge. Vice President Kamala Harris does not live at the home yet.
For Biden, Questions About Cuomo Grow Harder To Ignore
President Joe Biden's relentless effort to avoid the daytoday distractions of the political world is being put to the test by the growing calls for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign.
Why Georgia Attack Spurs Fears In Asian Americans?
The shootings at three Georgia massage parlors and spas that left eight people dead, six of them women of Asian descent, come on the heels of a recent wave of attacks against Asian Americans since the coronavirus first entered the United States.
‘Don't Come to US:’ Biden Tells Migrants as Criticism Grows Over Surge in Mexicans
The Biden administration continues to expel most single adults and people traveling in families.