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Meet the influential new player on transgender health bills
By Jeff Mcmillan And Kimberlee Kruesi Associated Press Do No Harm, a nonprofit that launched last year to oppose diversity initiatives in medicine has evolved into a significant leader in statehouses seeking to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youths, producing model legislation that an Associated Press analysis found has been used in at least three…
Read MoreHere are the restrictions on transgender people that are moving forward in US statehouses
ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press A federal judge is considering whether to block Florida’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth, as bills targeting the rights of trans people are being embraced by Republican governors and statehouses across the country. The restrictions are spreading quickly despite criticism from medical groups and advocates who say they…
Read MoreObama, Colbert among 500 Americans banned from going to Russia
MOSCOW (AP) — In response to a new round of U.S. sanctions, Russia announced Friday that it was banning 500 Americans from entering the country, including former President Barack Obama and comedian Stephen Colbert. The list released by the Foreign Ministry did not specify complaints against each individual. But the ministry said the offenses included…
Read MoreG7 effort to build consensus on global issues
ELAINE KURTENBACH and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies are joining their counterparts from other countries during their summit in Japan in an effort to expand the G7’s sway and to include voices from the so-called Global South. From South America to South Asia, Ukraine…
Read MoreRepelled by high car prices, Americans are holding on to their vehicles longer than ever
TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — With new and used cars still painfully expensive, Ryan Holdsworth says he plans to keep his 9-year-old Chevy Cruze for at least four more years. Limiting his car payments and his overall debt is a bigger priority for him than having a new vehicle. A…
Read MoreUK sees record number of people off work due to long-term sickness
PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The number of people in the U.K. not working because of long-term sickness has risen to a record high partly because of ongoing health problems related to the coronavirus pandemic, official figures showed Tuesday. The Office for National Statistics found that 2.55 million people were not able to…
Read MoreDaughters without moms find support in each other’s grief
TRACEE M. HERBAUGH Associated Press When my mother died suddenly 30 years ago, I was 13. I’d spend the next 20 years attempting to understand what it means not to have a mother. And I did this basically alone. Mostly, this was because my mother’s parents, who raised me, were old-fashioned folks who lived through…
Read MoreGovernment says dogs can dine al fresco but not everyone is on board
DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Just in time for the summer dining season, the U.S. government has given its blessing to restaurants that want to allow pet dogs in their outdoor spaces. But even though nearly half of states already allow canine dining outdoors, the issue is far from settled, with many diners and restaurants…
Read MoreRace to US border as Title 42 ends
By VALERIE GONZALEZ, ELLIOT SPAGAT and GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The U.S. entered a new immigration enforcement era Friday, ending a three-year-old asylum restriction and enacting a set of strict new rules that the Biden administration hopes will stabilize the U.S.-Mexico border and push migrants to apply for protections where…
Read MoreBiden: Debt meeting ‘productive,’ default ‘not an option’
By ZEKE MILLER, SEUNG MIN KIM, JOSH BOAK and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and congressional leaders confronted each other on the debt limit impasse Tuesday, ending their meeting with no breakthrough but agreeing to meet again this week to try to avert the looming risk of an unprecedented government…
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