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Federal judge strikes down Florida's ban on Medicaid funding for transgender treatment 06/22/2023 12:55am • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) ��� A federal judge on Wednesday struck down Florida rules championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis restricting Medicaid coverage for gender dysphoria treatments for potentially thousands of transgender people. ���Gender identity is real��� and the state has admitted it, U.S. District Russia says it downed 3 drones outside Moscow, suspects it was attack by Ukraine 06/21/2023 11:39pm • Two drones were brought down outside Moscow as they approached the warehouses of a local military unit, Russian authorities said Wednesday, in what could be the latest attempt by Ukraine to strike targets inside Russia during the early stages of Kyiv's most recent counteroffensive. At the same time, Attorneys spar in case of ex-Trump adviser who devised strategy to keep former president in power 06/21/2023 10:51pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� A lawyer representing attorney John Eastman, the architect of a legal strategy aimed at keeping former President Donald Trump in power after the 2020 election, spotlighted Wednesday legal debates surrounding the tallying electoral votes in a defense of Eastman���s advice to the Pharrell fuses entertainment and fashion for confident Louis Vuitton menswear debut 06/21/2023 08:45pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Unveiling a new chapter in its illustrious history, Louis Vuitton made an indelible mark on Paris Fashion Week���s men���s shows as they premiered the debut collection by musician-turned-designer Pharrell Williams. Appointed in February to fill the immense shoes left by the death of Georgia officials lay out obstacles to updating election system before 2024 06/21/2023 08:00pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Georgia election officials said Wednesday that they would need six to nine months to install new software and hardware to update the state���s voting system to protect against security flaws, pushing back against calls to update the system before the 2024 election cycle. ���It���s r The Cost of Assisted Living: A Comprehensive Guide to Senior Care Expenses 06/21/2023 08:00pm • Aging isn't just hard on your health -- it can be hard on your wallet too. Senior care, according to various estimates, can cost more than $500,000 per lifetime. With potential bills of this scale, how can you begin budgeting? And importantly, how can you ensure the well-being of yourself or your lo How to Sell Your Car When You Still Have a Loan 06/21/2023 08:00pm • You can sell a car even if you still have a loan on it, but there will be a few extra steps to the process. "When there's a loan on the car it means your lender owns it and holds the title," says Grant Feek, managing director of the private seller exchange for Cox Automotive. "You must be the owner Tennessee attorney general says seeking clinic's transgender patient records part of fraud probe 06/21/2023 07:41pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� Tennessee's top legal chief said Wednesday that Vanderbilt University Medical Center turning over medical records for transgender patients is part of a ���run-of-the-mill fraud investigation��� and argued that his office purposefully kept the probe private to avoid a ���med Court exempts a Texas company from following anti-discrimination law protecting LGBTQ+ workers 06/21/2023 07:35pm • A federal agency cannot force a Texas-based conservative Christian business to comply with policies barring discrimination against LGBTQ+ employees or job applicants, a federal appeals court has ruled. The decision by a panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the U.S. Equal Employment Op Husband of Stephen F. Austin women's bowling coach quits after his affair with student-athlete 06/21/2023 06:32pm • NACOGDOCHES, Texas (AP) ��� An assistant women���s bowling coach at Stephen F. Austin is out after the university discovered he cheated on his wife, who is the team���s head coach, with a student-athlete. SFA assistant Steve Lemke opted to resign rather than be fired after the school learned of the Trump adviser Eastman faces California disciplinary charges 06/21/2023 05:57pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Conservative attorney John Eastman, a lead architect of some of former President Donald Trump���s efforts to remain in power after the 2020 election, was slapped Thursday with a series of disciplinary charges in California that could lead to his disbarment. The State Bar of Cali Trump adviser faces possible disbarment over his efforts to overturn 2020 election 06/21/2023 05:24pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Attorney John Eastman, the architect of a legal strategy aimed at keeping former President Donald Trump in power, concocted a baseless theory and made false claims of fraud in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election, a prosecutor said Tuesday in arguing that Eastman be disbarre Justice Alito accepted Alaska resort vacation from GOP donors, report says 06/21/2023 03:55pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito accepted a 2008 trip to a luxury fishing lodge in Alaska from two wealthy Republican donors, one of whom repeatedly had interests before the court, and he did not disclose the trips on his financial disclosure for that year, ProPublica reports. Foundations buoy a new movement of renters��� activism 06/21/2023 02:10pm • After years of rising rents, a group of Kansas City, Missouri, renters came together in 2019 to form KC Tenants, armed with an annual budget of $30,000 and demands for a bill of rights to protect renters from rising prices, unjust evictions, and landlord abuse. Four years and one pandemic later, KC In San Francisco, Biden talks with tech leaders about risks and promises of artificial intelligence 06/20/2023 10:28pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� President Joe Biden convened a group of technology leaders on Tuesday to debate what he called the ���risks and enormous promises��� of artificial intelligence. The Biden administration is seeking to figure out how to regulate the emergent field of AI, looking for ways to nurt