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Trans minors protected from parents under Washington law 05/09/2023 07:41pm • OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Minors seeking gender-affirming care in Washington will be protected from the intervention of estranged parents under a measure Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law Tuesday. The new law is part of a wave of legislation this year in Democratic-led states intended to give refuge ami Denny Crum, who coached Louisville to 2 NCAA titles, dies 05/09/2023 06:43pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Denny Crum took everything he learned from legendary UCLA coach John Wooden, added his own touch and built his own sparkling legacy at Louisville. Crum, who won two NCAA basketball championships and built the Cardinals into one of the 1980s’ dominant programs during a Hall Former nurse sentenced for dosing error seeks license return 05/09/2023 03:31pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former Tennessee nurse who was convicted of homicide last year after a medication error killed a patient argued Tuesday that the state Board of Nursing acted improperly when it revoked her license. Nurses around the country rallied for RaDonda Vaught during her criminal Surgery for Avs' Landeskog, will miss 2nd straight season 05/09/2023 03:26pm • DENVER (AP) — Gabriel Landeskog may have sacrificed his injured right knee to hoist the Stanley Cup for the Colorado Avalanche. Now, he's willing to take an extreme step to try to play hockey again. Landeskog is set to undergo cartilage replacement surgery Wednesday, sidelining him for a second co Sudan's death toll rises as warring sides continue talks 05/09/2023 01:40pm • CAIRO (AP) — The death toll from the ongoing clashes in Sudan has risen to 604 people, including civilians, the U.N. health agency said on Tuesday. The new figures come as representatives of the warring parties are holding talks in Saudi Arabia. More than 5,100 people were also wounded in connecti Top Spanish court considers far-right challenge to LGBT law 05/09/2023 08:52am • MADRID (AP) — Spain's Constitutional Court said Tuesday it would consider a legal challenge lodged by the far-right Vox party against a new law extending rights for transgender teenagers and encouraging tolerance for sexual diversity in schools. The wide-ranging LGBT rights law passed in February The small blue pills behind a surge in children’s fentanyl-related hospital visits in the DC area 05/09/2023 04:39am • This article is part of the WTOP series, "Facing Down Fentanyl: Teens Confront Drug Danger." Doctors at the D.C. area’s top children’s hospital say they’re seeing a dramatic rise in the number of children coming to hospitals to be treated for fentanyl overdoses or seeking help beating a Abortion-restriction effort reintroduced in Nebraska 05/08/2023 10:47pm • A new effort was introduced late Monday in the Nebraska Legislature to restrict abortion access in the state, less than two weeks after a bill that would have banned abortion at around six weeks of pregnancy failed to overcome a filibuster. The new plan to ban abortion at 12 weeks of pregnancy drew Sudan doctors: At least 100 killed in Darfur clashes 05/08/2023 09:33pm • CAIRO (AP) — Clashes that erupted last month between armed fighters in a city in Sudan’s restive Darfur region killed at least 100 people, according to Sudan’s Doctors Syndicate. Hospitals were still out of service in the Darfur city of Genena and an accurate count of the wounded was still har Biden uses humor to try to defuse concerns about his age 05/08/2023 06:37pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden served in the Senate for 270 years. He used to be three years older than his sister Valerie, but now has 20 years on her. And the fourth U.S. president — whom Biden affectionally calls “Jimmy” Madison — is a good friend. All kidding aside, the 80-year-old Biden Spieth withdraws from Byron Nelson with injury to left wrist 05/08/2023 06:30pm • McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — Jordan Spieth withdrew from the AT&T Byron Nelson on Monday with an injury to his left wrist, raising questions about how fit he will be for the PGA Championship next week. Spieth, a three-time major champion who grew up in Dallas, is coming off a missed cut at the Wells As colon cancer rates increase among younger adults, doctor discusses ways to be proactive 05/08/2023 03:50pm • While the number of colon cancer cases have gone down for people in their 50s and 60s due to more preventative measures, they've gone up among younger adults. Colon cancer cases in people under 55 increased from 11% to 20% from 1995 to 2019, according to a report released in March by the Amer Review: All creatures great and small in 'Guardians 3' 05/08/2023 07:15am • When Peter “Star-Lord” Quill, while inspecting a murky extraterrestrial region, pressed play on Redbone's “Come and Get Your Love" in the first “Guardians of the Galaxy,” it would have been hard to imagine that James Gunn's space opera would ultimately lead to something as sincere, poignan Today in History: May 8, Truman announces Nazi surrender 05/08/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Monday, May 8, the 128th day of 2023. There are 237 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 8, 1996, South Africa took another step from apartheid to democracy by adopting a constitution that guaranteed equal rights for Blacks and whites. On this d Not live, MTV Movie & TV Awards rely on plenty of old clips 05/07/2023 10:15pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A host-less, pre-taped and muted MTV Movie & TV Awards on Sunday became the first big awards show to air during the screenwriters' strike, offering a commercial-heavy broadcast featuring lots of past recycled live clips. “Scream VI” won the trophy for best movie, holding ba