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Louisiana governor vetoes anti-LGBTQ+ legislation including a gender-affirming care ban 06/30/2023 07:57pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) ��� Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards blocked a package of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation from becoming law Friday, including the state's version of what critics call Florida's ���Don't Say Gay��� bill and a ban on gender-affirming medical care for young transgender people. T Virginia high school admissions case could be legal follow-up to affirmative action ruling 06/30/2023 07:55pm • FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) ��� A federal appeals court���s ruling last month about the admissions policy at an elite public high school in Virginia may provide a vehicle for the U.S. Supreme Court to flesh out the intended scope of its ruling Thursday banning affirmative action in college admissions. Th In student loan and affirmative action rulings, advocates fear losses for racial equality 06/30/2023 06:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� As a Black student who was raised by a single mother, Makia Green believes she benefited from a program that gave preference to students of color from economically disadvantaged backgrounds when she was admitted over a decade ago to the University of Rochester. As a borrower who Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. is reinstated by Churchill Downs after deaths of 2 horses 06/30/2023 06:45pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) ��� Churchill Downs reinstated trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. on Friday, nearly two months after indefinitely suspending him when two of his horses died suddenly at the home of the Kentucky Derby. Joseph is allowed to enter horses in races and apply for stalls at all Churchill Downs Minnesota saw 20% jump in abortions last year, partly due to patients from restrictive states 06/30/2023 06:32pm • ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) ��� Minnesota recorded a 20% jump in abortions in 2022, partly because more patients are traveling from states that have banned or limited the procedure since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to an annual report released Friday. The report by the Minneso Student loan payments start again soon. Supreme Court���s ruling means higher bills for many 06/30/2023 06:24pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� In a good month, Celina Chanthanouvong has about $200 left after rent, groceries and car insurance. That doesn���t factor in her student loans, which have been on hold since the start of the pandemic and are estimated to cost $300 a month. The pause in repayment has been a lifeli Supreme Court ruling brings bitterness for borrowers counting on student loan forgiveness 06/30/2023 06:07pm • Whitney Jean Alim, a 27-year-old educator in Chicago, dreamed of buying a house sooner with the room in her budget from President Joe Biden's student loan cancellation plan. It would have cut in half the $40,000 she owes on loans taken out for college and a master's degree. On Friday, the U.S. Supre Wisconsin suspends LB Jordan Turner for violation of athletic department's discipline policy 06/30/2023 05:02pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� Wisconsin linebacker Jordan Turner, the Badgers��� second-leading tackler last season, has been suspended from the team for a violation of the athletic department���s discipline policy. Athletic director Chris McIntosh announced Turner���s suspension Friday. The school didn�� Apple is now the first public company to be valued at $3 trillion 06/30/2023 04:09pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Apple became the first publicly traded company to close a trading day with a $3 trillion market value, marking another milestone for a technology juggernaut that has reshaped society with a line-up of products that churn out eye-popping profits. Apple shares closed up 2.3% at 'Disappointed but not particularly surprised': DC area reacts to Supreme Court's student loan ruling 06/30/2023 03:56pm • D.C. residents, balancing their education expenses with the city's high cost of living, said Friday they have been bracing for the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to strike down President Joe Biden's $400 billion plan to cancel or reduce federal student loan debts for millions of Americans. While n Deputy's acquittal in Parkland school massacre case shows holes in the law, attorneys say 06/30/2023 03:27pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) ��� When Florida prosecutors charged former Deputy Scot Peterson for his alleged inaction during the 2018 Parkland school massacre, they faced a major hurdle: no law precisely fit. So it was not a surprise to legal observers that Peterson was acquitted Thursday of child ne Parents of transgender youth are suing to block Georgia's gender-affirming care ban 06/30/2023 03:10pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Parents of four transgender children have filed a lawsuit challenging a Georgia law set to take effect Saturday that bans most gender-affirming surgeries and hormone replacement therapies for transgender people under 18. The law passed along party lines this year by the Republican-m Florida police officers are accused of 'jailing' their young son over potty training accidents 06/30/2023 03:07pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) ��� Florida police officers accused of twice putting their 3 1/2-year-old son in a jail cell to punish him for potty training accidents remain on the job while an investigation continues. Nearly nine months later, the Daytona Beach Shores Police Department is not talking a New Mexico regulators fine oil producer $40 million for burning off vast amounts of natural gas 06/30/2023 02:50pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) ��� New Mexico oilfield and air quality regulators on Thursday announced unprecedented state fines against a Texas-based oil and natural gas producer on accusations that the company flouted local pollution reporting and control requirements by burning off vast amounts of natural Alan Arkin, Oscar-winning 'Little Miss Sunshine' actor, dies at 89 06/30/2023 02:44pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Alan Arkin, the wry character actor who demonstrated his versatility in everything from farcical comedy to chilling drama as he received four Academy Award nominations and won an Oscar in 2007 for "Little Miss Sunshine," has died. He was 89. His sons Adam, Matthew and Anthony co