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Uganda passed one of the world���s harshest anti-gay laws. LGBTQ people describe living there as ���hell��� 06/29/2023 12:00am • Kampala, Uganda (CNN) — In between leading Sunday services at All Saints��� Cathedral in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, Rev. Canon John Awodi declares vehemently that ���homosexuality is a sin that must be repented of,��� adding that it is against the ���order of God.������Homosexuality is not Federal judges in Kentucky and Tennessee block portions of transgender youth care bans 06/28/2023 10:32pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) ��� Federal judges in Kentucky and Tennessee temporarily blocked portions of bans on gender-affirming care for transgender youth Wednesday, handing down the rulings shortly before the statutes were set to go into effect. The ruling is similar to roadblocks that federal courts ha North Carolina lawmakers give final OK to ban on gender-affirming care for trans children 06/28/2023 10:21pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) ��� North Carolina lawmakers finalized legislation on Wednesday that would prohibit certain gender-affirming care for children and prevent state funds from being used to provide such therapies and procedures. The House voted 67-46 to accept a version of the measure approved by th 'Go slow and start low': Montgomery Co. readies for impact of new statewide marijuana law 06/28/2023 09:36pm • The Maryland law allowing the purchase of marijuana for recreational use goes into effect on July 1, and Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich talked about what that means for the county. ���We anticipate there are going to be circumstances when marijuana use could lead to some complaints about How safe are you in the backseat of a pickup truck? 06/28/2023 08:36pm • New crash tests have raised some concerns about how safe people are when riding in the back seat of small pickup trucks. This comes after the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety tested five popular models with a crash test dummy in the back seat to see how well the trucks' restraints and other How to Become A Pediatrician 06/28/2023 08:00pm • Dr. Katie Lockwood discovered she wanted to become a pediatrician the first time she entered a hospital -- not as a doctor, but as a patient. At 5 years old, Lockwood was hospitalized with a blood vessel disorder, but far from being scared, she says she "became fascinated by the process, the detecti National Geographic magazine has laid off the last of its staff writers 06/28/2023 06:41pm • (CNN) — National Geographic, the iconic yellow framed magazine that has chronicled the natural world for more than 100 years, laid off its last remaining staff writers this week, multiple departing staffers said.The latest round of layoffs at the magazine cut 17 editorial positions, including Alexandria toddler dead after falling from apartment window 06/28/2023 06:34pm • Officials in Alexandria, Virginia, are investigating the death of a toddler who fell from a high-rise apartment building on Wednesday afternoon. The Alexandria Police Department said that the 3-year-old boy died of his injuries after tumbling from an upper-floor window of an apartment complex on The number of Kansas residents officially changing genders quadrupled this year ahead of a new law 06/28/2023 06:17pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) ��� Four times as many Kansans changed their gender on birth certificates and driver's licenses this year ahead of a new state law that prevents residents from identifying themselves differently than the sex assigned them at birth. The legislation is part of a raft of measures lawm Dozens in 16 states charged with health care fraud schemes, including $1.9B in bogus claims 06/28/2023 03:59pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Justice Department has charged dozens of people in several health care fraud and prescription drug schemes, including one totaling $1.9 billion and a doctor accused of ordering fake ankle braces for a patient whose leg had been amputated, officials said Wednesday. The scheme Cambodian leader Hun Sen, a huge Facebook fan, says he is jumping ship to Telegram 06/28/2023 03:25pm • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) ��� Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, a devoted and very active user of Facebook ��� on which he has posted everything from photos of his grandchildren to threats against his political enemies ��� said Wednesday that he will no longer upload to the platform and will instead Belarusian leader approved forced transfers of Ukrainian children, says opposition figure 06/28/2023 03:11pm • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) ��� A Belarusian opposition activist says that he has provided the International Criminal Court with materials allegedly detailing President Alexander Lukashenko's involvement in the forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to Belarus, accusations angrily rejected by Minsk. Luka Movie Review: What does it mean to be intersex? ���Every Body��� sheds light on little-known subject 06/28/2023 12:17pm • Plumes of pink smoke. Explosions of blue. Expectant parents laughing, screaming, fainting, shooting arrows or even guns. The new documentary ���Every Body��� opens with footage of the often absurd practice of elaborate ���gender reveals.��� But by the end of this illuminating film, we���re forced to Charter school lost case over skirts rule for girls, but debate over charter autonomy isn't over 06/28/2023 11:52am • Bonnie Peltier was at her daughter's kindergarten orientation in North Carolina when she learned all girls at the charter school must wear skirts. ���I was stunned," Peltier said. ���I���m looking around the room at the other parents and nobody seemed to mind. And I was like, ���I can���t be the As a lengthy legal battle ends, a Palestinian family braces for eviction from Jerusalem home 06/28/2023 11:47am • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Few places in Jerusalem speak of the larger conflict being waged over the city more than the apartment of 68-year-old Nora Ghaith-Sub Laban. As the last remaining Palestinians in a building filled with Israeli settlers, the Ghaith-Sub Labans have battled Israeli attempts to evict