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LOCALIZE IT: Transgender people in spotlight in Pride events this month 06/08/2023 05:22pm • EDITORS/DIRECTORS: As LGBTQ+ communities and their allies hold Pride events this month, transgender people especially are in the spotlight. A driving force for attention for a minority group within a minority group is a bevy of state laws across the U.S. on treatment of transgender people. In some Pat Robertson, broadcaster who helped make religion central to GOP politics, dies at 93 06/08/2023 05:20pm • VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Pat Robertson, a religious broadcaster who turned a tiny Virginia station into the global Christian Broadcasting Network, tried a run for president and helped make religion central to Republican Party politics in America through his Christian Coalition, has died. He was Attorney: Ownership of Nashville shooter's writing will go to students' parents 06/08/2023 04:27pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ownership of the writings of a shooter who killed six people at a Nashville school earlier this year will be transferred to the families of students at the school, an attorney representing the shooter's parents announced Thursday. The development is the latest twist in the Knife attack at park in French Alps critically wounds 4 young children as people cry for help 06/08/2023 04:13pm • PARIS (AP) — As bystanders screamed for help, a man with a knife stabbed four young children at a lakeside park in the French Alps on Thursday, assaulting at least one in a stroller repeatedly. Authorities said the children, between 22 months and 3 years old, suffered life-threatening injuries, an Missing Minnesota woman's remains found in woods, leading to ex-boyfriend's arrest 06/08/2023 03:09pm • WINONA, Minn. (AP) — Authorities confirmed Thursday that human remains found in a remote area of southern Minnesota are those of a woman who went missing in March and whose ex-boyfriend is jailed on suspicion of killing her. Madeline Kingsbury, who would have turned 27 on June 1, was last seen on In Celine Song's soulful 'Past Lives,' a triangle of love, identity and destiny 06/08/2023 01:50pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Celine Song was 12 when she moved from South Korean to Ontario. Her parents gave her the chance to pick a new first name. There are differing theories among her family about how she (then Ha Young) settled on Celine. “My dad insists it’s from a French film, ‘ Célline and Jul Voting activist killed during Freedom Summer in Mississippi believed country should be integrated 06/08/2023 12:40pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Schwerner doesn’t remember how he learned that his younger brother Michael, nicknamed Mickey, was missing in Mississippi along with colleagues Andrew Goodman and James Chaney. What he remembers is that as soon as the family heard the news, they were certain of the young m The Republican presidential field is largely set. Here are takeaways on where the contest stands 06/08/2023 10:37am • NEW YORK (AP) — After a trio of new announcements this week, the Republican Party's 2024 presidential field is all but set. A handful of stragglers may jump in later, but as of now there are at least 10 high-profile Republican candidates officially seeking their party's nomination. And with the an US applications for jobless benefits highest since October 2021 06/08/2023 09:10am • The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week rose to its highest level since October 2021, but the labor market remains one of the healthiest parts of the U.S. economy. The Labor Department reported Thursday that U.S. applications for jobless claims were 261,000 for the week South Korean inquiry to look into 237 more foreign adoptions suspected to have laundered origins 06/08/2023 03:06am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission said Thursday it will investigate 237 more cases of South Korean adoptees who suspect their family origins were manipulated to facilitate their adoptions in Europe and the United States. The new cases in the commission' Flashpoint in Israel: Divide between religious and secular Jews heats up under Netanyahu’s rule 06/08/2023 02:42am • HARISH, Israel (AP) — The sound of children and music echoed down a narrow basement hallway in Israel as they scrambled in a pool of balls, climbed on a jungle gym, munched popcorn and laughed. The atmosphere changed suddenly on that Saturday last month, as at least a dozen religious men appeared In 'The Blue Caftan,' Moroccan film director tackles LGBTQ+ love and celebrates embroidery craft 06/07/2023 11:03pm • As Mina gets increasingly sick, her body withering away, her husband dotes on her: He washes her hair, helps her change, brings the sweetness of a fruit to her lips. But underneath the genuinely tender moments shared by this on-screen Moroccan couple simmers a longing — of a forbidden kind. In her Takeaways from CNN’s town hall with Mike Pence 06/07/2023 09:54pm • (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence criticized his former boss President Donald Trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results and his praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin in a CNN town hall on Wednesday night. Pence appeared at the town hall hosted by CNN’s Dana Bash Report of suspect carrying what looked like 'long gun' prompts lockdown at Bowie High 06/07/2023 09:22pm • One person is in custody after a report of a suspect with a firearm led to a lockdown at a Prince George's County, Maryland, high school. It happened near Bowie High School Wednesday around 1 p.m. A person was seen with what appeared to be a long barrel rifle, police said. The suspect was reporte MLB, WNBA postpone games due to smoke from Canadian wildfires 06/07/2023 08:41pm • NEW YORK (AP) — With the stench of smoke permeating Yankee Stadium and wafting through its walkways, Major League Baseball postponed games in New York and Philadelphia on Wednesday night because of poor air quality caused by Canadian wildfires. A National Women's Soccer League game in New Jersey a