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Folarin Balogun travels to Florida, meets with US team 03/23/2023 08:25pm • Folarin Balogun traveled from Europe and met with U.S. interim coach Anthony Hudson as the Americans try to persuade the 21-year-old midfielder to commit to their national team over England and Nigeria. The U.S. trained in Orlando, Florida, this week ahead of Friday night's CONCACAF Nations League m Nebraska trans health bill advances, despite filibuster vow 03/23/2023 08:09pm • LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) ��� The Nebraska Legislature voted Thursday to advance a contentious bill that would ban gender-affirming care for minors, despite threats from some lawmakers that they would filibuster the rest of the session. The vote came on the third day of debate, in which lawmakers angrily a What to Know About Driver's Ed in High School 03/23/2023 08:00pm • On a daily basis, teens are surrounded by distractions, many of which stem from their cellphones -- including social media, texts and emails. Behind the wheel, those distractions can be hazardous for anyone, but especially for young people just learning to drive. Safe driving habits, along with the Surge in eating disorders spurs state legislative action 03/23/2023 07:55pm • DENVER (AP) ��� Stranded at home amid pandemic lockdowns in spring 2020, Emma Warford stumbled down a social media rabbit hole in her quest to get in shape. Viral 28-day fitness challenges. YouTubers promising ���hourglass abs.��� Diet videos where slim-stomached influencers peddled calorie-tracking TikTok CEO grilled by skeptical lawmakers on safety, content 03/23/2023 07:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A nearly six-hour grilling of TikTok���s CEO by lawmakers brought the platform���s 150 million U.S. users no closer to an answer as to whether the app will be wiped from their devices. U.S. lawmakers on Thursday pressed Shou Zi Chew over data security and harmful content, respond Lawsuit challenges Florida ban on gender-affirming care 03/23/2023 07:17pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) ��� Four families challenging Florida���s prohibition against puberty-blocking hormones and gender-affirming surgeries for minors filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against state health officials. The lawsuit filed in Tallahassee federal court against Florida Surgeon General Jos Minnesota moves to strengthen status as 'trans refuge state' 03/23/2023 06:45pm • ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) ��� The Minnesota House was moving Thursday toward strengthening the state's protections for children and their families who come for gender-affirming care by making Minnesota a ���trans refuge state,��� bucking a national backlash against transgender rights. Democratic Gov. Tim Trump arrested? Putin jailed? Fake AI images spread online 03/23/2023 06:44pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Former President Donald Trump getting gang-tackled by riot-gear-clad New York City police officers. Russian President Vladimir Putin in prison grays behind the bars of a dimly lit concrete cell. The highly detailed, sensational images have inundated Twitter and other platforms in r Other states are copying Florida's "Don't Say Gay" efforts 03/23/2023 06:39pm • LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) ��� Florida's move to expand its prohibition on teaching sexual orientation or gender identity in the classroom comes as Republican lawmakers in other states are pursuing their own versions of what critics have dubbed the ���Don't Say Gay��� law. The prohibition signed last ye Business Highlights: TikTok CEO's grilling, credit crunch 03/23/2023 05:22pm • ___ TikTok ban CEO congressional hearing ByteDance China WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The CEO of TikTok has been grilled by a U.S. congressional committee to make the case for why the hugely popular video-sharing app shouldn���t be banned. Shou Zi Chew���s testimony Thursday came at a crucial time for the co TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew: 3 things to know 03/23/2023 05:21pm • TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified Thursday at a congressional hearing over concerns about user data collected by the popular video-sharing app and potential Chinese spying. Under his helm, TikTok reached 150 million users in the U.S., the majority of them teens and young adults who are attracted to Texas has Terry coaching among March Madness heavyweights 03/23/2023 05:20pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ��� Of the four coaches who led their teams to the semifinals of the Midwest Region at the NCAA Tournament, the most unlikely of them might feel the most at home when he walks into T-Mobile Center on Friday night. Sure, Kelvin Sampson has taken Oklahoma and Houston to the Final Georgia law will ban most transgender care for kids under 18 03/23/2023 04:49pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Georgia will ban most gender-affirming surgeries and hormone replacement therapies for transgender people younger than 18, under a new law signed by Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday. Legislators gave final approval to the law on Tuesday, despite impassioned pleas from Democrats and LGBTQ Book ban attempts hit record high in 2022, library org says 03/23/2023 04:46pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Attempted book bans and restrictions at school and public libraries continue to surge, setting a record in 2022, according to a new report from the American Library Association released Thursday. More than 1,200 challenges were compiled by the association in 2022, nearly double the Iowa governor signs gender-affirming care ban, bathroom law 03/23/2023 04:37pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) ��� Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed a pair of laws restricting the bathrooms transgender students can use and banning gender-affirming medical care amid a flood of legislation nationwide targeting the trans community. Reynolds, a Republican, met with parents of transgender ch