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Things to know as courts and legislatures act on transgender kids’ rights 04/17/2024 11:54am • Three court rulings across the U.S. this week delved into laws restricting the rights of transgender kids, including the first time the U.S. Supreme Court has gotten involved in a ban on gender-affirming care. Most Republican-controlled states have now banned gender-affirming health care such as pub Man up for parole more than 2 decades after Dartmouth professor stabbing deaths 04/17/2024 09:03am • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who has served more than half of his life in prison for his role in the 2001 stabbing deaths of two married Dartmouth College professors as part of a plan to rob and kill people before fleeing overseas is getting his first chance at parole. James Parker was 16 when he wa Paris 2024: Roster of more than 10,000 Olympians is still forming, but trials await for thousands 04/17/2024 04:29am • The names have been trickling in, one or two at a time. Over the next two months, that trickle will turn into a flood. By the time the festivities begin in Paris on July 26, some 10,500 athletes from more than 200 countries will be able to call themselves 2024 Olympians. From archery to wrestling, e Tennessee judge set to decide whether a Nashville school shooter's journals are public records 04/16/2024 08:44pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Some of the writings of a former student who fatally shot three 9-year-old children and three adult staff members at a private Christian elementary school last year can be released to the public without compromising the investigation, a lawyer for police said in court Tuesd Editorial Roundup: United States 04/16/2024 07:08pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: April 12 The New York Times on aid to Israel The suffering of civilians in Gaza — tens of thousands dead, many of them children; hundreds of thousands homeless, many at risk of starvation — has become more than a growing number of The push for school choice in Nebraska is pitting lawmakers against their constituents 04/16/2024 06:47pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers are set for the first time to pass a bill that would block the public from voting on a ballot measure initiated by citizens of the state, setting up what could be a long battle over whether to fund private school tuition with public dollars. On Thursday, lawma DeSantis tweaks Florida book challenge law, blames liberal activist who wanted Bible out of schools 04/16/2024 05:42pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Two years ago, Democrats repeatedly and forcefully warned Republicans and Gov. Ron DeSantis that a new law making it easier to challenge school books was so broadly worded that it would create havoc across the state. Now they can say, “I told you so." DeSantis backtracke Expanded curfew could be heading to parts of Prince George’s County 04/16/2024 04:30pm • A Prince George's County Council member has reluctantly proposed an expanded curfew, saying there's "no reason to have a 15-year-old or a 16-year-old" without a chaperone during the wee hours on a school night. Outside chambers Tuesday, Council member Ed Burroughs showed a video of a group of kid Draft report says Missouri's House speaker stymied ethics investigation into his spending 04/16/2024 04:24pm • JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri ethics panel is at an impasse over reported misconduct by the powerful state House speaker, who allegedly used his office to stymie an investigation into his actions. A draft of the Ethics Committee report recommended that the House formally denounce actions Rory McIlroy debunks LIV Golf rumors. Greg Norman claims unanimous support during Masters trip 04/16/2024 03:50pm • AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — This wasn't the kind of attention Rory McIlroy was hoping for on the day after the Masters. A London financial paper, City A.M., cited anonymous sources as saying McIlroy was believed to be close to an $850 million deal to join LIV Golf. The publication did not say how the sour Detective says daughter's boyfriend, disliked by Atlantic City mayor, recorded abuse in video call 04/16/2024 03:46pm • ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small and his wife disapproved of their teenage daughter's boyfriend, who secretly recorded an incident of Small allegedly physically and verbally assaulting the girl over a video chat, prosecutors said in affidavit. Small and his wife LaQuetta, What Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse can tell us about the public domain and remix culture 04/16/2024 02:03pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The giant stuffed bear, its face a twisted smile, lumbers across the screen. Menacing music swells. Shadows mask unknown threats. Christopher Robin begs for his life. And is that a sledgehammer about to pulverize a minor character's head? Thus unfolds the trailer for the 2023 m Texas fined $100,000 per day for failing to act on foster care abuse allegations 04/16/2024 11:40am • CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A federal judge is fining Texas $100,000 per day for routinely neglecting to adequately investigate allegations of abuse and neglect raised by children in the state’s struggling foster care system. U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack in Corpus Christi ruled Monday Manassas School Board considering changes to next year’s school calendar 04/16/2024 11:38am • The Manassas City School Board is considering potential changes to next year’s academic calendar to help give teachers time to adjust to and complete new required training as part of the Virginia Literacy Act. There are a number of required trainings teachers must complete for new standards set b Sudden cardiac arrest and sports: How you can save an athlete’s life 04/16/2024 10:01am • This content is provided by MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Playing sports can help athletes of all ages learn lifelong skills such as setting goals and time management while getting in some exercise. Despite these benefits, there is a degree of risk involved with physical activity, such as b