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Billboard Campaign Targets California Transgender Prison Policy Before Rape Trial
2+ hour, 48+ min ago (65+ words) Women's rights groups are rolling out billboard trucks across California challenging a controversial prison law. Advocacy groups in California have launched a statewide billboard truck campaign highlighting concerns about housing policies for inmates identifying as transgender under SB 132. The effort…...
Council of Europe Assembly Calls for Ban on Gender, Sexual Orientation ‘Conversion Practices’
1+ week, 5+ day ago (270+ words) The Council of Europe, a pan-European human-rights body, has called on its member states to ban gender and sexual orientation "conversion practices." The approved resolution states that these practices, also referred to as conversion therapies or "reparative therapies," aim to…...
Firefighters Rescue Trapped Dog From Icy Waters in Missouri
2+ week, 2+ day ago (27+ words) Firefighters Rescue Trapped Dog From Icy Waters in Missouri'NTD News The St. Louis Fire Department responded after a dog fell through the ice with single-digit temperatures....
Task Force Explores Why Some MLK Records Remain Sealed
2+ week, 6+ day ago (46+ words) A congressional declassification task force held a hearing Thursday to examine why some records regarding Martin Luther King, Jr. remain sealed and redacted. A congressional declassification task force held a hearing Thursday to examine why some records regarding Martin Luther…...
Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to $2.46B Boy Scouts Sex Abuse Settlement
1+ mon, 6+ hour ago (255+ words) Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to $2.46B Boy Scouts Sex Abuse Settlement'NTD News The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge to the Boy Scouts of America's landmark $2.46 billion settlement of sex abuse claims in a case involving a group…...
Federal Workers Challenge Trump Administration’s Ban on ‘Gender-Affirming’ Care
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (210+ words) Federal workers said in a new legal complaint in Jan. 1 that the Trump administration's bar of insurance coverage for health care procedures and drugs aimed at helping a person transition to another gender is discriminatory. "OPM's policy that forces us…...
House Passes Bill Criminalizing Transgender-Related Treatments for Minors
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (193+ words) The House of Representatives voted on Dec. 17 to pass a bill that would criminalize transgender-related treatments for minors, including surgical procedures and puberty blockers. The proposed legislation prohibits transgender-related treatments'including puberty blockers, hormonal treatments, and surgical procedures'for individuals under the…...
HHS Ending Funding for Transgender-Related Procedures for Children
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (125+ words) U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is joined by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and California farmer Blake Alexander (L) during the announcement of a $700 million pilot program to support regenerative agriculture at the Department of Agriculture on December 10, 2025 in…...
Koala Hitches Ride on Australian Bus Before Release Back Into the Wild
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (105+ words) A koala has been rescued and released back into the wild after it was seen on a bus in the Australian city of Brisbane. Footage filmed by Koala Rescue Brisbane South showed the marsupial, named Peri, hanging onto a pole…...
OU Pre-Med Student Claims Religious Bias After Receiving Zero on Gender Norms Assignment
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (684+ words) A University of Oklahoma junior says she was punished for expressing her Christian beliefs in a class assignment, sparking debate about religious expression on campus. Samantha Fulnecky, a pre-med student, received a zero on a lifespan development assignment where she…...