14+ hour, 7+ min ago  (522+ words) U. S. District Judge Mary Mc Elroy's Wednesday ruling is the latest setback for the U. S. Department of Justice, where at least seven other federal courts have agreed to quash or limit the expansive civil subpoenas sent to more than20 doctors and hospitals last…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (650+ words) By ANNIE MA, AP Education Writer The decision removes the federal obligations for the schools to keep up measures such as faculty training on abiding by a students" preferred name and pronouns and allowing students to use bathrooms that align…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (624+ words) EDITOR'S NOTE: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U. S. is available by calling or texting 988. By DEVI SHASTRI, AP Health Writer Nearly 4, 400 fewer U. S. teens and…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (657+ words) An 8-1 high court majority sided with a Christian counselor who argues the law banning talk therapy violates the First Amendment. The justices agreed that the law raises free speech concerns and sent it back to a lower court to decide…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (628+ words) Dozens of people gathered Sunday night in downtown Santa Rosa to remember transgender people across the U. S. whose lives were lost due to anti-trans violence in the past 12 months. The 64 people honored, including some from the Bay Area, were killed or…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (761+ words) Ada Atchison was in a dark place earlier this year. Atchison, a respiratory care practitioner for a North Bay health care provider, "was flailing" after her company cut an internal transgender support program. The provider is still offering gender-affirming care…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (424+ words) Following weeks of expressions of public ire, the popular coffee shop chain Philz, it seems, will keep its rainbow flags after all. Earlier this month, San Francisco-rooted national coffee chain Philz announced that it would no longer be permitted at…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago  (645+ words) Here's a quick quiz: Who made this comment about the U. S. military? "The soldier on the battlefield deserves to have and must have utmost confidence in his fellow soldiers. They must eat together, sleep together, and all too frequently die together....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (617+ words) The decision for now vacates a lower court judge's temporary'blocks'on the law. Iowa asked the U. S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn both decisions, which a three-judge panel did Monday. The cases will continue in the district court while the…...

11+ mon, 6+ day ago  (1092+ words) Bautista, her cheekbones high and her confidence glowing, asks her roommate to curl her highlighted hair in the back. Jae Douglas obliges cheerfully. Bautista, 22, is a college cheerleader turned pageant contestant. Last month, she competed in the Miss Supranational USA…...