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Supreme Court Rules for Transgender Boy in Bathroom Dispute

The interim order came after a decision in June on medical care for transgender youths and as the justices prepare to hear arguments on transgender athletes.

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A 14-year-old student challenged South Carolina’s bathroom law, saying it violated the Constitution’s equal protection clause and Title IX.

Rosa Roisinblit, Who Championed the Missing in Argentina, Dies at 106

She helped create the activist group Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, which sought to find relatives who had been killed or “disappeared” by the 1976-83 military dictatorship.

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Rosa Roisinblit waged a relentless search to find her daughter, Patricia Roisinblit, who was kidnapped by military henchmen in a 1970s-era dictatorship and was never seen again.

Norton Says Little as Bills to Clamp Down on D.C. Advance

At a heated committee session on bills exerting more federal control of Washington, the 88-year-old delegate sat quietly, reading with difficulty from a script.

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The session on Wednesday was a fresh reminder of Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton’s frailty and limitations at a critical moment for her city.

New Jersey Is the Latest State to Expand Access to Updated Covid Shots

Pharmacists will be allowed to give the latest vaccines to anyone over 3, rebuffing federal efforts to limit the number of those eligible.

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In August, the Food and Drug Administration authorized updated coronavirus vaccines for only certain groups: those 65 and older, and younger people with underlying ailments that makes Covid more dangerous.

Charlie Kirk, Right-Wing Force and a Close Trump Ally, Dies at 31

The founder of Turning Point USA played a central role in organizing young voters and giving shape to the pro-Trump agenda. He was fatally shot during a speaking event in Utah.

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Charlie Kirk spoke at a Turning Point USA event in July 2024 in Palm Beach, Fla. He was a leading voice among a cohort of young conservative activists who emerged as Donald Trump gained power.

NASA Rover Findings ‘Could be the Clearest Sign of Life’ on Mars

The agency’s scientists are still not saying they found fossils of Martian microbes, but analysis of the specimen collected by the Perseverance rover raises that possibility.

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NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured this image last year of a rock nicknamed Cheyava Falls. Irregular, millimeter-size “leopard spots” in the band of reddish soil caught the attention of scientists.
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