Voters in Washington state could approve an anti-transgender law, Initiative Measure No. IL26-638, which would require girl student-athletes statewide to confirm their "biological sex" with genital inspections just to play sports. Opponents of the initiative say it's invasive, could block poorer students from getting verified, and could meet pushback from medical professionals who refuse to comply.
The initiative would require students who want to participate in girls' sports to provide "a health examination and consent form or other statement signed by the student's personal health care provider that verifies the student's biological sex, relying only on one or more of the following: The student's reproductive anatomy, genetic makeup, or normal endogenously produced testosterone levels."
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A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit just off the coast of Cuba on Monday, the USGS reports.
The major earthquake happened about 62 miles west of Mantua, Cuba.
Thousands of people across Florida are reporting shaking just after 2 p.m., including people at Disney World.
It was a shallow earthquake at about 6 miles below the surface.
There is no tsunami threat from this earthquake at this time.
It was the strongest earthquake near Florida on record. No injuries or damage were immediately reported.
What impressed me most about Obama was the restraint. Now let us be honest as Black men for a second. There were countless moments where many brothers would have snapped publicly dealing with the level of disrespect he faced. People interrupted him.
Sam Bankman-Fried, the one-time giant in cryptocurrencies currently in prison for fraud, has applied for a pardon from President Donald Trump. Bankman-Fried was given a 25-year sentence after he was convicted of multiple federal charges related to FTX, the cryptocurrency exchange that he founded and led, and its related company Alameda Research. Read more
A federal judge vacated President Donald Trump's policy imposing a $100,000 fee for employers' H-1B visa applications. The policy violated the federal Administrative Procedure Act and the Constitution, Judge Leo Sorokin declared in the ruling.
The IRS failed to consistently and accurately match taxpayer information with records from Immigration and Customs Enforcement as the Trump administration accelerated its deportation efforts last summer, according to a government watchdog report released Monday.
Yemen's Houthis declared a ban on Israeli shipping in the Red Sea and claimed a missile strike on Israel, with the Bab el-Mandeb and Hormuz blockades now simultaneously threatening roughly a third of the world's seaborne oil and gas. Read more
The Trump administration's hesitancy in signing a major drone deal with Ukraine is slowing the U.S. military down in an area where it's already trying to play catch-up.
Sorry, Knicks fans: No Madison Square Garden watch party tonight. You won't even be able to walk close. The NYPD and U.S. Secret Service announced another spate of street closures and security measures in anticipation of President Donald Trump's historic trip to the Knicks' NBA Finals game. No sitting president has ever attended an NBA Finals. And the security will be pretty historic, too. Starting at 4 p.m., 30th to 35th streets will be closed between Seventh and Eighth avenues. That means no vehicular traffic -- and no pedestrian traffic either.
House oversight committee alleges that Minnesota Democrats in the state turned a blind eye to mass fraud because they feared "political retribution from the politically active Somali community." James Comer, R-Ky, and the committee chairman said "Americans are fed up with fraud and expect action from the government entrusted with their hard-earned money."
Near the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, an IDF soldier murdered seven-month-old Sam Fahd Abu Haikal by opening fire on the family car, despite the infant's father stopping the vehicle when ordered to do so. The IDF soldier opened fire, pulled back his unit, and then simply walked away without a single word or a second thought.
The IDF treats Palestinians as Untermenschen
I noticed today that I never check the DR on my phone anymore. It used to be my #1 boredom blocker. In a waiting room or on the subway, it was my go to. Now with all the drop down ads and in between ads, etc. I just don't anymore, it's just not worth the trouble. It seems counter productive to me to make your site so annoying that folks give it up. Now the ads play to no one.
After vastly underqualified acting USAG Todd Blanche said the controversial "weaponization" fund to pay Jan 6 lunatics would "not be moving forward," good-for-nothing still-in-the-closet Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) noted that the aggrieved have always had a pathway for extracting lucrative settlements from the nefarious Trumpf junta, like the way treacherous PV1 Michael Flynn received a generous dollop of American taxpayer dollars after he betrayed the United States of America.
Here is a potential claimant
Been working on a book about psychoanalysis. The question popped into my mind. And so ... Read more
The conflict was supposed to force Iran to compromise. Instead, Tehran is negotiating from a position of surprising strength.
Nine people were injured in a shooting near the England team's World Cup base early on Saturday morning. As first reported by The Athletic and The Independent on Sunday, police were called to Troost Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, at approximately 4:00 a.m. Those affected sought treatment at nearby hospitals, and thankfully none of the injuries is believed to be life-threatening. Neither newspaper reports that any suspects have yet been taken into custody, according to the Kansas City Police Department. The incident occurred about seven kilometres from Swope Soccer Village, the England squad's base for the tournament under manager Thomas Tuchel.
