Appeals court allows Indiana gender affirming care ban to remain in effect

Appeals court allows Indiana gender-affirming care ban to remain in effect

An Indiana law banning gender-affirming care for minors will remain in effect, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. A three-judge panel on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an ...

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Indiana ban on gender transition treatment for minors upheld by U.S. appeals court

A federal appeals court has upheld an Indiana law banning the use of puberty blockers and hormones for transgender minors, one of numerous such laws passed by Republican-controlled states.

Texas attorney general sues second doctor under state's gender-affirming care ban

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing a second doctor of violating a state law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The lawsuit, filed in a ...

Politics - The Hill - October 30

Harris says gender-affirming care decisions should be left to doctors and patients

Vice President Harris on Tuesday said decisions on gender-affirming care should be left to doctors and their patients in an interview with NBC News. The vice president said “we should follow the ...

Politics - The Hill - October 22

Paxton accuses Texas doctor of providing gender-affirming care in violation of state law

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on Thursday sued a doctor in Dallas, accusing her of providing gender-affirming care to nearly two dozen minors in violation of the state’s law. Paxton ...

Politics - The Hill - October 17

Taylor Swift Fans Are Leaving X for Bluesky After Trump’s Election

Swifties say they’re leaving X over Elon Musk’s support of Donald Trump—and the rhetoric that has erupted on the platform following Trump’s win.

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Democrats urge appeals court to uphold hospitals' emergency abortion care

Nearly every House and Senate Democrat is calling on a federal appeals court to affirm that hospitals participating in Medicare must provide emergency abortion care to patients when necessary. In ...

Politics - The Hill - October 23

Supreme Court allows national horse racing safety rules to stay in effect, for now

The Supreme Court is allowing national medication and anti-doping rules for horse racing to remain in effect while a court fight likely to wind up with the justices continues

Sports - ABC News - October 28

Wisconsin Supreme Court grapples with whether state's 175-year-old abortion ban is valid

An attorney representing a conservate prosecutor is struggling to convince Wisconsin's liberal-leaning Supreme Court to reactivate the state's 175-year-old abortion ban

Health - ABC News - 3 days ago

German law easing gender, first name changes takes effect

World - Yahoo News - November 1

Federal Ban on Fake Reviews Goes Into Effect

A Federal Trade Commission rule prohibiting the sale or purchase of online ratings is live, opening to door to lawsuits for violations.

Business - Inc. - October 22

Supreme Court allows Biden plan on power plants

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Supreme Court paves way for Biden climate rule for power plants The Supreme Court declined Wednesday to block a Biden ...

Politics - The Hill - October 16

Letby retrial was prejudiced, Court of Appeal told

Senior judges will decide if the case of the convicted baby killer case can go to a full appeal.

Canada shuts down TikTok's Canadian offices, but allows app to remain

Canada previously banned TikTok from government-issued mobile devices. TikTok has offices in Toronto and Vancouver.

Russian parliament advances bill to ban adoptions by gender-transition countries

Russia’s lower house of parliament has passed final reading of a bill to ban adoption of Russian children by citizens of countries where gender transitioning is legal

World - ABC News - 2 days ago

FTC's rule banning fake online reviews goes into effect

A federal rule banning fake online reviews is now in effect

Tech - ABC News - October 21

Ban on guns at Albuquerque area playgrounds allowed to lapse by governor

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham says she's ended an emergency public health order that suspended the right to carry guns at public parks and playgrounds in the Albuquerque area.

Nebraska court allows voter registrations from people with felony convictions

Nebraskans with felony convictions may register to vote after the state's high court ruled Wednesday that a top election official had no authority to deem a law restoring those rights ...

Politics - The Hill - October 16

Supreme Court Allows E.P.A. to Limit Power Plant Emissions

It was a provisional victory for the Biden administration, whose climate initiatives have been stymied. A challenge to the rule at issue is still moving through a lower court.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 17

Supreme Court allows EPA to enforce power plant emission limits

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court said it will allow the Environmental Protection Agency to enforce new greenhouse gas emissions limits for power plants. Michael Gerrard, a professor at Columbia ...

Supreme Court allows Virginia to purge voter rolls ahead of the election

The Supreme Court allowed Republican officials in Virginia to revive a plan aimed to removing noncitizen voters from the rolls ahead of next week’s election.

Supreme Court allows Virginia to resume its purge of voter registrations

The Supreme Court's conservative majority is allowing Virginia to leave in place its purge of voter registrations that the state says is aimed at stopping people who aren't U.S. citizens from voting

Georgia prosecutor asks appeals court to reinstate 6 charges in Trump case

Lawyers for Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said a judge "erred" when he dismissed the charges in March.

Morning Report — Harris appeals to GOP critics of Trump; Trump courts Latinos

In today’s issue: Vice President Harris and former President Trump are racing toward the Election Day finish line, stacking their schedules as they work the airwaves — and the voters. Both ...

Politics - The Hill - October 17

Fani Willis asks appeals court to reinstate charges against Trump

Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis (D) has asked a Georgia appeals court to reinstate six charges in her 2020 election subversion prosecution of former President Trump and several of ...

Politics - The Hill - October 17

Texas Supreme Court Halts Execution in Shaken Baby Case

Robert Roberson had been set to be executed on Thursday night for the death of his 2-year-old child. But after a bipartisan intervention by Texas lawmakers, the Supreme Court issued a stay.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 18

Appeals court upholds Jan. 6 trespassing misdemeanor faced by scores of rioters

A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a Jan. 6 rioter's misdemeanor trespassing conviction in connection with the 2021 Capitol attack. Couy Griffin, a founder of “Cowboys for Trump" and former ...

Politics - The Hill - October 22

Appeals court upholds freeing of woman wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years

A Missouri appellate court ruled that a lower court was right when it decided to overturn the murder conviction of a woman who spent 43 years behind bars for a killing her lawyers argue was ...

Court of Appeal sides with UK consumers over ‘secret’ car loan commissions

Close Brothers shares plummet after landmark ruling that puts sector at risk of redress

Business - Financial Times - October 25

Appeals court deems Mississippi mail-in ballot deadline illegal

A federal appeals court ruled that Mississippi’s law allowing mail ballots to be received after Election Day is illegal, a decision that escalates a consequential legal battle even as it may not ...

Politics - The Hill - October 25

Appeals court leaves voter purge program in Virginia blocked

A federal appeals court has refused to reinstate a Virginia purge program that was intended to clear suspected noncitizens from the state’s voter rolls. The decision from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court ...

Politics - The Hill - October 27

Appeals court rules against GOP in challenge to North Carolina voter rolls

A federal appeals court ruled against national and state Republicans in a challenge to 225,000 voter registrations in North Carolina, reversing a lower court's ruling sending the challenge back to ...

Politics - The Hill - October 29

RNC's overseas ballot challenge in North Carolina rejected by appeals court

A North Carolina appeals court on Tuesday rebuffed the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) request to not process certain overseas ballots in the upcoming election unless the voter shows they ...

Politics - The Hill - October 29

Audit Reports Matter After All, Appeals Court Says

The decision reverses an earlier ruling that spurred debate about the reports.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 31

Dutch appeals court overturns landmark climate ruling against Shell

A Dutch appeals court has overturned a landmark ruling that ordered energy company Shell to cut its carbon emissions by net 45% by 2030 compared to 2019 levels

World - ABC News - 2 days ago

Supreme Court rejects Mark Meadows' appeal in Georgia election interference case

The Supreme Court dealt a setback to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in his defense against 2020 election interference charges in Georgia, turning away his attempt to transfer his ...

How strict abortion bans threaten health care for all women

In some states, overturning Roe v. Wade has impacted health care for women, regardless of whether they are pregnant.

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