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Ocasio-Cortez: Mace, Johnson 'endangering all women and girls' with bathroom ban
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday denounced efforts by House Republicans to bar transgender people from restrooms in the Capitol that match their gender identity, calling policies ...Politics - The Hill - November 21 -
Dreams of jewellery, phones and makeup: how young Iraqi girls are lured into marriage
Almost one-third of girls marry before they are 18, but a large number of unions end in abuse and failure. Now a new law could allow marriage from the age of nine. Huda* and her family, including ...World - The Guardian - November 22 -
In Bali, young girls dance in a traditional Hindu festival threatened by changing times
Ketut Nita Wahyuni lifts her folded hands prayerfully to her forehead as a priest leads the temple gathering. The 11-year-old is preparing to perform the Rejang Dewa, a sacred Balinese dance. The ...World - ABC News - November 22 -
Slovenian girl, 12, saves project aiming to reintroduce cicadas to New Forest
Conservationists failed to capture elusive insects this summer, so Kristina Kenda offered to step in. When British conservationists flew to Slovenia this summer hoping to catch enough singing ...World - The Guardian - November 23 -
Couple concealed murdered toddler in pushchair to go shopping
Scott Jeff is facing a life sentence after being found guilty of murdering two-year-old Isabella.Top stories - BBC News - November 23 -
Madeleine Riffaud, ‘the Girl Who Saved Paris,’ Dies at 100
Humiliated by a Nazi officer as a teenager, she joined the French Resistance. By the time she was 20, she had killed a German soldier, survived torture and captured a supply train.World - The New York Times - 4 days ago -
Man arrested after eight-year-old girl shot in car
A girl is undergoing surgery and a man, 34, has been left with potentially life-changing injuries.Top stories - BBC News - 4 days ago -
Man arrested in London shooting that wounded an 8-year-old girl and a man
Police in London have arrested a man on suspicion of murder after an 8-year-old girl and a man were seriously injured when a gunman fired into a carWorld - ABC News - 4 days ago