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Month: February 2023

South Dakota governor signs bill prohibiting gender-affirming treatment for transgender minors

By Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem on Monday signed a bill into law that will ban both surgical and non-surgical gender-affirming treatments for transgender minors in the state. HB 1080 outlaws the prescription and administration of puberty-blocking medication in patients under the age of 18, as well as sex hormones and

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Suspect has died of apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after mass shooting at Michigan State University left 3 dead and 5 injured, police say

By Nouran Salahieh and Sara Smart, CNN A suspect has died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after a mass shooting at Michigan State University that left three people dead and five others injured Monday evening, police said. “There is no longer a threat to campus,” Interim Deputy Chief Chris Rozman said. “We believe there

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Attorney for family of man who died after being tased in police custody says he was ‘harassed’ and ‘electrocuted’

By Jaide Garcia and Nadia Romero, CNN An attorney for the family of Darryl Tyree Williams, who died in police custody last month, says Williams was racially profiled and harassed by Raleigh, North Carolina, police officers during a stop and frisk procedure and that he was “electrocuted to death for nothing.” Williams was tased twice

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Interview with UTEP’s Ben Wallis & Daniel Foo; Miners’ beach volleyball program set to begin inaugural season

EL PASO, Texas – UTEP Beach Volleyball Head Coach Ben Wallis has announced the Miners’ tournament schedule for the upcoming inaugural season, featuring 21 road matches set to begin at the end of February.  “I’m fired up to get rolling in a few weeks with our inaugural Beach season” Wallis said. “Our beach only players have been really

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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s priority bills signal another swing at pushing Texas to the right

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced a list Monday of 30 wide-ranging bills that he has designated his legislative priorities, including providing property tax relief and increasing natural gas plants to improve the reliability of the state’s power grid. He also detailed more specifically his plans to push a socially conservative agenda that would ban certain

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Man who allegedly assaulted congresswoman in DC apartment building makes first appearance in federal court

Originally Published: 13 FEB 23 16:42 ETBy Holmes Lybrand and Devan Cole, CNN    (CNN) — The man who allegedly assaulted Rep. Angie Craig in her Washington, DC, apartment last week made his initial appearance in federal court Monday.Kendrid Hamlin was charged last week with assaulting a member of Congress. During a brief public hearing at DC

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Memphis firefighters union defends EMTs in Tyre Nichols case, says they weren’t given ‘adequate information’

By CNN’s Nick Valencia and Amanda Watts The president of the firefighters union in Memphis, Tennessee is defending the actions of EMTs involved in the Tyre Nichols case. In a letter to the Memphis City Council, Thomas Malone, president of the Memphis Fire Fighters Association, said his members “were not given adequate information upon dispatch

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