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Month: August 2024

Providers halt services after court allows Florida to enforce ban on transgender care for minors

Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that a Florida law banning gender-affirming care can be enforced while a legal challenge plays out. The decision handed down on Monday cleared the way for Florida to prohibit transgender minors from being prescribed puberty blockers and hormonal treatments, even with

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Glen Powell responds to producer’s comparison of him to Ryan Gosling in the most hilarious way

By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Glen Powell is giving credit where credit is due. The “Twisters” actor on Tuesday responded to a report quoting an unnamed Hollywood producer who said that Powell appeals to both male and female audiences compared Hollywood heavyweight Ryan Gosling, “whose appeal is mostly limited to female audiences.” “Gosling is

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Man accused of starting destructive California wildfire by throwing firework out car window

OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A 26-year-old man has been accused of igniting a destructive California wildfire in early July by throwing a firework from a car window during hot, dry and windy weather. The Butte County District Attorney’s Office says Spencer Grant Anderson, of Oroville, was charged Monday after weeks of continuous surveillance by investigators.

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How lessons learned from the 2016 campaign led US officials to be more open about Iran hack

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Russian government hacked into Hillary Clinton’s campaign emails and leaked them to the press in 2016, intelligence officials agonized for weeks about the correct response. Faced with a similar hacking campaign this election year, they acted much more swiftly, publicly blaming Iran for attempts to hack into the

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Mexico puts relations with US and Canadian embassies ‘on pause’ for slamming judicial overhaul plan

Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president told reporters Tuesday he has put relations with the United States and Canadian embassies “on pause” after the two countries voiced concerns over a proposed judicial overhaul that critics say could undermine the independence of the judiciary. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador didn’t elaborate on what a

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China pide “respetar la voluntad del pueblo venezolano” tras la sentencia del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El Gobierno de China hizo un llamado para que se respete la voluntad del pueblo venezolano y su “derecho a elegir su propio camino de desarrollo”, anunció el portavoz de la Cancillería en un mensaje compartido en X. Esto ocurre varios días después de la sentencia del Tribunal

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Leonard Riggio, who forged a bookselling empire at Barnes & Noble, dead at 83

AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Leonard Riggio, a brash, self-styled underdog who transformed the publishing industry by building Barnes & Noble into the country’s most powerful bookseller before his company was overtaken by the rise of Amazon.com, has died at age 83. Riggio died Tuesday “following a valiant battle with Alzheimer’s disease,” according

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Judge rules Kouri Richins, Utah mother accused of fatally poisoning her husband, will stand trial

By Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — Kouri Richins, the Utah widow accused of killing her husband with a fentanyl overdose and later writing a children’s book about grief, has been ordered to stand trial on murder and other charges, Utah District Court Judge Richard Mrazik ruled Tuesday. Richins faces several felony charges related to the killing, including

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