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Year: 2024

Transgender Awareness Week reveals a community in crisis

By Christopher Dawson, CNN (CNN) — The 2024 presidential race brought unprecedented vitriol into the public sphere, leaving many transgender people feeling especially marginalized and vulnerable. Campaign rhetoric demonized the transgender community, stoking prejudice and fear. With the election outcome now decided, the prejudice lingers. And in the transgender community, fear has turned into panic

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Alabama high school football player killed in shooting remembered as “upstanding student”

By Gladys Bautista Click here for updates on this story     BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (WVTM) — A Jackson-Olin high school senior and student-athlete was remembered Wednesday as an “upstanding student” who was “a favorite of the administration” and “a favorite of his peers.” “Ready to graduate, ready to embark upon life and find his path to, you

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Democrat Janelle Bynum flips Oregon’s 5th District, will be state’s first Black member of Congress

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Democrat Janelle Bynum has flipped Oregon’s 5th Congressional District. The U.S. House race was one of the country’s most competitive and viewed by The Cook Political Report as a toss up, meaning either party had a good chance of winning. Bynum beat freshman GOP incumbent Lori Chavez-DeRemer and will become Oregon’s

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Chihuahua authorities announce initiative to assist migrant victims of crimes

JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Chihuahua Attorney General’s Office (FGE), along with the International Organization for Migration (OIM) and the United Nations Organization (ONU), launched a new initiative to protect migrants in Ciudad Juárez and prevent them from being victims of crime. The program is called “Protocolo para la atención de personas migrantes en situación

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Mass. cranberry growers fighting to stay competitive in changing landscape

By Mike Beaudet Click here for updates on this story     MIDDLEBOROUGH, Massachusetts (WCVB) — In bogs all over southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod, a native fruit has thrived for generations: cranberries. But to local cranberry farmers like Cass Gilmore, a third-generation owner of Benson’s Pond in South Middleboro, the future is murky. But at harvest

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Georgia’s Fulton County Jail subjects inmates to ‘inhumane, violent’ conditions that threaten their safety, DOJ finds

By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — The Fulton County Jail in Atlanta unconstitutionally subjects inmates to “inhumane, violent and hazardous conditions” that threaten their safety, a US Justice Department official said Thursday, announcing the results of a 16-month investigation. Housing units flooded by broken toilets; infestations of roaches and rodents; exposed wiring; a lack

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Parents ask courts to step in after high school football games canceled due to teacher strikes in Massachusetts

By John Atwater Click here for updates on this story     MARBLEHEAD, Massachusetts (WCVB) — Parents in Marblehead are asking the courts to step in, worried that a teacher strike stands in the way of their kids’ championship dreams. “On Tuesday, I filed an emergency injunction in Lawrence Superior Court,” said Jon Wales, whose two sons

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Tropical Storm Sara dumps more than 20 inches of rain on parts of Honduras

By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Tropical Storm Sara is unleashing heavy rainfall in northeastern Honduras, with life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides anticipated through the weekend. Nearly 20 inches of rain had already fallen in parts of Honduras as of Friday morning with more to come. Earlier forecasts from the National Hurricane Center told

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AP Race Call: Democrat Janelle Bynum wins election to U.S. House in Oregon’s 5th Congressional District, beating incumbent Lori Chavez-DeRemer

Democrat Janelle Bynum won election to a U.S. House seat representing Oregon on Thursday, defeating Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer. The district, which includes the Portland suburbs and stretches through Bend, was a top target for Democrats hoping to recapture the House majority. Democrats lost this seat in 2022, when Jamie McLeod-Skinner defeated seven-term Democratic Rep.

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What Republicans are saying about Matt Gaetz’s nomination for attorney general

Associated Press Former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz’s nomination for attorney general is being met with a variety of reactions from Republicans, including cautious reservation, praise and pointed criticism. Some Senate Republicans are questioning whether the nomination of Gaetz, who had faced a House ethics investigation, would survive a confirmation while others, including incoming Senate Judiciary

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Latvia charges 2 Lithuanians for counterfeiting Ariel laundry products in organized criminal venture

HELSINKI (AP) — Latvian police say that criminal proceedings have been initiated against two Lithuanian citizens suspected of counterfeiting Ariel laundry detergent products and distributing them in significant quantities across Europe. The suspects are believed to be part of an organized crime group responsible for producing and distributing counterfeit Ariel products across Europe. If convicted,

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Justice Department says jail conditions in Georgia’s Fulton County violate detainee rights

Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Justice Department officials said jail officials in Georgia’s most populous county violate the constitutional rights of people in their custody by failing to protect them from violence, using excessive force and holding them in filthy and unsafe conditions. In a report released Thursday, federal officials said vulnerable populations are

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Sheinbaum responde a los señalamientos del embajador de EE.UU. en México: “Coordinación, no subordinación”

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — La presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, reaccionó este jueves a las críticas hechas por el embajador de Estados Unidos en México, Ken Salazar, a la estrategia de seguridad del expresidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador y que continúa con su sucesora. En declaraciones a la prensa Salazar dijo el miércoles

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