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Virginia school board to pay $575K in damages and attorney fees to teacher fired for refusing to use a transgender student’s requested pronouns

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In addition to Monday’s financial settlement, West Point School Board agreed to change its policies and clear teacher (More…)

China claims Taiwan as its own and has vowed to “reunify” with the self-governing democracy by force if necessary

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At a state banquet celebrating the founding of the People’s Republic on Monday, Xi used his address to (More…)

October begins with a “ring of fire” annular solar eclipse, includes the year’s biggest “supermoon,” and ends with the Orionid meteor shower

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Comet The first few mornings in October will be a good time to see Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) (More…)

Georgia judge struck down state’s six-week abortion ban declaring it unconstitutional

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In a ruling issued on Monday, Judge Robert McBurney said Georgia’s Living Infants Fairness and Equality Act, or (More…)

Louisiana becomes first state to label mifepristone and misoprostol as controlled substances

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Thomas Pressly, R-Shreveport, submitted the legislation after his sister, a Texas resident, unknowingly consumed an abortion pill after (More…)

“We’ve had biblical flooding here and it has been extremely significant”

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On Monday, the North Carolina State Climate Office provided a picture of how the “monster storm” was nearly (More…)

US prepared to do whatever it can to help Israel intercept anything Iran directs its way

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The White House on Tuesday said the US believes Iran is preparing an imminent ballistic missile attack against (More…)

Israel launched limited ground raids into southern Lebanon late Monday night against Hezbollah forces and infrastructure

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Announcing the incursion in the early hours of Tuesday morning, the IDF said that “limited, localized, and targeted (More…)

California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed landmark Artificial Intelligence bill that was designed to have first-in-the-nation safety regulations against AI misuse

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Newsom said “the bill applies stringent standards to even the most basic functions — so long as a (More…)

Tropical Storm Kirk formed over the Atlantic Ocean on Monday

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The system is not expected to directly impact the United States. The storm, previously known as Tropical Depression (More…)