New Orleans student’s scholarship offers surpass $9 million
He is a senior at 16.
Vermont passes bills aimed at protecting abortion pills
The Vermont Legislature has passed reproductive and gender-affirming health care bills with a late addition aimed at protecting access to a medication widely used in abortions — even if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration withdraws its approval of mifepristone.
They fought a plan for 92 luxury homes and villas. Now, these Hillsboro Beach residents claim victory.
g was planned to sell for $4 million for units in the coastal villas and $5 million for units in the oceanfront building. But some residents decided to challenge the plan, which included a 10-story building.
Latest push to revive Equal Rights Amendment fails in Senate
Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a Democratic measure to revive the Equal Rights Amendment, dealing yet another blow to supporters who have pushed for more than five decades to amend the Constitution to prohibit discrimination based on sex.
Monument to Coretta Scott King dedicated in Atlanta
Atlanta has a new monument and garden celebrating and honoring the legacy of civil rights activist Coretta Scott King.
Washington, Minnesota become trans refuges, shield abortions
Democratic governors in Washington state and Minnesota have enacted legal protections for people who travel to those states seeking reproductive and gender-affirming procedures and treatment.
US sanctions Russia, Iran entities for detaining Americans
The Biden administration on Thursday sanctioned Russia’s Federal Security Service and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps intelligence organization for wrongfully detaining Americans.
Carolyn Bryant Donham, at center of Emmett Till death, dies
The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 has died in hospice care in Louisiana.
Trump lawyer questions E. Jean Carroll at rape lawsuit trial
Donald Trump’s lawyer sought to pick apart a decades-old rape claim against the former president, questioning why accuser E.
Kansas legislators impose sweeping anti-trans bathroom law
Republican legislators in Kansas have enacted possibly the most sweeping transgender bathroom law in the U.S. The GOP-controlled Legislature on Thursday overrode Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of the measure.