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Laws banning gender-affirming treatments can block trans youth from receiving other care

2 years 4 months ago

In some states, new laws banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth are dissuading health care providers from offering mental health services and other medical care that isn’t explicitly banned by those laws. In the first few weeks after Mississippi’s law went into effect in February, nurse practitioner Stacie Pace said she was fielding calls and […]

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Anna Claire Vollers

Trump braces for third possible indictment as grand jury meets

2 years 4 months ago
Former President Donald Trump is bracing for a third possible criminal indictment this year as a Washington grand jury meets Thursday to review evidence in special counsel Jack Smith’s probe into the effort to block the transition of power following the 2020 election. Smith has been investigating numerous ways Trump and those in his orbit [...]
Rebecca Beitsch

Elderly Missouri Bank Robber Believed to Be Dead

2 years 4 months ago
A Missouri woman who made national news for robbing banks twice in her 70s and who earlier this week missed a court date for her most recent robbery may have had good reason for her no-show: She appears to be dead. Bonnie Gooch, 78, missed her arraignment Monday for a bank robbery she was accused of having committed this past April in Pleasant Hill, a city of about 8,000 people south of Kansas City.
Ryan Krull