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U.S. Supreme Court will review case for Idaho's Fairness in Women’s Sports Act
KHQ - Washington State
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July 3, 2025
BOISE, Idaho – The U.S. Supreme Court announced today that it has agreed to review Hecox v. Little, which determines the legality of Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act. The Supreme Court will also be reviewing a similar case in West Virginia....
Immigration raids: Will they happen on Ohio and Pa. farms?
Farm and Dairy
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June 25, 2025
SALEM, Ohio — Baldemar Velasquez knows what it’s like to bounce from place to place, picking fruit and vegetables in the hot and humid upper Midwest temperatures. Growing up, Velasquez, his parents and eight siblings traveled from Rio Grande...
U.S. Supreme Court to hear WV Save Women’s Sports Act case
WSAZ - West Virginia
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July 3, 2025
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear State of West Virginia v. B.P.J, Attorney General JB McCuskey said. The case involves a challenge to West Virginia’s Save Women’s Sports Act, which protects biological female...
Supreme Court takes up state bans on transgender athletes in girls' and women's sports
News9 - Oklahoma
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The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will consider whether states can prohibit transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports, setting up a high-profile clash that could have far-reaching implications across the country. The...
Supreme Court Intervenes in Trump’s Trans Athlete Culture War
The Daily Beast
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July 3, 2025
The Supreme Court is wading into one of the most divisive cultural issues: transgender athletes in women’s sports. The court agreed Thursday to examine a pair of cases where trans athletes have challenged statewide bans on their participation on...
Ex-Boston teacher had ‘online masturbation sessions’ with teen girls, U.S. Attorney says
MassLive - Massachusetts
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July 21, 2025
A former Boston Public Schools teacher has been indicted on charges related to allegations that he had “sexual communications” with teen girls in other states and countries online, the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Friday....
Supreme Court to decide if federal law bars transgender athletes from women's teams
Los Angeles Times
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July 3, 2025
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Thursday to weigh in on the growing controversy over transgender athletes and decide if federal law bars transgender girls from women’s school sports teams. “Biological boys should not compete on girls’...
Trump news at a glance: Republicans pass bill that will cut federal safety net and boost immigration enforcement
The Guardian
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July 3, 2025
The US House of Representatives passed Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill on Thursday, handing the president the first major legislative victory of his second term, with the bill expected to supercharge immigration enforcement and slash...
Independence Day, Ranked-Choice Wins and Jacinda Ardern: This Week in Women’s Representation
Ms. Magazine
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July 3, 2025
Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation in politics, on boards, in sports and entertainment, in judicial offices and in the private sector in the U.S. and around the world—with a little...
US Supreme Court to take up issue of state bans on transgender women in sports
Pink News
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July 3, 2025
The Supreme Court with a person holding a trans flag outside it. (Getty/Canva) The Supreme Court has announced that it will take up multiple cases concerning state bans on transgender women in sports, which in turn could potentially lead to a...
Way Too Early NCAA Women's Cross Country Rankings 2025
FloTrack - Texas
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July 3, 2025
The landscape shouldn't change too much for the women's NCAA Cross Country season, and that should lead to thrilling battles throughout the course of the 2025 season. With the start of the 2025 Cross Country season officially in the windshield, we...
Global study of more than 100,000 young people latest to link early smartphone ownership with poorer mental health in young adults
EurekAlert!
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Owning a smartphone before age 13 is associated with poorer mind health and wellbeing in early adulthood, according to a global study of more than 100,000 young people. Published today in the peer-reviewed Journal of Human Development and...
Cleveland & Akron metro areas join growing list of places where seniors now outnumber children
Cleveland.com - Ohio
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July 3, 2025
CLEVELAND, Ohio - People over the age of 65 now outnumber children in both the Akron and Cleveland metro areas as the region has joined a growing list of such places across the country. Nearly a third of the metro areas in the United States - 112...
8 Maryland sheriffs’ offices now partner with ICE, claiming it protects communities. Immigrant advocates say the opposite.
Baltimore Sun - Maryland
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July 3, 2025
In June, another Maryland county joined an Immigration and Customs Enforcement program that would allow local officers to carry out some of the federal agency’s work, bringing the number of participating counties up to eight. The Trump...
SCOTUS to Decide: Can States Say No to Men in Women’s Sports?
Townhall
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July 3, 2025
The United States Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear two cases involving state bans on men in women's sports, according to the Wall Street Journal. One of the cases comes from Boise State University in Idaho, where a man was prevented from...
Local Doctor for Decades, Medical Leader, Educator, Pilot, George William Shehl, Jr., Passes at Age of 72
Connect Bridgeport - West Virginia
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July 5, 2025
George William Shehl, Jr., MD, 72, of Clarksburg passed away peacefully on July 1st, 2025 at home with his wife and sons by his side. He was born on January 5th, 1953 in Clarksburg, WV the son of George W. Shehl Sr. and Mitzie Carrillo Shehl....
Supreme Court to hear challenges to bans on transgender athletes in women’s sports
Washington Examiner
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July 3, 2025
The Supreme Court announced Thursday it will hear a pair of cases over the constitutionality of state laws banning biological males from competing in women’s sports.The high court will hear arguments in Little v. Hecox and B.P.J. v. West Virginia...
Supreme Court to decide whether states can ban transgender women & girls from sports
The Advocate
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July 3, 2025
One week after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed states to ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors, the Supreme Court said Thursday it will hear two challenges to state laws that ban transgender students from participating in girls’ and...
Supreme Court Takes Up Cases On Transgender Women In Sports
Forbes
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Topline The Supreme Court announced Thursday it will take up multiple cases concerning state bans on transgender women in sports, teeing up a potential landmark ruling on transgender rights as the issue has become an increasing source of political...
W.Va. BOE holds emergency meeting to discuss religious vaccine exemption lawsuit
The Journal - West Virginia
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July 2, 2025
CHARLESTON – Members of the West Virginia Board of Education gathered for the first time since a Raleigh County parent filed a lawsuit – supported by Gov. Patrick Morrisey – to challenge a directive from the board requiring counties to not allow...