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US bars federal funding of gender-affirming care for low-income minors

Tuesday, August 11 by SRN News

By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (Reuters) - The Trump administration finalized a rule on Tuesday barring two major federal health programs from funding puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgeries to treat gender dysphoria in minors, reshaping access for low-income youth nationwide. The rule, scheduled for... Read More.

US freight railroads lose appeal challenging new rule requiring at least two-person crews

Tuesday, August 11 by SRN News

LOS ANGELES, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Six U.S. railroads and two industry groups lost their appeal challenging a new rule that would require many trains to operate with at least two crew members, according to a ruling filed by the U.S. Court of Appeals... Read More.

The Media Line: Former US Marine Freed by Russia After 4 Years Amid Severe Health Concerns

Tuesday, August 11 by SRN News

Former US Marine Freed by Russia After 4 Years Amid Severe Health Concerns By The Media Line Staff Former US Marine Robert Gilman was released from a Russian prison after four years in custody following a US request that... Read More.

At Lindsay Clancy trial, focus turns to medications prescribed before she killed her 3 children

Tuesday, August 11 by SRN News

Lindsay Clancy messaged one of her caregivers less than two months before she killed her three young children in 2023 to say she was having "intrusive thoughts I never had before," "feeling completely hopeless" and worried about becoming addicted to some medications. Rebecca Jollotta, a... Read More.

AP Exclusive: ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks

Tuesday, August 11 by SRN News

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from combative individuals. ICE plans to spend up to $20 million to purchase thousands of "conductive distraction and de-escalation devices" for officers and agents... Read More.

Video captures rescue of river tubing group stranded for 3 days, living off bark and flowers

Tuesday, August 11 by SRN News

Pushing through dense, shoulder-high brush near a river in west Michigan, a trooper yells out: "Make some noise!" A boy's scream can be heard in the distance on body camera footage released by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources showing how rescue teams last week... Read More.

Researchers, advocates rail against government’s efforts to end workforce data collection

Tuesday, August 11 by SRN News

Civil rights groups and researchers at a public hearing Tuesday called on a federal agency to continue its annual collection of workplace demographic data, arguing that a proposal to end the practice will undermine efforts to fight discrimination. Twenty-two speakers testified at the Equal Employment... Read More.

3 states are set to hold executions on the same day, a first in the US since 2010

Tuesday, August 11 by SRN News

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma plan to execute inmates Thursday in what would be the first time in nearly 16 years that three people are put to death on the same day in the United States. The executions come as a small... Read More.

Medicaid says it will stop paying for some gender-affirming care for transgender minors

Tuesday, August 11 by SRN News

President Donald Trump's administration said that Medicaid will stop paying for gender-affirming surgeries and hormone treatments for transgender minors and the state Children's Health Insurance Program won't pay for the treatments for those under 19. The announcement is the latest in a series of policies... Read More.

Why the elaborate ruse Trump used in Turkey isn’t like other secret presidential trips

Tuesday, August 11 by SRN News

WASHINGTON (AP) - Presidents have taken secret overseas trips in the past for security reasons, with schedules and logistics kept classified until after the fact to protect the commander in chief. But not like the one President Donald Trump took in July. After a NATO... Read More.

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US bars federal funding of gender-affirming care for low-income minors

US freight railroads lose appeal challenging new rule requiring at least two-person crews

The Media Line: Former US Marine Freed by Russia After 4 Years Amid Severe Health Concerns

At Lindsay Clancy trial, focus turns to medications prescribed before she killed her 3 children

AP Exclusive: ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks

Researchers, advocates rail against government’s efforts to end workforce data collection

3 states are set to hold executions on the same day, a first in the US since 2010

Medicaid says it will stop paying for some gender-affirming care for transgender minors

Why the elaborate ruse Trump used in Turkey isn’t like other secret presidential trips

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