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Texas ruling adds to transgender students’ back-to-school anxiety
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (Reuters) – When Ashley Nurkin's 7-year-old daughter begins second grade in Charlotte, North Carolina, next week, it will be her first time going to school as a girl. The emotional roller-coaster for U.S. transgender students going back to school in the next few weeks hit a new curve when a federal judge in…
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U.S. judge allows CIA interrogation lawsuit to proceed
A U.S. judge on Friday refused to dismiss a lawsuit against the former military psychologists who developed the CIA's interrogation program during George W. Bush's presidency, handing a major victory to a group of men who said they were tortured in secret prisons abroad. U.S. District Court Judge Justin Quackenbush's decision to allow the case…
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Oxley, co-author of landmark U.S. anti-fraud law, dies at 71
Former U.S. Representative Mike Oxley, a 12-term Republican congressman from Ohio who co-sponsored a landmark 2002 law to fight corporate fraud, died on Friday at the age of 71, officials said. “Mike personified a true public servant who loved serving his constituents, Ohio, and the United States of America,” Oxley's successor in Congress, Representative Bob…
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Extra care required when dying parents have young kids
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – End-of-life care for parents of young children may need to include additional support services that help the entire family cope with terminal illness, a recent study suggests. While all families may struggle when a loved one is dying, parenting duties can create an added layer of emotional stress and…
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Ohio State quarterback suspended after impaired driving charge
(Reuters) – Ohio State University's head football coach suspended his starting quarterback J.T. Barrett from the team's next game after the player was charged with driving a vehicle while impaired, the university said on Saturday. The suspension by head coach Urban Meyer will keep the sophomore out of Ohio State's Nov. 7 game against Minnesota,…
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Crunch talks for Merkel on refugee crisis as thousands more arrive
Nearly 10,000 refugees continued to arrive in Germany daily, police said on Saturday, highlighting the scale of the challenge facing the country's stretched border staff ahead of a crunch meeting between Angela Merkel and a Bavarian ally on the crisis. Chancellor Merkel will discuss refugee policy on Saturday evening with Bavarian premier Horst Seehofer, head…