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USC cancels valedictorian’s speech over safety

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Amanda Smith

The University of Southern California says Asna Tabassum will no longer speak at the ceremony after the discussion about her selection took ...

Minnesota Supreme Court to hear felon voting rights case

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Amanda Smith

Minnesota’s Supreme Court is set to decide the fate of voting rights for felons on supervised release, with oral arguments scheduled Monday ...

Texas appeals court blocks state from probing transgender kids’ parents

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Amanda Smith

(Reuters) – A Texas appeals court on Friday upheld a lower court’s injunction blocking the state from investigating parents who provide their ...

Judge blocks Texas attorney general’s demands for LGBT group’s records

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Amanda Smith

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – PFLAG, a leading U.S. LGBTQ advocacy group, on Friday won a temporary restraining order blocking demands from ...

Ban on gender-affirming care for minors allowed to take effect in Indiana

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Amanda Smith

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed Indiana’s ban on gender-affirming care to go into effect, removing a temporary ...

Fundraising off to slow start in fight over Missouri abortion amendment

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Amanda Smith

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — What’s expected to be an expensive and bitter fight over multiple Missouri abortion-rights ballot measures so far has ...

Judge approves settlement barring revival of family separation policy

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Amanda Smith

A federal judge in California on Friday approved a court settlement that will prohibit federal U.S. border officials from reviving the Trump-era ...

License plate cameras installed at Bedford Township intersection

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Amanda Smith

BEDFORD TWP. — Four license-plate reading cameras have been installed at a Bedford Township intersection to help law enforcement spot stolen or ...

Biden administration urges US court to uphold asylum restrictions

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Amanda Smith

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A lawyer for the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday told an appeals court that ...