Wyoming Bans Gender Transition Care for Minors

Gender Transition Care were banned by Wyoming recently passed Senate File 99, joining other states. Governor Mark Gordon signed the bill, despite concerns about government intrusion. Advocates argue against such measures, highlighting potential harm to transgender youth. Legal battles ensue across the nation, with implications for similar laws and transgender rights. [ad_1] Background With Gov. Mark Gordon’s signature, Wyoming joins 23 other states that have passed partial or total bans on gender-affirming care in recent years. Wyoming’s bill, known as Senate File 99, was approved by lawmakers in both chambers…

March Madness Spotlights a Sport Relegated to Pittsburgh’s Shadows: Basketball

[ad_1] The basketball talent that came out of Pittsburgh did not have similar staying power. As the steel mills closed, the city’s population dwindled and by the mid-1980s, the flow of college prospects slowed to a trickle. There were fewer places for city kids to play, but also fewer places for suburban players to test themselves — as they had done since Cumberland Posey’s days. And then there is the lure of the Steelers. In Ohio, said Dambrot, who was LeBron James’s first high school coach, the best athletes will…

Idaho Prison Gang Member and Accomplice Arrested After Hospital Ambush

[ad_1] An Idaho prison gang member and an accomplice who fled a Boise hospital on Wednesday in a brazen escape in which three corrections officers were shot were arrested on Thursday, according to the authorities, who said they were investigating whether the men had killed two people while they were at large. The episode began about 2 a.m. Wednesday, when Idaho Department of Correction officers took Skylar Meade, 31, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence, to the Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, for medical treatment, the…

Donald Trump Told Pence Certifying Election Would Be ‘Career Killer,’ Valet Testified

Trump Told Pence Certifying Election Would Be ‘Career Killer,’ Valet Testified

[ad_1] The threat from President Donald Trump to his vice president, Mike Pence, was clear and direct: If you defy my effort to overturn the 2020 election by certifying the results, your future in Republican politics is over. “Mike, this is a political career killer if you do this,” Mr. Donald Trump told Mr. Pence by phone on the morning of Jan. 6, 2021, according to the White House valet who was with the president for much of the day and told Congress he had overheard the conversation. The testimony…