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She’s already the highest-ranking openly transgender elected official in the country, but Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride wants to soon clear a new bar — by getting elected to Congress next year. McBride would become the first trans person to do so, if she wins the campaign she announced on Monday for Delaware’s sole House seat. Though the primary is expected to be contested, she enters the

Portland police have identified the woman who died Saturday in what police describe as a domestic violence homicide in the Montavilla neighborhood. Kathy S. Green, 64, died after she was struck with a baseball bat Thursday. Portland police have arrested her son, 32-year-old Austin K. Green-Yurick, on allegations of second-degree domestic violence homicide, first-degree domestic violence

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The action wasn’t confined to Albany. A series of bills addressing the same history was introduced in the City Council on Thursday. The moves, however incremental, nudge the city and state closer to a thorny public policy debate that is gaining increased attention. “I would have to review it and consider it and think about it,” Hochul said ahead of Thursday’s legislative action. A reparation