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Sep 20 2023
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'Dress like a grown up': Republicans blast new relaxed dress code in Senate
Nearly all Senate Republicans signed a letter to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Tuesday criticizing the chamber’s new relaxed dress code as disrespectful. Schumer announced on Sunday that the upper chamber would no longer be requiring a dress code, which previously required men to wear a coat and tie and women to wear business attire, permitting them to wear whatever they want to. GOP Sen. Rick
WNDAug 17 2023
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Appeals court maintains block on nation's first transgender student athlete ban
Aug. 17 (UPI) -- A federal appeals court has ruled against the nation's first ban on transgender girls and women from participating in female student athletics, stating the Idaho law is discriminatory and likely unconstitutional.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that Judge David Nye of the U.S. District Court of Idaho did not err in August 2020 when he placed an
United Press InternationalOct 23 2023
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Republicans Grapple With Being Speakerless, but Effectively Leaderless, Too
Kevin McCarthy, the ousted speaker, was making his way through the Capitol when reporters asked what he thought of the chaos consuming House Republicans, who for nearly three weeks have been trying and failing to replace him.
His answer veered into the existential. “We are,” he said on Friday, “in a very bad place right now.”
That might be an understatement.
In the House,
New York Times (News)Oct 13 2023
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Trans North Carolinians and Montanans Are Suing Their States Over Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws
Transgender and intersex people in two states filed lawsuits against the governments of North Carolina and Montana this week, pushing back against new Republican-sponsored laws they say are unconstitutional. On Wednesday, October 11, the family of a trans boy — joined by LGBTQ+ rights organizations including PFLAG and represented in part by Lambda Legal — filed a suit against North Carolina
ThemSep 20 2023
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Republican Senators Blast Upper Chamber’s New Relaxed Dress Code In Letter To Schumer
Nearly all Senate Republicans signed a letter to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Tuesday criticizing the chamber’s new relaxed dress code as disrespectful. Schumer announced on Sunday that the upper chamber would no longer be requiring a dress code, which previously required men to wear a coat and tie and women to wear business attire, permitting them to wear whatever they want to. GOP Sen. Rick
The Daily CallerOct 09 2023
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Mayor Simmons Issues Statement On Violence In Israel & Palestine
"I stand with the Israeli people during this dark moment. My thoughts and prayers are with those mourning the loss of family and friends, and so many others throughout our community that are struggling with these senseless acts of terrorism," Simmons said. "It is critical that we unite against such atrocious acts of violence which are a clear breach of human rights. Today, the City of Stamford
Patch.comSep 18 2023
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Auburn head football coach Hugh Freeze baptizes player at giant Christian revival event
Hugh Freeze, the head football coach for the Auburn University Tigers, participated in a recent Christian revival event attended by thousands of students, some of whom even came forward to be baptized. Last Tuesday evening, some 5,000 people, mostly students, gathered at Neville Arena on the campus of Auburn University, located in Auburn, Alabama, about an hour east of Montgomery. Neville
The BlazeOct 12 2023
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Connecticut man, who found and kept a bag containing nearly $5K in cash, pays back town, felony charge dropped
• On Aug. 25, Robert Withington was arrested after finding and keeping a bag containing almost $5,000 outside a bank. • The bag, which was dropped by an employee, was marked with a bank’s insignia and contained documents identifying the rightful owner of the cash as the town of Trumbull, Connecticut. • Withington, who claimed "finders-keepers," returned the money and was able to get his
Fox News (Online News)Sep 21 2023
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Extra Time: Devastating bus crash in Wawayanda, Orange County leaves 2 dead
WAWAYANDA, New York (WABC) -- In this edition of Eyewitness News Extra Time, we have the latest details on a deadly bus crash in Orange County, New York. The bus was transporting students from Farmingdale High School to a band camp in Greeley, Pennsylvania when tragedy struck. The bus careened down an embankment off Interstate-84 near Wawayanda just before 1:30 p.m. Two adults, both women,
ABC 7 New YorkSep 18 2023
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Russell Brand Cancels Comedy Dates After Sexual Assault Allegations
Russell Brand postponed the remaining dates of a comedy tour on Monday, two days after British news organizations published an investigation in which several women accused him of sexual assault. Mr. Brand was scheduled to perform two shows as part of his “Bipolarisation” tour of Britain this week. But in a statement provided on Monday by the Theater Royal Windsor, which was set to host Mr.
New York Times (News)