Road blocked for parents who claim school LGBTQ club turned their kids trans
DENVER (CN) — The 10th Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a suit brought by parents against a school district contesting a policy that they say discouraged staff from disclosing student struggles with gender dysphoria to their parents. “The...
Fighter’s lawsuit against UFC over doping claims KO’d again by Ninth Circuit
(CN) — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Tuesday that a former mixed martial artist can’t sue Ultimate Fighting Championship and its CEO, Dana White, over claims that it enables doping. Mercurial kickboxer Mark Hunt, a New Zealander, lost a 2016 fight...
Three Eric Adams prosecutors resign, say DOJ pressured them to admit wrongdoing
MANHATTAN (CN) — Three federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York have resigned after refusing to admit to wrongdoing in their handling of the criminal corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, according to a Tuesday email. In the email,...
Supreme Court clears way for Ohio qualified immunity ballot initiative
WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court freed Ohio voters on Tuesday to begin collecting signatures for a proposed ballot amendment exposing state officials to greater liability in court. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, a Donald Trump appointee, temporarily froze progress on the...
Back from El Salvador, Rep. Frost says Trump ‘blatantly’ defying order to return Abrego Garcia
WASHINGTON (CN) — A Democratic congressman who recently returned from a joint trip to El Salvador told reporters Tuesday that his experience there demonstrated how the Donald Trump administration had flagrantly violated orders to facilitate the return of a Maryland...
As controversies pile up, Trump allies increasingly turn on one another
WASHINGTON (AP) — The infighting and backstabbing that plagued President Donald Trump’s first term have returned as a threat to his second, with deepening fissures over trade, national security and questions of personal loyalty. The latest turmoil threatens...
Religious parents likely to receive Supreme Court hall pass for LGBTQ story time
WASHINGTON (CN) — The conservative majority on the Supreme Court appeared ready on Tuesday to give religious parents a hall pass to prevent their children from accessing LGBTQ-inclusive storybooks despite strong objections from their liberal colleagues. A Maryland...
Brazil Supreme Court reviews charges against key Bolsonaro allies in coup proceedings
SÃO PAULO (AP) — A panel of Brazil’s Supreme Court justices started proceedings on Tuesday morning to determine whether federal officers, retired military officers and an aide of former President Jair Bolsonaro will also stand trial for allegedly attempting to stage a...
A sequoia forest in Detroit? Plantings to improve air quality and mark Earth Day
DETROIT (AP) — Arborists are turning vacant land on Detroit’s eastside into a small urban forest, not of elms, oaks and red maples indigenous to the city but giant sequoias, the world’s largest trees that can live for thousands of years. The project on...