Obama says transgender bathroom directive based on law
ELKHART, Ind. (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Wednesday the decision to direct public schools to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms of their choice was based on the law and the best interests of the children.
Kansas lawmakers do not act on school funding as deadline looms
(Reuters) – Kansas lawmakers on Wednesday did not act on a state Supreme Court order to create a more equitable funding formula for education, leaving open the possibility that public schools across the state are shut down in June.
Plummeting U.S. teen birthrate hit record low in 2015: CDC
ATLANTA (Reuters) – The birthrate among U.S. teenagers dropped 8 percent last year to another record low, the latest sign of major progress in efforts to reduce teen pregnancies, a federal health agency reported on Thursday.
California Assembly passes gun control bills
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – The California Assembly on Wednesday passed a package of gun control bills, including a measure to ban so-called bullet buttons which allow quick changes in the magazine of a military-style weapon.
Texas appeals court upholds fraud charges against state attorney general
(Reuters) – A Dallas appeals court upheld Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s three state indictments for felony fraud on Wednesday, the Dallas Morning News reported.
Archived State Department briefing video deliberately cut
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Part of a U.S. State Department briefing video about secret U.S.-Iran nuclear talks was deliberately deleted at the request of an unknown official before it was posted to an online archive, the department said on Wednesday.
Thousands of voters in limbo after Kansas demands proof they’re American
WICHITA, Kansas (Reuters) – After moving to Kansas, Tad Stricker visited a state motor vehicle office to perform what he thought was the routine task of getting a new driver’s license and registering to vote.
New England prep school St. Paul’s sued over sex case
(Reuters) – An elite New England prep school was sued on Wednesday by the family of an underage female student who was lured into a sexual encounter with a graduating upperclassman.
Man beaten and held in closet by East Cleveland police gets $22 million
(Reuters) – A jury awarded $22 million to an Ohio man who sued the city of East Cleveland and police officers after he was beaten while handcuffed and placed in a storage closet for four days, a lawyer said on Wednesday.
Minnesota trial of men accused of trying to join Islamic State goes to jury
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – The case of three Somali-American men charged with attempting to join Islamic State militants in Syria and conspiring to help the group is now in the hands of a jury in Minnesota federal court, court officials said on Wednesday….
