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Parents who want Youngkin's transgender policies enacted sue the Virginia Beach school board
Two Virginia Beach parents have filed a lawsuit seeking to force their local school system to adopt Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s new model policies for the treatment of transgender students. The lawsuit, filed on the parents' behalf by the conservative-leaning Cooper...

A gunman opened fire in a crowded pub in Sweden, killing 2 men and wounding 2 people, police say
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two people were killed and two wounded when a gunman opened fire in a crowded bar northwest of Stockholm, police said Friday, in the latest outburst of deadly violence in Sweden. Police said that a 20-year-old man and another in his 70s died Friday of injuries...

Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir free a key Muslim cleric after years of house arrest
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian authorities released a key Muslim cleric after four years of house arrest and allowed him to lead Friday prayers in Srinagar, the main city of Indian-controlled Kashmir, according to mosque authorities. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has been spearheading...
2 arrested in drive-by attack at New Mexico baseball stadium that killed 11-year-old boy
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Two people were arrested Thursday in connection with a shooting outside an Albuquerque baseball stadium that killed an 11-year-old boy and prompted the New Mexico governor to issue a controversial gun ban. Jose Romero, 22, and Nathen Garley,...

Weapons charges dropped in 2018 raid on family compound in desert that turned up child's remains
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Two firearms charges were dismissed Thursday amid preparations for a trial against an extended family arrested in a 2018 law enforcement raid on a ramshackle desert compound in northern New Mexico and the discovery of a young boy's decomposed body. The changes...

California sues anti-abortion organizations for unproven treatment to reverse medication abortions
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Thursday sued an anti-abortion group and a chain of anti-abortion counseling centers, saying the organizations misled women when they offered them unproven treatments to reverse medication abortions. Heartbeat...

At Kari Lake's 3rd trial related to Arizona election, county makes case to protect ballot signatures
PHOENIX (AP) — An election official and lobbyists were among the witnesses brought by Maricopa County attorneys on the first day of a trial Thursday in another lawsuit filed by Kari Lake, the defeated Republican in last year's Arizona governor's race, to deny her request to see signed ballot...
Wisconsin Republicans propose impeaching top elections official after disputed vote to fire her
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A group of Republican Wisconsin lawmakers on Thursday proposed impeaching the battleground state's top elections official as Democrats wage a legal battle to keep the nonpartisan administrator in office. Democrats say the GOP-controlled state Senate acted...

Former fashion mogul pleads not guilty in Canadian sex-assault trial
TORONTO (AP) — Former Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard pleaded not guilty Thursday to all charges against him in his Toronto sexual assault case, as jury selection for his trial got underway. The 82-year-old, who appeared in court in a wheelchair, wearing a black suit with his...
Former Mississippi Democratic Party chair sues to reinstate himself, saying his ouster was improper
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The former chair of Mississippi's Democratic Party has filed a lawsuit seeking to reinstate himself as its leader, arguing that he was improperly ousted in July. Tyree Irving, a former appellate judge who had chaired the state party since 2020, was voted out...
