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South Dakota is set to ban nearly all forms of gender-affirming care for minors

By Andy Rose, CNN South Dakota is set to prohibit nearly all forms of gender-affirming treatment for transgender minors after a proposed law gained sweeping approval through its state legislature. The state Senate passed a House bill banning surgical and non-surgical gender-affirming treatment for minors on Thursday in a 30-4 vote, advancing the legislation to

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Quake-hit Turkey and Syria face years of rebuilding. Experts say it didn’t have to be this way

By Christian Edwards and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Five days after a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria the number of dead is staggering. Drone footage and satellite imagery have conveyed the stark reality of widespread destruction in an area that straddles two very different nations. The scale of the disaster is enormous. “We’ve

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Iran frees dissident Farhad Meysami after photos of his emaciated condition cause outrage online

By Jonny Hallam, Artemis Moshtaghian and Niamh Kennedy, CNN An Iranian doctor and rights activist has been released from Tehran’s infamous Evin prison one week after photographs of his severely emaciated condition emerged on social media. Farhad Meysami was released from prison on Friday, according to the Iranian pro-reform outlet Shargh Daily. News of his

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California state agencies investigating conditions at the two sites of the Half Moon Bay mass killing

By Veronica Miracle and Christina Maxouris, CNN Two California state agencies are investigating whether there were potential labor and workplace safety and health violations at the two Half Moon Bay, California, farms where seven people were fatally shot last month. The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health and the state’s Labor Commissioner’s Office “want

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One month before Tyre Nichols arrest, activists made city council presentation over fears of violent traffic stops in Memphis

By Nick Valencia and Mark Morales, CNN A month before Tyre Nichols’ arrest and death, activists and organizers gave a presentation at the Memphis City Council public safety committee hearing to highlight their concern about violent pretextual traffic stops in the city they say led to the death or injury of five people since 2013,

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San Francisco DA threatens to drop historic case against officer, claims charges filed by her predecessor were ‘political’

By Cheri Mossburg, CNN San Francisco’s District Attorney is threatening to drop what’s believed to be the city’s first case filed against a police officer for an on-duty homicide, claiming the case was filed by her predecessor for “political reasons.” In 2020, San Francisco Police Department Officer Christopher Samayoa was charged with manslaughter in the

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Arizona police submit charges against art gallery owner seen on video insulting Indigenous performers

By Caroll Alvarado and Sharif Paget, CNN Police have submitted charges against the owner of a Native American art gallery for disorderly conduct after he was shown on video “yelling” at Indigenous performers outside a shop in Scottsdale, Arizona, authorities say. The group was performing Tuesday at around 11:30 a.m. in the neighborhood of Old

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