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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida law banning transgender youth from getting medical treatment is temporarily on hold after a surprise decision Tuesday by a federal judge. The ruling comes amid a bevy of legislation sweeping state houses this year restricting gender-affirming care for transgender minors. Meanwhile LGBTQ+ communities and their allies are organizing Pride

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Researchers at California State University, Long Beach, used drones to study juvenile white sharks along the Southern California coastline and how close they swim to humans in the water. Turns out, it’s pretty close. That’s according to the university’s Shark Lab, whose researchers published their findings

By CURT ANDERSON and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press OCALA, Fla. (AP) — Authorities came under intense pressure Tuesday to arrest and charge a white woman who killed a Black neighbor on her front doorstep in a case that has put Florida’s divisive stand your ground law back into the spotlight. About three dozen mostly Black

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers introduced bipartisan legislation that would give victims of sexual abuse more time to sue for damages and create a two-year revival window for cases where the statute of limitations has expired. The legislation would expand the civil statute of limitations for sex abuse victims

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A conservative American think tank says the past drug use that Prince Harry detailed in his explosive memoir should spark the release of his U.S. immigration records. The Heritage Foundation made that argument in a Washington court Tuesday, appealing to a judge after the U.S. government refused

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request to block a new Washington state law banning the sale of certain semi-automatic rifles, one of three measures recently signed by Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee in an effort to reduce gun violence. The law, which took effect immediately when

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Abortion providers have sued Kansas over what they are required to tell patients before a procedure and a requirement that patients wait 24 hours to terminate their pregnancies. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in state district court says Kansas has created what the providers call a

By SARAH BRUMFIELD, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and BEN FINLEY Associated Press Only minutes into a doomed journey that ended on a remote Virginia mountain, the pilot of a business jet was not responding to air traffic control instructions and the situation was soon reported to a network that includes military, security and law enforcement agencies, according

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland Browns coach Kevin Stefanski expressed relief that two of his defensive players were not physically harmed while being robbed at gunpoint by six masked men outside a downtown nightclub. According to Cleveland Police, the players had jewelry and a truck taken during the early

By COURTNEY BONNELL and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The collapse of a major dam in southern Ukraine sent global prices of wheat and corn higher. The destruction has renewed market fears about the fragility of the country’s ability to ship food to Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia as

By VASILISA STEPANENKO and SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — A major dam in southern Ukraine collapsed Tuesday, flooding villages, endangering crops and threatening drinking water supplies as both sides in the war scrambled to evacuate residents and blamed each other for the destruction. Ukraine accused Russian forces of blowing up the Kakhovka

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court in New Orleans is preparing to hear arguments in the latest legal battle over former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. The Biden administration is appealing a Texas-based federal judge’s ruling that would eliminate the law’s requirement that most insurers cover

By The Associated Press It was almost a year ago to the day that Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf teed off for the first time as the PGA Tour’s newest rival, flush with defectors from golf’s top circuit. Morals were questioned. Lawsuits were filed. Golfers doubled down on their affiliations. A merger, it seemed, wasn’t in