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Families, trans adults sue state to block gender-affirming care ban

Transgender South Carolinians and their families are behind a lawsuit to block the enforcement of restrictions on gender-affirming health care in their state.

Why Afghan women are singing to protest new Taliban ban

Gazing into a mirror framed by flowers, Taiba Sulaimani begins to sing. The lyrics, in Farsi, offer a message of hope -- I will fly one day, I will be free one day.

The pros and cons of spraying pesticides to keep mosquito populations down

Researchers are trying to find ways to quell growing mosquito populations that spread disease without putting recovering populations of important pollinators.

WATCH: These dogs in a pool are my brain when I'm trying to have a relaxing weekend

A public pool in Idaho let dogs use the facility after swim season wrapped up for the humans. The result was this incredible video.

Backpacker who went on solo hike found dead in Grand Canyon

A 60-year-old hiker has been found dead near the Thunder River Trail in the Grand Canyon National Park. Thirteen others have died in the park this year.

Adnan Syed's murder conviction still stands in ‘Serial’ case as court orders new hearing

Adnan Syed’s murder conviction still stands after Maryland’s highest court ordered a redo of the court hearing that freed him

NHL star hit, killed by alleged drunk driver night before sister’s wedding

Columbus Blue Jackets star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother were killed Thursday night when they were riding bikes and struck by a driver.

Illinois man convicted in fatal stabbing of child welfare worker attacked during home visit

An Illinois man accused of stabbing a state child welfare worker to death as she was making a home visit to check on children has been found guilty but mentally ill in her killing

Patients will suffer with bankrupt health care firm's closure of Massachusetts hospitals, staff say

Christina Hernon was saved by a doctor at a local hospital when she was 5

Murder conviction remains reinstated for Adnan Syed in ‘Serial’ case as court orders new hearing

Maryland’s highest court has reinstated Adnan Syed's murder conviction and ruled a 2022 court hearing that freed him from prison violated the legal rights of the victim’s family and must be redone

She's a Norwegian princess. He's an American 'shaman'. Their wedding is this weekend

The Norwegian king’s eldest child will marry an American self-professed shaman in a picturesque corner of southern Norway on Saturday

Woman found dead in her cubicle 4 days after last clocking in

Police in Tempe, Arizona are investigating after a Wells Fargo employee was found dead in her cubicle four days after she last scanned into the building.

Black students are still kicked out of school at higher rates despite reforms

In the decade since Black Lives Matter, a spotlight has shined on inequity in education outcomes and, in particular, how exclusionary discipline disproportionately affects Black children

Maryland's highest court orders redo of hearing that freed Adnan Syed in 'Serial' case

Maryland’s highest court has ruled a 2022 court hearing that freed Adnan Syed from prison violated the legal rights of the victim’s family and must be redone

COVID isolation continues four years later for some residents at higher risk

More than four years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, some immunocompromised and disabled Americans have changed their way of living completely to survive.