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EEOC instructs staff to sideline all new transgender discrimination cases, employees say
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission held a meeting on Wednesday clarifying how it would treat new worker ...
Tropical drinks by the pool? Not so fast, says senator who visited Abrego Garcia in El Salvador
“Kilmar Abrego Garcia, miraculously risen from the ‘death camps’ & ‘torture’, now sipping margaritas with Sen. Van Hollen in ...
Judge blocks Trump administration from passport changes affecting transgender Americans
BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from enacting a policy that bans the use of “X” ...
Judge says detained Tufts student must be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont
A federal judge on Friday ordered that a Turkish Tufts University student detained by immigration authorities in Louisiana to ...
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is speeding toward another close encounter with an asteroid
Lucy’s next stop — “the main event,” as Levison calls it — will be the Trojan asteroids that share Jupiter’s orbit around the ...
Lawsuit challenges revocation of visas for international students
WASHINGTON (AP) — A class action lawsuit filed Friday asks a federal court to reinstate the legal status of international ...
Florida State gunman used deputy mom’s former service weapon to kill 2 and wound 6, authorities say
The 20-year-old son of a sheriff’s deputy opened fire Thursday at Florida State University with his mother’s former service ...
ACLU claims administration is restarting deportations under 18th century wartime law
The American Civil Liberties Union on Friday asked two federal judges to order the Trump administration not to deport any ...
Delray Beach Police officer accused of taking $1,500 from Vice Unit fund
Delray Beach Police Officer Matthew Cusson was arrested by Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office deputies and booked into the ...
Is he Christ? Is he Moses? Superman’s religious and ethical undertones add to his mystique
There are no overt religious references in Superman comics. But over eight decades, he’s been viewed as a divine entity, a ...
How to catch the shooting stars of spring’s first meteor shower, the Lyrids
When the Lyrid meteor shower reaches its peak, it will be spring’s first chance to see shooting stars. The Lyrids have surprised skygazers in the past with as many as 100 meteors per hour, but it’s ...
Trump to invoke Schedule F to make it easier to fire some federal workers
Administration officials argue that it’s necessary to increase accountability in the workforce. The change is expected to ...