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People attend a rally as part of a Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31 in Washington, DC.
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House passes anti-trans sports bill

Clare Foran and Shawna Mizelle, CNN April 20, 2023

WashingtonCNN — The House voted on Thursday to pass a GOP-led bill that would ban transgender athletes from women’s and girls’ sports at federally funded schools and educational institutions. The...

SpaceX’s Starship rocket lifts off for inaugural test flight, but explodes midair

Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland,, CNN April 20, 2023

  South Padre Island, Texas CNN -- SpaceX’s Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, took off from a launch pad on the coast of South Texas on Thursday at 9:28 a.m. ET, but exploded midair before...

2 cheerleaders were shot in a Texas supermarket parking lot after one opened the door to the wrong vehicle. A suspect is under arrest

Alisha Ebrahimji and Tina Burnside, CNN April 20, 2023

CNN -- Two teenage cheerleaders were shot after one said she mistook the suspect’s vehicle for her own in a supermarket parking lot near Texas’ capital – one of at least four incidents this week in...

Supreme Court temporarily extends access to abortion drug, sets Friday night deadline

Ariane de Vogue, CNN April 19, 2023

CNN– Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday temporarily extended a hold on a lower court ruling that would have imposed restrictions on access to an abortion drug, a move meant to give the...

2 teens face murder charges for the Sweet 16 party massacre that left 4 dead and 32 injured, Alabama police say

CNN– Two Alabama teens have been arrested and face murder charges in the deadly rampage at a weekend Sweet 16 birthday party in Dadeville, state police said Wednesday. Ty Reik McCullough, 17, and Travis...

Norfolk Southern CEO appears before Ohio Senate Rail Committee

Susan Tebben, Ohio Capital Journal April 19, 2023

The president and CEO of the train company spotlighted in the East Palestine train disaster appeared by the Ohio Senate Select Committee on Rail Safety to explain his company’s role in the mess, and...

Dominion’s history-making defamation trial against Fox News over 2020 election lies kicks off in Delaware

Oliver Darcy and Marshall Cohen, CNN April 18, 2023

Wilmington, Delaware CNN -- The high-stakes showdown between Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News finally commences in earnest Tuesday when the $1.6 billion defamation trial begins, shining a spotlight...

A 20-year-old woman was shot and killed after her friend turned into the wrong driveway in upstate New York, officials say

Laura Ly, CNN April 18, 2023

CNN -- A 20-year-old woman was shot and killed Saturday after she and three others accidentally turned into the wrong driveway while looking for a friend’s house in rural upstate New York, authorities...

No words were exchanged before a White homeowner shot a Black teen who rang his doorbell, according to statements to police

CNN -- A White, 84-year-old homeowner charged with shooting Ralph Yarl after the Black teen went to the wrong Kansas City address to pick up his siblings told police they didn’t exchange words before...

Grand jury declines to indict Akron police officers in killing of Jayland Walker

Eric Levenson, CNN April 17, 2023

CNN– A special grand jury in Ohio declined to indict the Akron police officers who fatally shot Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man, dozens of times after a car chase last year. The grand jury concluded...

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FBI arrests two alleged Chinese agents and charges dozens with working inside US to silence dissidents

CNN– The FBI has arrested two alleged Chinese agents and federal prosecutors have charged dozens of others with working to silence and harass dissidents within the United States – with some even operating...

Accused shooter in Kansas City shooting of Black teen who went to the wrong house is White man in his 80s

Tina Burnside and Amanda Jackson, CNN April 17, 2023

CNN– A white man in his 80s is the individual who apparently shot and seriously wounded Ralph Yarl, a Black teen, on April 13 in Kansas City, Missouri, according to a CNN review of property records,...

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