Giorno: 2 Ottobre 2023

Tennessee, Kentucky bans on transgender procedures for minors upheld in federal court

Minors will be barred from receiving transgender-affirming procedures in Tennessee and Kentucky, a federal appeals court upheld in a ruling Thursday. Judge Jeffrey Sutton’s recent decision overturns previous summer rulings, affirming Tennessee’s law implemented in January that restricts puberty blockers, hormone therapy and transgender surgeries for minors. Kentucky has an identical law. Tennessee Attorney General […]

Conservatives Challenge Pope on Women, Same-Sex Couples

Conservative Catholics have launched a barrage of challenges to Pope Francis before a big Vatican meeting, with five cardinals demanding clarifications on same-sex couples and other issues, and a women’s group saying only men should vote at the event.The cardinals from…[#item_full_content]

Trump Rages Against ‘Operative’ N.Y. Judge

Former President Donald Trump ripped into the judge presiding over his $250 million civil case on Monday, saying he is “an operative” who should be disbarred.[#item_full_content]

Wall Street Slips as Bond Market Cranks Up Pressure

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European Union’s top diplomat dismisses concern about bloc’s long-term support for Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The European Union’s foreign policy chief on Monday led a delegation of top diplomats on an unannounced visit to Kyiv and dismissed concerns about political tension in the bloc over its long-term support for Ukraine’s fight against Russia. Though largely symbolic, the informal meeting between EU and Ukrainian diplomats demonstrated the […]

Women’s voices and votes loom large as pope is set to open a Vatican meeting on church’s future

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A few years ago, Pope Francis told the head of the main Vatican-backed Catholic women’s organization to be “brave” in pushing for change for women in the Catholic Church. Maria Lia Zervino took his advice and in 2021 wrote Francis a letter, then made it public, saying flat out that the […]

Karikó and Weissman win Nobel Prize in medicine for work that enabled mRNA vaccines against COVID-19

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 that were critical in slowing the pandemic — technology that’s also being studied to fight cancer and other diseases. Hungarian-American Katalin Karikó and American Drew Weissman were cited for contributing “to […]

Fires on Indonesia’s Sumatra island cause smoky haze, prompting calls for people to work from home

PALEMBANG, Indonesia (AP) — More than 300 forest and peatland fires on Indonesia’s Sumatra island caused hazy skies across the region on Monday, prompting government officials to ask people to work from home. The military, police and local government were working together to extinguish the fires, which were burning in 316 places across South Sumatra […]

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Type of storm that drenched New York is up to 20% wetter due to climate crisis

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