Author: Bijoy Daniel

Salvage teams recovered the sixth and last missing body of a construction worker killed in the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore.  The body of José Mynor López, 37, was found by salvage divers at the scene of the bridge collapse, more than one month since a…

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On Tuesday, a judge in Western New York invalidated a ballot measure called the Equal Rights Amendment. This measure would have made reproductive rights and protection against discrimination part of the state constitution. State Supreme Court Justice Daniel Doyle, a Republican from the Rochester area, ruled that the state Legislature did not follow the correct procedure when passing the measure.

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Tennessee has enacted several other laws targeting LGBTQ+ individuals in this legislative session, including a measure permitting foster parents with anti-LGBTQ+ beliefs to care for LGBTQ+ children if they claim their religion is the reason for their homophobia or transphobia, and a bill prohibiting non-parental adults from taking transgender kids out of state for gender-affirming care, based on the false belief that teachers and other adults are influencing kids to become transgender. pronouns Parents now have the right to know if their child is using different bathrooms at school but do not have the right to know if their child's teachers are carrying firearms.

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