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DeSantis signs Florida bill making climate change a lesser state priority
Opponents say it removes the word “climate’ in nine places and moves the state’s energy goals away from efficiency and reducing greenhouse gases blamed for a warming planet.
2024 NFL schedule release takeaways: Biggest SNF matchups; Jets, Chiefs and Cowboys get 6 prime-time games
The full NFL schedule was announced Wednesday as fans plan their lives around 18 weeks of games, culminating with the Super Bowl in New Orleans on Feb. 9.
Colorado teen pleads guilty in death of driver who was hit in the head by rock
Prosecutors say Nicholas Karol-Chik and two friends threw rocks at nine people one night last year, with one rock hitting and killing Alexa Bartell.
Maryland parents can't opt kids out of LGBTQ book curriculum, court rules
At issue was a set of LGBTQ-inclusive storybooks the Montgomery County Board of Education had approved for use in school curriculums in 2022.
Florida teen says she was denied entry to prom for wearing a suit
The 16-year-old said she has worn suits to other events hosted by her charter school, including a Valentine’s Day dance this year.
Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker says a woman should be a 'homemaker' in college commencement speech
Butker, who has made his conservative Catholic beliefs well-known, is a three-time Super Bowl champion.
Are you ready for some football? Official 2024 NFL schedule to be released tonight
The season will kick off Sept. 5 in a rematch of last year's AFC championship game.
To protect new mothers, a federal panel prescribes maternity centers for mental health support
The leading causes of pregnancy-related deaths in the United States —including suicides and fatalities linked to substance use disorders — stem from mental health conditions.
'You need a hug?': Video shows deputy comfort crying girl separated from mom on Florida beach
A Pinellas County sheriff's deputy helped reunite a mother with her daughter after the child got lost on Indian Rocks Beach.
'Serial child rapist' on the run for more than 2 decades is arrested in Missouri, feds say
Herman Carroll, 72, who had child sex crime convictions in 1983 and 1993, failed to appear at a court hearing in 2001 linked to separate child sex assault allegations in Illinois, the U.S. marshals said.
Texas universities slashed hundreds of jobs and programs after state's DEI ban
“You may not like the law, but it is the law,” University of Texas Systems Chancellor James Milliken said.
