UN pressured on transgender violence against women after Title IX overhaul

The Independent Council on Women's Sports filed a brief to the United Nations in the wake of the Biden administration's Title IX overhaul, detailing both the physical and psychological anguish girls ... Read More

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Read the latest national and world news, including stories from Newsday's reporters in Washington, D.C. Arizona's Democratic governor signs a bill to repeal 1864 ban on most abortions Democratic ... Read More

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By Mark Landler Torrential Rains Leave at Least 13 Dead and More Missing in Brazil The State Department said Russia had used chloropicrin, a poison gas widely used during World War I, against ... Read More

Transgender Tennesseans want state's refusal to amend birth certificates declared unconstitutional

The fate of a decades-old Tennessee policy that does not allow transgender people to change the sex designation on their birth certificates is in the hands of a federal appeals court ... Read More

Biden just quietly finalized transgender mandate attacking people of faith

Religious believers are under a vicious attack from partisan government forces determined to shut them out of the American health care system for good. Read More

White House responds after Pope Francis condemns 'gender theory,' affirms Biden's support for trans community

"We are pleased to see that the document… furthered the Vatican's call to ensure that LGBTQ+ are protected from violence and imprisonment around the world ... transgender people here in the ... Read More

South L.A. murder leads groups to raise awareness about transgender crime

Loved ones and some organizations are raising awareness about gun violence against transgender people around the country ... much," Whitfield told Eyewitness News. They met as teens, traveled ... Read More

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Teach and learn with The Times: Resources for bringing the world into your classroom What story can these images tell? By The Learning Network What have you bought, watched, listened to ... Read More

France condemns violence by illegal Jewish settlers against Palestinians

France on Tuesday condemned the ongoing violence by illegal Jewish settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. The French Foreign Ministry issued a statement on its website on violent ... Read More

Taiwan Condemns 'Shameless' China's Thanks for Global Sympathy on Quake

Taiwan Condemns 'Shameless' China's Thanks for Global ... Beijing's deputy ambassador to the United Nations thanked the world for its concern about a strong earthquake on the island. Read More

Pope condemns culture that views people with disabilities as 'burdens'

Today's "throwaway culture," driven by "profit, efficiency and success," marginalizes people with disabilities ... held a three-day plenary session on "Disability and the Human Condition" at ... Read More

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But he welcomed the condemnation of legislation and violence against LGBTQ+ people ... The document comes at a time of some backlash against transgender people, including in the United States ... Read More