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Limits on transgender care for Missouri youths begin shortly

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 06:17:42 GMT

COLUMBIA. Mo. (AP) — Missouri's attorney general announced new restrictions Thursday on transgender care for adults in addition to minors, in a move that is believed to be a first nationally and has advocacy groups threatening to sue.Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced plans to restrict transgender health care weeks ago, when protesters rallied at the Capitol to urge lawmakers to pass a law banning puberty blockers, hormones and surgeries for children. But the discussion was focused on minors, not adults.Missouri Attorney General spokeswoman Madeline Sieren clarified in a statement later in the day that adults also would be covered.“We have serious concerns about how children are being treated throughout the state, but we believe everyone is entitled to evidence-based medicine and adequate mental health care,” Sieren said. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Daily News ...

Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic says calf is “doing good,” keeps smiling through “bumps and bruises”

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 06:17:42 GMT

Nikola Jokic smiled Thursday when asked about getting battered and bruised over the course of a long NBA season. So there’s that.In fact, the Nuggets came across as fairly jovial on the whole following practice early Thursday afternoon at Ball Arena, despite having to wait out which opponent they’ll face — it’ll be the winner of Friday’s play-in game in Minneapolis between Minnesota and Oklahoma City — in their NBA Playoffs opener late Sunday night.“Doing good, going good,” Jokic, the reigning two-time NBA MVP, said of his calf tightness, which had forced him to sit out the regular-season finale at home against Sacramento last Sunday.When asked whether the injury still lingered in his mind, the Serbian center was a little more cryptic.“I mean, it’s there,” he replied. “But (it’s) … sometimes good and sometimes bad.”And the wrist you recently had taped up?“Yeah, (it was taped) a little bit, just trying to prevent (problems),” Jokic responded, then grinned. “Little bumps and bru...

Man falls to his death at construction site in Denver’s RiNo area

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 06:17:42 GMT

A man fell to his death at a construction site in Denver on Thursday.ALERT: #DPD is conducting an outdoor death investigation in the 2500 block of Wewatta Way. #Denver Office of the Medical Examiner will provide victim ID & cause of death. If the status of this investigation changes to a homicide, we will update on this thread. pic.twitter.com/EzBx9jwiwV— Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) April 13, 2023Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | RTD train hits, kills pedestrian, Denver police say Crime and Public Safety | One person dead, two hospitalized in Arapahoe County apartment complex fire Crime and Public Safety | Outdoor death in Denver along South Federal Boulevard is under investigation Crime and Public Safety | Second suspect arrested after body found buried in Aurora condo crawl space Crime and Public Safety | Two motorcyclists die in separate two-vehicle crashes in metro Denver An...

Police engage in standoff with armed man at Koreatown bank

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 06:17:42 GMT

Los Angeles police officers engaged in a standoff with a man who allegedly entered a bank with a knife Thursday afternoon.The Los Angeles Police Department received a call around 1:40 p.m. after a panic alarm was triggered inside the Bank of Hope on the 2700 block of Olympic Boulevard.According to an LAPD spokesperson, a man entered the bank with a knife. He was described as a Hispanic man standing about 5 feet 8 inches.Video from Sky5 showed several LAPD squad cars blocking the exit of the bank's parking lot.An LAPD helicopter circled overhead and an armored vehicle responded to the scene and parked next to a black sedan.An armored vehicle is seen parked next to a black sedan believed to be connected with an armed man who entered a Koreatown bank Thursday, April 13, 2023. (KTLA)Several armed SWAT officers stood near the armored car and appeared to be talking to a person inside the black sedan.The man inside the vehicle appeared to be armed with a folding knife, about 5 inches long ...

Schwarzenegger snaps back at SoCalGas over 'pothole' repair

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 06:17:42 GMT

Movie star and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger went viral on Tuesday for posting a video of him personally filling what he said was a pothole that had been bothering him and his neighbors in Brentwood "for weeks."But as it turns out, the hole was not technically a pothole. The video, which has amassed over 11 million views since it was posted on Tuesday afternoon, shows “The Terminator” actor filling the rut with pre-packaged blacktop. “I always say, let’s not complain, let’s do something about it,” Schwarzenegger tweeted.  However, the hole that was pestering drivers wasn’t there by accident. According to a statement from SoCalGas, it was an active service trench. “This location is a utility trench that relates to active, permitted work being performed at the location by the Southern California Gas Company,” SoCalGas said in a statement to KTLA. “(Workers) placed a temporary asphalt surface, which will then be replaced with...

LAFC Co-President John Thorrington’s Armenian heritage is a point of pride

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 06:17:42 GMT

When John Thorrington joined the Los Angeles Football Club in 2015, there wasn’t much to work with. No uniforms, no stadium, not even an office.Flash forward to 2022, Thorrington, co-president and general manager of the organization, helped assemble the dream team. It led to the LAFC’s first Major League Soccer Cup.Defender Giorgio Chiellini (L) poses with LAFC Co-President and General Manager John Thorrington after Chiellini was introduced during a news conference at Banc of California Stadium on June 29, 2022 in Los Angeles. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)Thorrington has traveled the world as a soccer player. Born in South Africa, his family moved to California, where he discovered his love of that sport over others. At 17, he signed with Manchester United and went pro. He played abroad and in the U.S. until retiring at 25.The 2022 victory was both professional and personal for Thorrington“The MLS Cup just felt like this culmination of years and years of hard work, of smart, dedi...

Former Oakland police captain seeks damages, says he was “falsely blamed” in cover-up scandal

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 06:17:42 GMT

OAKLAND — A former police captain who was accused in January of overseeing the cover-up of a sergeant’s misconduct has filed a legal claim with the city insisting he had nothing to do with the botched internal affairs probe.Wilson Lau had been the Oakland Police Department captain tasked with looking into Sgt. Michael Chung’s hit-and-run with a parked vehicle — an investigation that, by the end, omitted key details of Chung’s misconduct.The scandal came to light in a bombshell independent report that in February led to the firing of Chief LeRonne Armstrong, and delayed plans for OPD to be released from federal oversight, where the embattled department has remained for two decades.Lau, who last month was fired by East Bay Regional Parks police in the wake of the Oakland scandal, now says his subordinate officer “falsely blamed” him for ordering the cover-up.The former captain is seeking damages from the city, indicating in the suit that among...

Fox News: Fired producer adds CEO to lawsuit, claims lawyers deleted messages from phone

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 06:17:42 GMT

By Marshall Cohen | CNNA former Fox News producer who claims the right-wing network pressured her to give false testimony escalated her own lawsuit against the company, adding CEO Suzanne Scott as defendant and accusing Fox’s lawyers of deleting messages from her phone.In explosive lawsuits filed last month, Abby Grossberg claimed Fox lawyers bullied her into protecting the network and its on-air personalities in her deposition for the Dominion Voting Systems’ case. Grossberg now accuses Scott of being complicit in the alleged coercion, according to her amended lawsuit.Fox News has previously said her lawsuits are “riddled with false allegations” and says its lawyers never acted improperly.The network fired Grossberg after she initiated the litigation.Grossberg worked for Maria Bartiromo during the 2020 election cycle, and some of the comments made on Bartiromo’s show are at the center of Dominion’s defamation case against Fox, which saw jury sele...

Letters: Deeper hate | Abortion debate | Focus on family | Overpopulation threat

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 06:17:42 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Antioch racist textsdriven by deeper hateOne of the most unsettling things about the Antioch Police revelations is knowing that everyone’s beliefs inform their actions and decisions. This is true for every person regardless of their position or stature.The community these officers were paid to serve entrusted them to protect everyone and be the front line in administering fair, equal and impartial justice. It is unrealistic to believe that the decisions made and actions taken by these officers during the course of their duties were not informed by their negative, hostile and hateful beliefs.Barry GardinHaywardWe must do morethan stockpile pillsRe: “California stockpiling abortion medication” (Page A1, April 11).You reported that Gov. Newsom would stockpile pills following a Texas judge’s ruling suspending mifepristone, a pill commonly used to terminate a pregnancy. This is interes...

Letters: Drought’s end | Justice inequality | Stuck in time

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 06:17:42 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.End of drought bringsno peace of mindRe: “Bracing for flooding from record snowmelt” (Page A1, April 12).I felt a noticeable frustration when I read this article. Given the large amounts of snow and rain in California, you would think it was a good thing since California has been a target of drought and wildfires for decades, but now we see that places such as the Sierra and San Joaquin are flooding with water. Instead of just relying on levees and the river, water systems like those found in Monterey can be created.If California keeps its governing style of out-of-sight-out-of-mind, surely problems like this one and many more will reoccur forever.The California government needs to start taking a look at history and understand that in order to curb these problems one must prepare for them. Take notes on what was done before and apply them. If anything, we should be giving at least the farmers...