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Maren Morris’ ‘Dreamsicle’ album invites healing as she embraces her new life
When country star Maren Morris would voice support for the LBGTQ community, including publicly clashing with Jason Aldean’s wife over gender-affirming care for transgender youth, ...
How the military is dealing with Hegseth’s order to remove transgender troops
The military services scrambled Friday to nail down details and put together new guidance to start removing transgender troops from the force. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in ...
Is your name extinct now? Federal government releases new baby name popularity data
The Social Security Administration, which records every birth in the U.S., released the official list of most popular baby names of 2024. The top picks of today may have sounded like zany or quirky ...
Air traffic controllers for Newark airport briefly lose radar access again
The air traffic controllers directing planes into the Newark, New Jersey, airport briefly lost their radar Friday morning for the second time in two weeks, renewing concerns about the ...
Measles exposure reported at Arkansas plant
The Arkansas Department of Health has listed a plant in Osecola, Arkansas, as a site for possible measles exposure. According to the ADH, anyone who was at Big River Steel ...
15 states sue over Trump’s move to fast-track oil and gas projects via his ‘energy emergency’ order
A coalition of 15 states is suing over President Donald Trump’s efforts to fast-track energy-related projects, saying the administration is bypassing environmental protection laws and ...
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka taken into custody by homeland security at NJ ICE facility
NEWARK, N.J. ( WPIX) – The mayor of Newark, New Jersey, was taken into custody by homeland security at an ICE facility on ...
US to accept white South African refugees while other programs remain paused
The Trump administration will welcome more than two dozen white South Africans to the United States as refugees next week, an unusual move because it has suspended most refugee ...
Brian West Named Head Softball Coach at West Monroe High School
The West Monroe Lady Rebels will have a new head coach. Brian West has been named the next head coach of the Lady Rebels. West spent the last two seasons as the head ...
The US has 1,001 measles cases and 11 states with active outbreaks
The U.S. surpassed 1,000 measles cases Friday, even as Texas posted one of its lowest counts of newly confirmed cases since its large outbreak began three months ago. Texas still accounts for the ...
Supporters of a bill to study reparations for slavery urge Maryland Gov. Moore to sign the measure
Supporters of a measure to create a commission to study potential reparations for slavery in Maryland rallied by the governor ...
Mexico sues Google for labeling Gulf of Mexico as ‘Gulf of America’
Mexico has sued tech giant Google over its labelling of the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, a change made by U.S. President Donald Trump via executive order, Mexico ...