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A federal appeals court in St. Louis, Missouri, prohibited a school district in Iowa from imposing anti-free speech regulations that punish students and staff who refuse to “respect” the identity of transgender students. In April 2022, the Linn Mar Community School District in Iowa adopted a policy regarding transgender students. A provision …

His excuses are going up in smoke. Images of the fire alarm that Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulled in a House office building as his fellow Democrats were trying to delay a key vote to fund the government appear to throw cold water on his claims that the move was just a boneheaded …

Multi-billionaire Bill Gates appeared to reverse course on some of his previous climate change remarks and suggested that some activists have made alarmist predictions. “There’s a lot of climate exaggeration,” said Mr. Gates, who helped found Microsoft and is now a multi-billionaire philanthropist, in a recent event. “The climate is not the …

The University of Florida (UF) has launched the country’s first open-heart surgery program for dogs to repair a poorly functioning mitral valve. Mitral valve degeneration is the most common heart disease seen by veterinary cardiologists, according to a report by program director Darcy Adin, DVM. So, veterinarians at the UF …

In France, no public school or government institution asks a student or an employee his or her race, gender, religion, or ethnicity. It’s illegal. “Laïté”: complete separation of church and state. The French Minister of Education warned the French not to look at American “woke” multiculturalism, that France teaches the …

A Wyoming woman who set fire to a brand new abortion clinic in Casper that would also offer “gender-affirming care” will be sentenced on Thursday, facing up to 20 years in prison. At a hearing in July, Lorna Roxanne Green admitted to federal arson, expressed regret, and told U.S. District …

The Senate edged closer on Thursday to passing a resolution that would extend government funding through Nov. 17—unless a budget is passed earlier—and sidestep a government shutdown. In a bipartisan 76–22 vote, members agreed to open debate on H.R. 3935, a bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), to which Senate …

An Iowa pharmacy has sued CVS Caremark for violating antitrust regulations and unlawfully collecting fees from pharmacies filling Medicare prescriptions. The lawsuit (pdf), from Maquoketa-based Osterhaus Pharmacy, was filed against CVS Caremark on Sept. 26 in the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Washington. CVS Caremark is a …

Lil Tay‘s father has responded to allegations about him being an “abusive racist” who was behind her death hoax. An Instagram Story posted to Tay’s account on Tuesday (September 26) accused her dad, Christopher Hope, of faking her death, along with being a “misogynistic woman-beat[er].” “My abusive racist misogynistic woman …

The U.S. food stamp program is losing around $1 billion a month owing to alleged fraud and errors, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) has warned. The lawmaker issued the warning in a Sept. 26 press release announcing new legislation aimed at combating the alleged billions of dollars in monthly losses from …