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Families with transgender kids are increasingly forced to travel out of state for the care they need

Families with transgender kids are increasingly forced to travel out of state for the care they need

CHICAGO (AP) — On an early morning in June, Flower Nichols and her mother set off on an expedition to Chicago from their home in Indianapolis.
Indigenous men diagnosed with more advanced prostate cancer, Canadian study says

Indigenous men diagnosed with more advanced prostate cancer, Canadian study says

Indigenous men have more serious and later-stage prostate cancer when they're diagnosed than non-Indigenous men, a new Canadian study says.
Syria revokes BBC accreditation over alleged bias after report on high-level ties to drug trade

Syria revokes BBC accreditation over alleged bias after report on high-level ties to drug trade

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's Information Ministry revoked the BBC's media accreditation, days after the British public broadcaster aired a report linking members of Syrian President Bashar Assad's family and senior army officials to the production and smugg
Families with transgender kids are increasingly forced to travel out of state for the care they need

Families with transgender kids are increasingly forced to travel out of state for the care they need

CHICAGO (AP) — On an early morning in June, Flower Nichols and her mother set off on an expedition to Chicago from their home in Indianapolis.
Some cities are digging up water mains and leaving lead pipe in the ground

Some cities are digging up water mains and leaving lead pipe in the ground

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Prandy Tavarez and his wife were expecting a baby when they bought a four-bedroom house in a well-kept neighborhood of century-old homes here.
Here’s why there is still so much lead pipe in Chicago

Here’s why there is still so much lead pipe in Chicago

Even though lead in drinking water damages children's development, the Environmental Protection Agency has forced very few cities to replace their lead pipes. Consider Chicago, with more water pipes made out of lead than any U.S. city, some 400,000.
'Radical Love:' Toronto hospice takes new approach to help Toronto's homeless

'Radical Love:' Toronto hospice takes new approach to help Toronto's homeless

TORONTO — A last-minute assist has sent Kevin Ackroyd's life into overtime. While sitting on a patio in downtown Toronto on a warm June day, he thinks back to his life four months earlier when he faced a return to the streets.
Next steps on new health care deal tops agenda as premiers meet in Winnipeg

Next steps on new health care deal tops agenda as premiers meet in Winnipeg

OTTAWA — The last time all of Canada's premiers sat down around the same table, their attention was focused on getting Ottawa to pay more to fix the understaffed, hospitals, shuttered emergency rooms, surgical backlogs and health-worker shortages thr
Judge holds Washington state in contempt for not providing services to mentally ill people in jails

Judge holds Washington state in contempt for not providing services to mentally ill people in jails

A federal judge has found Washington state in contempt and ordered it to pay more than $100 million in fines for failing to provide timely psychiatric services to mentally ill people who are forced to wait in jails for weeks or months.
Tennessee can enforce ban on transgender care for minors, court says

Tennessee can enforce ban on transgender care for minors, court says

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth can go into effect — at least for now — after a federal appeals court on Saturday temporarily reversed a lower court ruling.