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California sues school district over transgender ‘outing’ policy
Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (CHINO, Calif.) — California Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed a lawsuit to try to halt a school district’s enforcement of what his office calls a “forced outing policy” [Read More…]

Remembering the victims of the racially motivated Jacksonville Dollar General shooting
Sean Rayford/Getty Images (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — One was a loving mother working as an Uber driver, another was a devoted father who wanted to give his 4-year-old daughter the world and the youngest victim killed in [Read More…]

Hurricane Idalia tracker: See the latest landfall map
ABC News (TAMPA, Fla.) — Hurricane Idalia is bearing down on Florida, where it’s forecast to make landfall in the Big Bend region Wednesday morning. Landfall is expected between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Wednesday. Storm [Read More…]

Haley vs. Ramaswamy ramps up while Suarez winds down, and other campaign takeaways
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy lambasted each other at last week’s GOP presidential primary debate, and the feud is only getting fiercer. The two [Read More…]

COVID hospitalizations increase for 6th consecutive week but still at historic lows
Allison Dinner/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — COVID hospitalizations are continuing to increase in the United States, according to data updated Monday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospitalizations rose for the sixth [Read More…]

Kimmel, Colbert, Fallon assemble for ‘Strike Force Five’ podcast benefiting striking late-night show writers
Spotify Spotify announced Tuesday it has united the hosts of all the major network late-night talk shows — Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and John Oliver— for a unique podcast benefiting their [Read More…]

Scorsese’s star-studded ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ getting wider release October 20
Apple TV+ Killers of the Flower Moon, the book adaptation from Martin Scorsese starring Oscar winners Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Brendan Fraser, will make a bigger splash in theaters than previously known. As [Read More…]

Is Oscar winner Mira Sorvino headed to ‘Dancing with the Stars’?
Daniele Venturelli/Getty Images Officially, ABC is mum on the matter until the cast is revealed on Wednesday, September 13, but Entertainment Tonight says Mira Sorvino will be joining the forthcoming season of Dancing with the [Read More…]

Pop singer arrested by Iran’s regime after releasing track dedicated to women
KeithBinns/Getty Images (LONDON) — Mehdi Yarrahi, a prominent Iranian pop singer, was arrested by Iranian authorities on Monday after releasing a song celebrating the anniversary of the Mahsa Amini protests coming up next month. Iran [Read More…]

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez suspends 2024 Republican primary campaign
Scott Olson/Getty Images (MIAMI) — Miami Mayor Francis Suarez announced Tuesday that he is suspending his campaign for president after failing to qualify for the first Republican primary debate last week in Milwaukee. “Running for [Read More…]

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise diagnosed with blood cancer
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Majority Leader Steve Scalise announced Tuesday he has been diagnosed with a “very treatable blood cancer” and has started treatment. “After a few days of not feeling like myself [Read More…]

Defendant in Georgia election interference case asks judge to unseal records
Kenneth Chesebro is seen in a mugshot provided by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia, Aug. 23, 2023. — Fulton County Sheriff’s Office (ATLANTA) — Attorney Kenneth Chesebro, one of the 19 defendants in [Read More…]

Eighteen-year-old donates kidney to mom, encourages others to ‘be a donor’
Courtesy Brooke Lyle and Jessica Jordan (NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas) — For years, Jessica Jordan of North Richland Hills, Texas, lived with debilitating pain. Her daughter, 18-year-old Brooke Lyle, remembers her mom tried to “hide [Read More…]

Top CEOs call on Biden administration to address migrant influx in New York
Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser testifies during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Sept. 22, 2022 in Washington, DC. — Drew Angerer/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Dozens of the [Read More…]

What to know about Disney World, airport closures as Hurricane Idalia targets Florida
Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As Hurricane Idalia makes its way towards Florida, one area at risk is the state’s huge tourism industry. The storm is forecast to make [Read More…]

“We fine”: Steve Harvey clears up cheating rumors about wife Marjorie Harvey
ABC/Erika Doss Steve Harvey is setting the record straight about his marriage. After rumors circulated that his longtime partner and wife, Marjorie Harvey, had an affair, the 66-year-old comedian said they are doing just fine. “Before I get [Read More…]

LaKeith Stanfield & Clark Backo give a peek into their Apple TV+ show ‘The Changeling’
Apple TV+ On Tuesday, August 29, Apple TV+ debuted a special peek into its forthcoming series The Changeling, which features star and executive producer LaKeith Stanfield and co-star Clark Backo [BOCK-oh]. “It’s like a fantasy, [Read More…]

US Open recap: What happened with Coco Gauff in round 1 win over Laura Siegemund
Matthew Stockman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Coco Gauff earned a hard-fought round one comeback win over German qualifier Laura Siegemund in Flushing, New York at the U.S. Open on Monday night to advance to the [Read More…]

NY Giants greats Eli Manning and Tom Coughlin team up for childhood cancer awareness
ABC News (NEW YORK) — For Tom Coughlin and Eli Manning, returning to the New York Giants’ practice facility is always special. The two joined the legendary NFL team as head coach and quarterback, respectively, [Read More…]

Biden administration names 10 prescription drugs for first-ever Medicare price negotiations
Tetra Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration on Tuesday unveiled the first 10 prescription drugs that will be subject to price negotiations with Medicare, marking a milestone for Democrats in their yearslong push to [Read More…]