WASHINGTON (AP) — A gay rights activist is suing the Department of Defense to answer a simple question: Did Scouting America actually agree to ban transgender members in a deal with the Pentagon? James Dale, who filed a complaint in a New York City federal court Thursday, alleges that both ...
A poll worker said two federal officers visited her at a voting location during New York's primaries to confront her about a social media post she'd written criticizing the ICE officer who fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis. Paigelynne Gonyea said the confrontation happened Tuesday while ...
DALLAS (AP) — Texas' education board on Friday approved a required reading list for more than 5 million public school students that includes Bible stories, widening conservative efforts to bring Christian teachings into U.S. classrooms. The state-mandated list of assigned reading — which ...
After a nearly 20-year absence, there once again will be rocking and rolling on the Hill at the University of Kansas campus. KU leaders on Friday announced they are restarting a once-popular annual concert event known as Day on the Hill, which in its inaugural year in 1992 featured a little ...
Updated at 8:52 p.m. Friday, June 26 When Algerian forward Amine Gouiri managed to score the winning goal off a corner kick in the 82nd minute Monday night to give “Les Fennecs” a 2-1 victory over Jordan, there were surely large celebrations in Algiers — but there were big celebrations ...
With about half the year in the books, a story about the Lawrence economy is beginning to emerge: Brick and mortar stores are slow, ‘buy now’ buttons are busy, and City Hall budget-makers are holding on. Lawrence is performing worse than any other major retail market in the state when it ...
