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Washington As it considers whether states can limit gender transition care for kids, the conservative-majority Supreme Court on Wednesday delved into the culture war debate around transgender rights. Throughout the just-concluded election, President-elect Donald Trump and his supporters consistently promoted an anti-transgender rights message. When he enters office in January, he has promised to reimpose limits on transgender individuals serving in the military and limit access to gender-affirming healthcare, among other things. Democrats have pushed for more protections for transgender individuals, including the Biden administration in the current court case. The Biden administration, transgender youth, and their families have challenged a newly passed Tennessee legislation before the c...

According to a person familiar with the matter, UnitedHealthcare's CEO was shot and killed outside the Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning, CNBC reported. According to CNBC and a New York City Police Department spokesperson, the suspect shot 50-year-old Brian Thompson in the knee and chest at approximately 6:46 a.m. while he was outside the hotel on Sixth Avenue. The New York Post was the first to report on the shooting. At Mount Sinai West, Thompson was declared deceased. Paulette Thompson, his wife, claimed that he had been getting threats. "There had been some threats," she told NBC News throughout a phone discussion. "Basically, a lack of coverage, I guess? Details are unknown to me. All I know is that he said that certain individuals had been threatening him. Accord...

In a well-publicized case that caused public outrage and reignited the nation's discussion of violence against women, a 23-year-old Italian man was sentenced to life in prison after confessing to stabbing his ex-girlfriend. Filippo Turetta was found guilty by a Venice court on Tuesday of killing Guilia Cecchettin, 22, in November 2023, just after she ended her relationship with him and one week before she was scheduled to receive her degree from the University of Padua. Turetta, according to the court, stabbed the biomedical engineering student seventy times before putting her body in trash bags and throwing it in a ditch. After her death was found seven days later, he escaped to Germany and was caught there. Turetta was convicted of unlawfully possessing weapons, kidnapping, and concealin...

Reduced mortgage rates and more available properties are attracting potential purchasers. Last week, individuals who were considering refinancing backed off, which increased demand for mortgages. The seasonally adjusted index from the Mortgage Bankers Association showed a 2.8% increase in the overall volume of mortgage applications over the previous week. The Thanksgiving holiday was also taken into account. For 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan sums of $766,550 or less, the average contract interest rate dropped from 6.86% to 6.69%, and for loans with a 20% down payment, the points dropped from 0.70 to 0.67. For over a month, that rate has been the lowest. Mortgage applications for house purchases increased by 6% over the course of the week, reaching their highest level si...

The attorney general of Washington, D.C., filed a lawsuit against Amazon on Wednesday, alleging that the firm secretly denied citizens in specific ZIP codes in the nation's capital access to Prime's lightning-fast delivery service. AG's lawsuit According to Brian Schwalb, since 2022, Amazon has surreptitiously charged Prime customers who reside in two historically underserved D.C. ZIP codes the entire subscription fee while excluding them from its fast delivery option. Benefits of Amazon's Prime membership program, which costs $139 annually, include streaming content access and two-day shipping. According to a statement from Schwalb, Amazon is charging tens of thousands of diligent residents of Wards 7 and 8 for an expedited delivery service that it claims to offer but does not deliver. A...

Washington As it considers whether states can limit gender transition care for kids, the conservative-majority Supreme Court on Wednesday delved into the culture war debate around transgender rights. Throughout the just-concluded election, President-elect Donald Trump and his supporters consistently promoted an anti-transgender rights message. When he enters office in January, he has promised to reimpose limits on transgender individuals serving in the military and limit access to gender-affirming healthcare, among other things. Democrats have pushed for more protections for transgender individuals, including the Biden administration in the current court case. The Biden administration, transgender youth, and their families have challenged a newly passed Tennessee legislation before the c...

Washington As it considers whether states can limit gender transition care for kids, the conservative-majority Supreme Court on Wednesday delved into the culture war debate around transgender rights. Throughout the just-concluded election, President-elect Donald Trump and his supporters consistently promoted an anti-transgender rights message. When he enters office in January, he has promised to reimpose limits on transgender individuals serving in the military and limit access to gender-affirming healthcare, among other things. Democrats have pushed for more protections for transgender individuals, including the Biden administration in the current court case. The Biden administration, transgender youth, and their families have challenged a newly passed Tennessee legislation before the c...

According to a person familiar with the matter, UnitedHealthcare's CEO was shot and killed outside the Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning, CNBC reported. According to CNBC and a New York City Police Department spokesperson, the suspect shot 50-year-old Brian Thompson in the knee and chest at approximately 6:46 a.m. while he was outside the hotel on Sixth Avenue. The New York Post was the first to report on the shooting. At Mount Sinai West, Thompson was declared deceased. According to authorities, no one has been arrested as of Wednesday morning. The guy was carrying a gray backpack and was dressed in black jeans and a black hoodie, a person with knowledge of the situation told CNBC. The suspect is thought to have used a gun with a silencer. Although he did not hear any...