Hospitals in the nation's capital, Colorado, and Virginia said on Thursday that they have put a halt to gender-affirming care for youth while they assess President Donald Trump's executive order that would reduce federal funding for such care. In order to comply with the executive order and maintain federal funds, Denver Health in Colorado has ceased performing gender-affirming procedures on patients under the age of 19, a spokeswoman said Thursday. It's unclear if the hospital will keep offering puberty blockers and hormone therapy, among other gender-affirming treatments, to young people. VCU Health and Children's Hospital of Richmond in Virginia announced that they had stopped providing gender-affirming drugs and surgeries to anyone younger than 19. Children's National Hospital in Washi...

The Women's National Basketball Association secretly submitted a trademark application this week for the name Detroit Shock as communities all around the nation compete for the next club. According to the petition, which was dated Thursday, the proposed purpose is for a basketball team, jerseys, merchandise, and in-arena signage that might be shown on radio or television. It might provide hints about the league's final choice regarding where to locate a new club. Tom Gores, the owner of the Detroit Pistons, made a proposal on Friday to have a new franchise move to the Motor City. Gores would lead the ownership group, which also includes Sheila Ford Hamp, the major owner and chair of the Detroit Lions; former Detroit Pistons players Chris Webber and Grant Hill; Mary Barra, the CEO of Genera...

A Biden administration policy that provided reimbursement to military members and dependents for travel to states that allow abortion and other reproductive health treatments has been revoked by the Pentagon. The document, which immediately stopped reimbursements, was released by the Pentagon's Defense Travel Management Office on Wednesday. The action undoes a 2023 policy implemented under then-Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin following the reversal of Roe v. Wade, and it is already attracting criticism from female members of Congress. For soldiers and their families who had to traverse state lines because they were stationed in a location where the military did not offer abortion or other reproductive care, like in vitro fertilization, or where such services were illegal or unavailable, ...

The updated South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole, and Pardon Services (SCDPPPS) website, hosted by SC.gov, was launched today at https://ppp.sc.gov/. Courts, victims, offenders, and other members of the public serviced by SCDPPPS will find detailed information much easier to access thanks to our updated, user-friendly website. The redesigned website will primarily showcase available positions and the many career pathways offered by SCDPPPS (https://ppp.sc.gov/careers). Like its predecessor, the new website offers a handy link that enables people under SCDPPPS supervision to make online payments for their restitution and supervision costs (https://ppp.sc.gov/supervision-rehabilitation/offender-search). Acting Director Chad Gambrell stated, "We are still dedicated to holding crimin...

As part of President Donald Trump's larger campaign to eradicate diversity, equality, and inclusion measures throughout the federal government, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is removing a large portion of HIV-related content off its website on Friday. The main HIV page of the CDC has been restored after a brief outage. According to one federal employee, the CDC started eliminating any gender identity-related content on Friday. It seems that pages pertaining to HIV were included in that activity. In a memo obtained by NBC News, Charles Ezell, the acting director of the U.S. office of personnel management, sent CDC employees an email on January 29 titled "Defending Women," which stated that they were to recognize only two sexes, male and female, and not make references to or...

Maryland's National Harbor. This weekend, Democrats will elect the next chair of the Democratic National Committee, marking the first concrete step in moving past their 2024 election defeat. The members of the party committee will convene on Saturday to elect a new slate of officers, including the replacement for departing chair Jaime Harrison, the former head of the South Carolina Democratic Party whom Joe Biden appointed to run the party while he was in office. Democrats will choose the next chair of their party, but they will not choose the party's next leader. Rather, the future DNC chair will assume control of the organization's staffing, spending, and fundraising strategies. Over the past four years, the organization has spent slightly under $1 billion. The winner of Saturday's vot...

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