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Columbus, OH

Maine State

New York Post

A Massachusetts bill, which seeks to update state law to redefine who legally qualifies as a parent, passed in the state senate on Thursday and now awaits signature from Democratic Governor Maura Healey to become law.

The Massachusetts Parentage Act aims to ensure “legal parentage equality” for children born to parents “without regard to the marital status, gender, gender identity or sexual orientation of their parents or the circumstances of their birth, including whether they were born as a result of assisted reproduction or surrogacy,” the bill text explains.

The bill requires gendered terms like “father” and “mother” to be stripped from state parentage law...

Massachusetts bill seeking to redefine who qualifies as parents removes terms ‘mother’ and ‘father’

Fox News

The Massachusetts Parentage Act redefines who is considered a parent to expand protections for LGBTQ families. Critics say the bill will hurt children.

Massachusetts bill redefining parenthood, stripping away 'mother,' 'father,' could soon be state law

A growing number of states are passing, or considering, legislation that would ban the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in protective gear used by firefighters, which have been linked to increased risks of cancer and other adverse health problems. The latest state to entertain measures to keep PFAS...

States Push Legislation to Ban Toxic PFAS In Firefighter Gear

Nebraska State

Minnesota State

The Independent

Now that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, his drunken driving arrest from 1995 in Nebraska — long before he entered politics — is getting renewed scrutiny

What to know about Tim Walz's 1995 drunken driving arrest and how he responded

Minneapolis, MN

 Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, has been moved to a new federal prison following his stabbing by an inmate last year.Chauvin, 48, was transferred from Tuscon Federal Correctional Institution in Arizona to the Oklahoma Federal Transfer Center last week.The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed the move to The Independent but said it could not give any further details “for privacy, safety, and security reasons.”In November 2023, Chauvin was stabbed 22 times by inmate John Turscak, while Chauvin was serving a 21-year sentence for violating Floyd’s civil rights. Chauvin’s sentence is running concurrently with a 22.5-year...

Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin who murdered George Floyd is moved to new prison after near-fatal stabbing

 A charity working with homeless people in Auckland, New Zealand unknowingly distributed candies filled with a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine in its food parcels after the sweets were donated by a member of the public. Auckland City Mission told reporters on Wednesday that staff had started to contact up to 400 people to track down parcels that could contain the sweets — which were solid blocks of methamphetamine enclosed in candy wrappers. New Zealand's police have opened a criminal investigation. The amount of methamphetamine in each candy was up to 300 times the level someone would usually take...

Food bank unknowingly distributes candy made from meth

South Dakota State

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Herbie J Pilato

Former child star Bobby Buntrock's life ended in tragedy. Best known as Harold “Sport” Baxter on the popular 1960s TV sitcom Hazel, Butrock died at only 21 years old in a car accident in 1974.

The Tragic Death of Child Star Bobby Buntrock, and How TV's 'Hazel' Shirley Booth Protected him

The former president appeared outside his Bedminster golf club on Thursday afternoon, and began by declaring he could take his time because of the weather

Trump uses second press conference to rehash same complaints but offers few details on vision for 2025

Asia Sharif has a mixed heritage, meaning it can be harder for her to find a match.

Woman’s urgent plea for stem cell donors after cancer relapse

Alabama State

Alabama's secretary of state says more than 3,200 voters in the state may not be U.S. citizens

Alabama election officials make voter registration inactive for thousands of potential noncitizens

Nantucket, MA

One of the country’s largest offshore wind farms, Vineyard Wind, is generating nothing but bad PR after a turbine broke and shards of it fell into the ocean off the coast of Massachusetts last month. Debris from the massive blade washed ashore in nearby Nantucket, known for its affluent,...

Accident throws wrench in offshore wind turbines

Tim Walz and I found common ground and worked together on numerous issues for the betterment of our constituents and our nation when we served together in Congress.

I served with Tim Walz as a Republican in the House. He'll be a good vice president

 A police officer cries as he recalls how he thought he would die from his injuries following a savage attack on duty.PC Ashley Aspinall suffered a horrific brain injury when he was attacked by Ian Scott, 50, as he tried to apprehend him outside a bar in Blackpool on 7 April, last year.PC Aspinall, of Lancashire Police, lay injured on the ground as Scott continued his assault.The police officer feared he would never see his daughter again as he lay critically injured.Scott appeared at Preston Crown Court on 30 April, and was given a 24-month suspended sentence after pleading guilty to wounding of an emergency worker.

Police officer cries recalling savage attack outside seaside bar

The Port Askaig Formation, which is made up of layers of rock up to 1.1km thick, was likely laid down between 662 and 720 million years ago.

Scottish and Irish rocks may be rare record of ‘snowball Earth’, study suggests

 Donald Trump bizarrely said that his Democratic presidential rival Kamala Harris looks like his wife Melania Trump in his rambling interview with Elon Musk on Monday night.The former president joined the tech billionaire on X Spaces for what was billed as a game changing “conversation,” but actually ended up being a more than two-hour-long very friendly interview that was instantly beset with tech problems – not to mention questions about Trump’s apparent lisp. In the interview, Trump launched into a scathing critique of Harris calling her a “terrible” leader, before he swiftly drifted to fawning over her “beautiful” appearance.“We...

Bizarre moment Trump says ‘beautiful’ Kamala Harris looks like wife Melania in Elon Musk X interview

Canyon, CA

Los Alamos, CA

Watchdogs are raising new concerns about legacy contamination in Los Alamos, the birthplace of the atomic bomb and home to a renewed effort to manufacture key components for nuclear weapons

Watchdogs want US to address extreme plutonium contamination in Los Alamos' Acid Canyon

 Donald Trump is said to have turned to his teenage son Barron and his influencer best friend Bo Loudon in a bid to beat Vice President Kamala Harris in drawing in Gen Z voters.Since stepping up to top the Democratic party’s ticket last month, 59-year-old Harris has quickly found favor with a young electorate.Popstar Charli XCX, 31, declared that “Kamala is brat” – a term the singer said she coined to represent someone who keeps “a pack of cigs, a Bic lighter and a strappy white top with no bra.”Harris has also inspired numerous memes and fandom through her...

Trump turns to teen son Barron and his influencer best friend to try to rival Harris’s ‘brat’ Gen Z appeal

Harris’ team manipulated headlines from nearly a dozen news outlets in a Google ad campaign

Kamala Harris’s campaign is editing news headlines in Google ads to make them seem more favorable

NewsNation

There has been an influx of incoming migrants stretching the Massachusetts shelter system beyond its limits.

Record number of deportations seen in Massachusetts

 The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have arrived in Colombia for their four-day visit. Vice President Francia Marquez invited them to the South American country after she was “moved” by their Netflix documentary.“I saw the Netflix series about their life, their story and that moved me and motivated me to say that this is a woman who deserves to come to our country and tell her story and her exchange will undoubtedly be an empowerment to so many women in the world,” Ms Marquez said.

Duke and Duchess of Sussex receive warm welcome in Colombia ahead of their four-day visit

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has signed into law a bill that would phase out the use of PFAS in firefighters’ protective gear

Massachusetts governor signs law phasing out toxic PFAS in firefighters' gear

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