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Transgender kids tend to maintain their identities as they grow up, study suggests

After five years, 94 percent of children studied were living as transgender and almost two-thirds were using either puberty-blocking medication or sex hormones.

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Fed raises rates by half a percentage point — the biggest hike in two decades — to fight inflation – CNBC

Fed raises rates by half a percentage point — the biggest hike in two decades — to fight inflation  CNBC LIVE: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks on interest rate decision — 5/4/22  CNBC Television Fed raises interest rates by half a

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Amber Heard Expected to Testify Against Johnny Depp Today

Amber Heard is expected to take the stand today in her defense in the ongoing defamation suit brought against her by her ex-husband Johnny Depp in March 2019. The high-profile trial, which is being held in Fairfax County, Virginia, is

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If You Want to Know a Country’s Economic Future, Check How Far It Is From the Equator

It’s no secret that global climate change hurts the economy. With more frequent and more severe storms, flooding, drought, and fires, countries around the world are already taking economic hits. And as long-term events like rising sea levels and temperature

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‘They thought they were safe.’ AP investigation reveals 600 likely died in Mariupol theater airstrike

An Associated Press investigation has found evidence that the March 16 Russian airstrike on the Mariupol theater being used as a bomb shelter was far deadlier than estimated, killing closer to 600 people.

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How soon could US states outlaw abortions if Roe v Wade is overturned? – The Guardian US

How soon could US states outlaw abortions if Roe v Wade is overturned?  The Guardian US Supreme Court leak confirms Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s prescient warning about Roe v. Wade  Fox News Roe opinion reveals how Supreme Court will change California  San Francisco Chronicle

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Ukrainian supporters rally behind embattled far-right Azov regiment

Valentyna Ocheretna has waited in vain for weeks for a call from her son Sasha. In March, he was wounded in battle against Russian troops in the strategic city of Mariupol. Since then, there’s been silence. For eight years, Sasha

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North Korea fires another ballistic missile as tensions rise

The launch comes days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to bolster his nuclear arsenal and threatened to use them against rivals.

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U.S. poised to restrict abortion access as other nations expand availability

As women in the United States find themselves on the verge of possibly losing the constitutional right to access abortion services, courts in other parts of the world, including in many historically conservative societies, have moved in the opposite direction.

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