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Report: LGBTQ content drove book banning efforts in 2023

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(NEW YORK) -- The American Library Association released its annual list of the top 10 most targeted books of 2023 on Monday, the majority of which were challenges because of their LGBTQ content.“Gender Queer” by Maia Kobabe topped the list for the third year...

Biden administration pulls back from banning menthol cigarettes

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(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration is putting off its plan to ban menthol cigarettes until next March after an aggressive lobbying push by civil rights groups -- some sponsored by Big Tobacco -- who argued a ban would unfairly target Black smokers.The delay, acknowledged...

How Texas ruling banning mifepristone could impact abortion care

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(WASHINGTON) -- Last week's decision from a federal judge in Texas has thrown access to a common abortion pill into limbo.In the ruling, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the Northern District of Texas reversed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of mifepristone, potentially blocking...

States banning the sale of new gas-powered vehicles

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(NEW YORK) -- California became the first state in the nation this week to issue a phase-out of gas-powered vehicles -- and other states are planning to follow in its footsteps.After the California Air Resources Board approved Thursday regulations that ban the sale of new...

Tennessee ‘trigger’ law banning nearly all abortions goes into effect

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(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) -- Tennessee's "trigger" law banning abortions went into effect Thursday, making providing abortions a felony in the state.The Tennessee near-total abortion ban, which was enacted in 2019, criminalizes performing or attempting to perform an abortion, only making exceptions for cases where it...