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As Russia's Anti-Gay Crackdown Intensifies, A Prison Death, Worsening Persecution, and Defiance Follow
Russia's anti-gay crackdown has far outstripped the 2013 law that criminalized acknowledgement of, and open support for, LGBTQ+ people. A prison death and...
French Far-Right Leader Marine Le Pen is Barred from Seeking Public Office for Embezzlement
A French court on Monday barred Marine Le Pen from seeking public office for five years, with immediate effect, for embezzlement.
National
Gay Campground's Anti-Trans Policy Prompts Cancellations
A clothing-optional campground for gay men in Texas refuses to allow trans men – and a Houston organization for bears has canceled its event there rather than...
Outrage Continues Over Gay Venezuelan's Arrest, Deportation for Dubious 'Gang Membership' Claims
Accounts proliferate of masked plainclothes ICE agents snatching people, shoving them into vans, and consigning them to a notorious foreign prison, but the...
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Politics
Georgia Lawmakers Pass Religious Freedom Bill Despite Discrimination Concerns
Lawmakers in Georgia's House passed a controversial bill Wednesday that aims to protect people's rights to express their religion, but that critics say could...
Musk Could be Headed for a Washington Exit after Turbulent Times at Trump's DOGE
President Donald Trump told reporters this week that "at some point, he's going to be going back" to running his companies. That was even before Musk faced a...
Business
Answering Your Questions about President Trump's Vast New Tariffs
Donald Trump followed through on his tariff threats by declaring a 10% baseline tax on imports from all countries and higher tariff rates on dozens of nations...
Measuring the Cost of Extending Trump's Tax Cuts Becomes a Flashpoint in Congress
An obscure but consequential bookkeeping matter has become the latest flashpoint in Congress as Republicans labor to enact President Donald Trump's sprawling...
Health
Matt Meredith Has Us Rethinking the Term "Junk" Food
It's kind of simple: Take your shirt off, point the phone toward a mirror and take a picture. For Matt Meredith his reflection is an image of discipline and...
Shingles is Awful, but Here's Another Reason to Get Vaccinated: It May Fight Dementia
A vaccine to fight dementia? It turns out there may already be one – shots that prevent painful shingles also appear to protect aging brains.
