Health Jun 04 Florida’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors also limits access for trans adults Debate surrounding Florida’s new restrictions on gender-affirming care focused largely on transgender children. But a new law that Gov. DeSantis signed last month also made it difficult – even impossible – for many transgender adults to get treatment.
Politics Jun 02 Fort Bragg changes name to Fort Liberty, part of U.S. Army plan to rename installations honoring Confederate soldiers Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony some veterans view as a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to Black service members.
Politics May 17 North Carolina overrides governor’s veto, bans abortion after 12 weeks Legislation banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy is becoming law in North Carolina after the state's Republican-controlled General Assembly successfully overrode the Democratic governor's veto.
Politics May 04 North Carolina House approves bill tightening abortion limits North Carolina's House has approved a Republican package of abortion restrictions that would tighten the state's ban on the procedure from after 20 weeks to 12 weeks.
Politics Jan 22 State lawmakers propose power grid protections amid surge in substation attacks The recent attacks in Moore County, North Carolina, and others in Washington, Oregon, South Carolina and Nevada, have underscored the vulnerability of the nation’s far-flung electrical grid, which security experts have long warned could be a target for domestic extremists.
Politics Jan 07 Republican states aim to restrict transgender health care in first bills of 2023 More than two dozen bills seeking to restrict transgender health care access have been introduced across 11 states — Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Virginia — for the legislative sessions beginning in…
Nation Dec 07 Duke Energy repairs all equipment damaged in North Carolina weekend shooting Duke Energy says it's completed repairs on substation equipment damaged when it was shot up and it expects power to be fully restored by the evening.
Nation Dec 04 North Carolina power outages could last days after shooting attacks on substations Tens of thousands of people braced for days without electricity in a North Carolina county where authorities say two power substations were shot up by one or more people with apparent criminal intent.
Politics Nov 20 State-level anti-transgender legislation reverberates on Day of Remembrance Statehouse victories for Republicans around the country in this month's midterm elections are resonating for trans people as they mark Sunday's Transgender Day of Remembrance, an international observance honoring victims of anti-transgender violence and raising awareness of the threats trans people face.
Nation Nov 16 Report says at least 32 transgender people were killed in the U.S. in 2022 An LGBTQ advocacy group says at least 32 transgender and gender-nonconforming people have been killed in the United States in 2022. The Human Rights Campaign announced the figure in its annual report ahead of this weekend's Transgender Day of Remembrance.