Executive orders that were signed by Arizona Democrat Governor Katie Hobbs will strengthen safeguards for LGBTQ Arizonans by granting state employees access to sex-reassignment surgery and prohibiting any official engagement in conversion therapy.
Read More Hobbs executive order: Sex reassignment surgery is covered by insurance for state employees
The Pennsylvania state Senate adopted legislation on Tuesday that aims to reduce the number of individuals on probation and in jail by restricting the period of probation and barring former inmates from being sent back to jail for “minor infractions.”
Read More Pennsylvania Senate approves law reducing probation and jail sentencing
British actor Julian Sands, renowned for his roles in television series such as “24” and films like “A Room with a View,” has been found dead in the San Gabriel Mountains of Southern California after going missing in January, officials revealed on Tuesday.
Read More Discovered human remains identified as missing actor Julian Sands
According to a report released on Tuesday by the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General, staff at the prison where Jeffrey Epstein was held while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges committed “significant misconduct,” including potentially criminal behavior, creating conditions that allegedly allowed him to commit suicide in 2019.
Read More New security details emerge in Jeffrey Epstein case
On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health notice to doctors, public health officials, and members of the public after recording five recent cases of malaria acquired in the United States in the previous two months.
Read More CDC issues malaria warning after 5 cases are reported in Florida and Texas
The Supreme Court rejected a legal theory on Tuesday that argued state legislatures had the ability to alter election laws without scrutiny from state courts.
Read More Supreme Court decides state legislators do not have unchecked power to set election rules