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Transgender young people and their families rallied outside the Supreme Court in May 2023 after an event called the Trans Youth Prom in Washington, DC.
Marvin Joseph
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'What are we going to do?' The mom of a trans teen grapples with Trump's Medicaid move
Selena Simmons-Duffin
A longtime Republican living in California says the Trump administration's continuing actions to target transgender youth take a personal toll.
Firefighters try to put out a fire at a city book market following a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine early Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026.
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Ukraine launches one of its largest aerial attacks of the war, killing at least 6 people in Russia
The Associated Press
Three-year-old sunflower stars explore the kelp forest for the first time. They come in a rainbow of colors but are all the same species. The stars in this cohort are called the "snack pack," so they all have snack names, from Cheeto and Noodles to Sweet Potato.
Jennifer Adler
Billions of sea stars have died. A Northwest tribe is trying to save the species
John Ryan
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Steve Drummond, Janet W. Lee
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Texas schools see modest improvement in 2026 A-F ratings. Here’s how they fared
About 85% of Texas public schools earned a passing grade in the state’s latest A-F accountability ratings, while roughly one-quarter of districts and campuses scored higher than they did last...
Texas has started handing out school voucher funding. Over 20,000 students have returned the money.
Mike D’Antoni, who coached the Houston Rockets to new heights, to join Naismith Hall of Fame
Shrouded in the desert, the public can now visit artist James Magee’s masterwork ‘The Hill’
Hundreds of Monkey’s Brain sea beans wash ashore in Texas
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