California sues district that requires parents be notified if their kids change pronouns

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — California's attorney general sued a Southern California school district Monday over its recently adopted policy that requires schools to notify parents if their children change their gender identification or pronouns.

Attorney General Rob Bonta said he filed a lawsuit against the Chino Valley Unified School District over the policy that mandated this notification, calling it a “forced outing” of transgender students that violates their civil rights.

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Australian Prime Anthony Albanese says he expects public support for creating a so-called Indigenous Voice to Parliament will grow after he focuses the nation’s minds on the issue by setting a date for Australia’s first referendum in a generation. Albanese will announce on Wednesday a date for a referendum that would enshrine in the constitution an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, a collection of advocates aimed at giving the nation’s most disadvantaged ethnic minority more say on government policy. Media speculation favors Oct. 14 as the most likely date for Australia’s first referendum since 1999. Albanese has long maintained confidence that the referendum would succeed despite opinion polls showing marginal majority support for the Voice had slipped in recent months.

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LOS ANGELES — This is a story about serendipity — of an unexpected encounter that reminded me again of the power Hollywood has in the world.

Miley Cyrus getst emotional and nostalgic in a retrospective TikTok series.

The latest outing with Marvel's web-slinging superhero tops the DVD releases for the week of Sept. 5.

CHICAGO — Alice Cooper, the former Vincent Furnier, former high school track star, former resident of Detroit and Chicago, did not die this week at 75. Despite a half-century of horrifyingly playful onstage executions, he was not hanged, beheaded, impaled or electrocuted. He just released “R…

Film director Guy Nattiv was just an infant when Egypt and Syria invaded Israel on Yom Kippur in 1973 in a surprise attack that lasted 19 days. While Israel eventually pushed back the Arab forces, the war resulted in thousands of deaths on both sides and Golda Meir’s departure as prime minister.

Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change:

The German government has presented plans for a “German-Polish House” in Berlin to serve as a memorial to Polish victims of World War II and detail Germany’s brutal occupation of its neighbor between 1939 and 1945. The documentation center is intended to inform visitors about the past, be a space for encounters between Germans, Poles and others, and at the same time become a memorial with a “striking artistic element.” According to the plans presented Tuesday by the German culture minister, the German-Polish House will focus on the commemoration of Poland’s suffering during Germany's six years of occupation and the violent deaths of more than 5 million Polish citizens, including some 3 million Jews.

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y., Aug. 29, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The bustling heart of New York City, Times Square, is known for its dazzling lights and vibrant energy. Recently, it witnessed a new star rise to prominence; Danielle Alura, the reigning Miss Global USA 2023 took center stage as her …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The newest season of “The Bachelorette” just wrapped up with a Georgia woman ending up with a proposal on the blissful tropical island of Fiji.

The third and final episode of the HBO docuseries “Telemarketers” is out this week, bringing to a close one of the most unexpected onscreen journeys in recent memory — from the hard-partying offices of a shady New Jersey call center to the office of a sitting U.S. senator.

LOS ANGELES — In her shared Silver Lake apartment, Ella Jane picks up one of the four guitars strewn about her room and begins strumming. Seconds ago, she was laughing about how her guitar teacher used to tell her that when his eyes were closed, it almost sounded like she knew what she was doing.

The Vatican is seeking to tamp down an uproar that erupted after Pope Francis praised Russia’s imperialist past. The Vatican spokesman, Matteo Bruni, said Francis merely wanted to praise the positive aspects of Russia’s spiritual and cultural history when he praised Russia’s imperial rulers Peter and Catherine the Great and praised Russia’s way of “being Russian" during a video conference with Russian Catholic youths. Bruni said Francis “certainly didn’t want to exalt imperialistic logic or government personalities, who were cited to indicate certain historic periods of reference.” The Vatican, and before it the Holy See’s embassy in Ukraine, spoke out after Ukraine’s Greek Catholic leader bitterly complained about Francis’ remarks.

The Kremlin says that Russian President Vladimir Putin isn’t planning to attend the funeral of mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin following his death in a plane crash. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov wouldn’t say where or when the chief of the Wagner Group military company would be buried, although some Russian media suggested it could take place as early as Tuesday in Prigozhin’s home city of St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg’s Fontanka news outlet and some other media said Prigozhin, 62, will likely be put to rest at the Serafimovskoye cemetery, which has previously been used for high-profile military burials. On Tuesday, heavy police cordons encircled the cemetery, where Putin’s parents are also buried.

A massive wildfire is burning unabated in northeastern Greece for the 11th day despite the efforts of hundreds of firefighters and a fleet of water-dropping aircraft. After burning across vast tracts of land, the blaze in the Alexandroupolis and Evros region is mainly concentrated deep in a forest near the border with Turkey, in an area difficult to access. The wildfire has been blamed for 20 of the 21 wildfire-related deaths in Greece last week. Additional firefighting aircraft from France and Spain are joining firefighting forces sent to Greece from across Europe in what EU officials have said is the largest aerial firefighting operation launched under its rescEU emergency response mechanism since it was launched in 2019.

The Nigerian army says its troops have rescued dozens of captives mostly women and children held by Islamic extremist rebels in the country's northeastern region where jihadi violence has raged for years. The army says the 25 hostages were rescued during clearance operations in Borno state's Gwoza district. A spokesman says all those rescued are being interviewed. The Boko Haram extremist group that launched an insurgency to establish Islamic Shariah law in Nigeria in 2009 often targets women and children.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — How well will North Carolina play Saturday in the season opener against South Carolina?

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's daughter says he is suffering from stress and fatigue but is in good spirits, as criticism grows of his transfer to a hospital just hours after he began serving an eight-year prison sentence. Thaksin, who was ousted in a 2006 military coup, returned to Thailand last week after 15 years of self-imposed exile. He was immediately sent to prison over several criminal convictions he has decried as politically motivated. Corrections officials said he was considered vulnerable due to several health problems. There is growing criticism that Thaksin has received special treatment compared to other inmates, and his swift transfer to a hospital has prompted calls for proof that he is genuinely sick.

Idalia strengthens to a hurricane off Cuba. Dangerous storm surges are forecast for Florida’s Gulf Coast in next 2 days.

The top Chinese official in charge of economic relations with Washington has told Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo he's ready to “make new positive efforts” to improve cooperation following an agreement to reduce trade tension. The agreement on Monday is the most substantial result to date out of a string of visits by American officials to Beijing over the last three months to revive relations that are at their lowest level in decades. Vice Premier He Lifeng said on Tuesday he was ready to “make new positive efforts to deepen our consensus and extend our cooperation.” The two governments would launch an “information exchange” about U.S. controls on technology exports that irritate Beijing, though Raimondo defended the curbs as necessary.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California men's basketball coach Andy Enfield says Bronny James is doing well and attending classes after the highly regarded freshman guard went into cardiac arrest during a workout last month. The James family previously released a statement saying a congenital…

A rare blue supermoon is pairing up with Saturn this week for an astronomical two-for-one. The cosmic curtain rises Wednesday night with the second full moon of the month, the reason it's considered blue. It's dubbed a supermoon because it's closer to Earth than usual, appearing especially big and bright. This will be the closest full moon of the year, a little over 222,000 miles away. Saturn will be peeking from behind as a bonus. Better catch the show if you can. There won't be another blue supermoon until 2037.

The Rugby World Cup will take place against the backdrop of a concussion lawsuit that has similarities to one settled by the NFL in 2013 at a likely cost of more than $1 billion. A growing number of rugby players in their 30s and 40s contend the sport's governing bodies failed to take reasonable action to protect them from repeated blows to the head during their careers. One leading neuropathologist says the upcoming World Cup in France “is the end of rugby as we know it." That's because the game is expected to change considerably to make it safer amid major concerns about the effect repeated knocks to the head can have on the brain.

A defense lawyer says a Pakistani appeals court has suspended the corruption conviction and three-year prison term of Imran Khan in a legal victory for the embattled former prime minister. The Islamabad High court on Tuesday also granted bail for Khan. However, it’s not immediately clear if he will be released since he also faces a multitude of other charges. Khan’s lawyer said the Islamabad High Court issued a brief verbal order and the written ruling will be issued later. The ruling comes weeks after Khan was convicted and sentenced to three years in prison by another court.

The Houston Astros take on the Boston Red Sox after Jose Altuve hit for the cycle against the Red Sox on Monday.

Revenue for the quarter reached US$66.1 million, marking a 23.5% year-over-year (YoY) increaseNon-GAAP profit soared to US$15.3 million, up 48.4% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ), achieving a two-year record high.The launch of TigerGPT, an AI-powered investment assistant, in Singapore, New Zealand…

Therese-Heather Belen is living the dream, working remotely full-time while traveling across Vietnam, Thailand, Japan and India.

Lawyers say a Pakistan court suspended the corruption conviction, prison sentence of former Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Hong Kong police have detained two men on suspicion of violating the city’s national security law through links with a now-defunct fund that aimed to help people arrested in the pro-democracy protests in 2019. Police say the two men are suspected of conspiring to collude with the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund to receive overseas donations and provide financial support to people who fled Hong Kong or organizations that called for sanctions against the city. Tuesday's arrests are widely seen as part of a crackdown on dissidents launched by the Hong Kong government following the massive protests. Last year, the fund’s former trustees, including Roman Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen, were also arrested under the tough law.

Britain’s top diplomat James Cleverly is set to visit China on Wednesday in the first trip by a U.K. foreign secretary to the country in more than five years. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson confirmed the long-awaited trip on Tuesday. He said the two diplomats will have in-depth communication on Sino-British relations and international and regional issues of common concern. Cleverly’s visit is an attempt to stabilize China-Britain ties, which have sunk to their lowest level in decades. The countries disagree over issues such as Beijing’s curbing of civil freedoms in Hong Kong, a former British colony, alleged human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region, China’s support for Russia and Britain’s close security ties with the United States.

There are 28 million smokers in the United States. This, despite at least six decades of medical evidence supporting the ghastly damage from this habit.

Argentina has been pummeled by one economic crisis after another for a generation. It has the third-highest inflation rate in the world and a bad habit of defaulting on debt, and 40% of its population is living in poverty.

Several months after President Joe Biden ended the national emergency for COVID-19, preliminary health data indicates the historic degree to which the pandemic increased death rates nationwide — not just because of the virus itself, but also through the pandemic’s reverberating effects on society.

For months after her diagnosis, Theresa Crockett told almost no one the results: Her kidneys were failing from the same hereditary disease that left her mother and sister on dialysis. She’d soon need a kidney transplant.

ATLANTA — With her due date fast approaching, Rosa Linda Soriano is beset by the nerves any first-time parent might feel. But for her, there are additional sources of uncertainty.

MAISAKA, Japan — Every year, as July draws to a close, Norio Terada and his fellow oyster farmers submerge hundreds of scallop shells strung on wire rings into the waters of Lake Hamana.

SEATTLE — Ta'Vion Vaughn-Washington stopped going to nightclubs because he found himself with his head on a swivel, unable to enjoy the music and dancing because of his hyper-vigilance against potential danger.

Soon, around 70% of jobs in Washington state will require some education beyond high school. Yet the rate of homegrown high school grads earning credentials here is on the decline, a new report says.

In the opening chapter of "The Ministry for the Future," science-fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson details a calamitous heat wave that kills almost all the residents of a small town. In another chapter, he imagines a catastrophic flood that wipes out Los Angeles.

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