4 h. ago Texas drops lawsuit against doctor accused of illegally providing care to transgender youth

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office says one of the first doctors in the U.S. accused of illegally providing care to transgender youth under GOP-led bans was found not to have broken the law

Society

5 d. ago Minister for Children and Young People visits Kibble Safe Centre in Paisley

Natalie Don-Innes, the Minister for Children and Young People visited national charity and care provider, Kibble, at its Paisley campus this week to get a first-hand experience of the sector leading, trauma-informed work taking place in one of Scotland’s four secure units.

Politics

9 d. ago Illegal worker crackdown: Care providers fined almost £600,000 in just three months after Home Office raids

Care companies were fined between £10,000 to £210,000 for hiring illegal workers

Economics

9 d. ago Perth OAP with dementia threatened with police action by care provider

Daughter of 74-year-old said "it's the last thing families in this situation need."

Events

1 week ago Conman who advised Livingston FC loses tribunal after accusing club of 'illegal conduct'

Convicted fraudster Gordon Beurskens claimed he was forced to resign by the West Lothian outfit for whistleblowing on 'unlawful payments to players, false accounting and insolvent trading'.

Events

2 w. ago Federal judge allows case against Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan to proceed

A federal judge is allowing the case to proceed against a Wisconsin judge accused of helping a man in the country illegally evade U.S. immigration agents seeking to arrest him in her courthouse

Events

2 w. ago 'Darkness and disruption' at Lanarkshire hospital after 'sudden' power cut

Lanarkshire Live understands medics continued to provide emergency care at University Hospital Hairmyres, but planned procedures and appointments were disrupted.

Politics

2 w. ago Trump vs gender care: President and his team ratchet up attacks as more young people identify as transgender

“If it’s a day ending in y, President Trump is attacking kids’ safety, health, and access to education as part of his culture war,” said a spokesperson from California Governor Gavin Newsom’s office

Politics

2 w. ago ‘It’s legal’: Texas redistricting map heads for governor’s final sign

Lawsuits accuse state Republicans of illegally drawing congressional boundaries along racial lines that diminish Black and Latino voting power

Politics

2 w. ago DA dropped charges against woman arrested for having an abortion after public outcry

Lizelle Gonzalez filed a complaint against local Texas officials after they charged her with murder for taking medication to end her pregnancy

Events

2 w. ago Unlicensed Florida dentist arrested after customers complain about botched veneer surgery

Emely Martinez, 35, is accused of causing patients pain from illegal dental veneer procedures in Pinellas Park, Florida

Economics

2 w. ago Proposal could lead to sanctions against Alaska medical professionals for gender

The Alaska State Medical Board will be considering language that says medical professionals provide gender-affirming care for children could risk having their work considered unprofessional conduct

Politics

2 w. ago Fatal Florida crash fuels immigration fight between DeSantis and Newsom

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis dispatched his top deputy to California to oversee the handover of a truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn that killed three people in Florida

Events

2 w. ago Federal investigators demanded details on transgender patients from at least 1 hospital

Federal investigators looking at gender-affirming care providers demanded that at least one hospital hand over information about individual patients

Science

2 w. ago EXCLUSIVE: Flight attendant with AIDS fired by United Airlines for going to the doctor too often, lawsuit says

Exclusive: Timothy Panzl, 62, was “a dedicated employee who was forced to choose between his health and his livelihood,” his attorney told The Independent

Society

2 w. ago Future unpaid carers in the UK unprepared for responsibilities, study reveals

A poll of 2,000 adults found 62 per cent worry they will have to provide increasing levels of care for elderly parents, or loved ones, as their health declines

Politics

3 w. ago More than 2.8m people in US identify as trans, including 724,000 youth, data shows

Exclusive: largest data analysis of its kind counters Trump’s aggressive efforts to deny trans minors’ existenceMore than 2.8 million people now identify as transgender in the US, including an estimated 724,000 youth, according to a new data analysis that is the largest of its kind to date.Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Williams Institute used federal surveys and data from state health agencies to identify the size and demographics of the trans population in each state.1% of the total US population aged 13 and older identifies as trans, including 0.8% of adults (more than 2.1 million people) and 3.3% of youth ages 13 to 17 (roughly 724,000 people).Young adults ages 18 to 24 are significantly more likely to identify as trans (2.72%) than those 35 to 64 (0.42%) and those aged 65 and older (0.26%).Of the 2.1 million trans adults, 32.7% (698,500) are trans women, 34.2% (730,500) are trans men and 33.1% (707,100) are trans non-binary people.The trans po...

Politics

3 w. ago Feargal Sharkey accuses environment watchdog of illegally draining River Lea

The singer has threatened legal action against the Environment Agency over claims that abstraction from the waterway is devastating aquatic life.

Events

3 w. ago Maine clinics hope to get blocked Medicaid funds restored as they sue Trump administration over cuts

A network of clinics that provides health care in Maine is expected to ask a judge to restore its Medicaid funding while it fights a Trump administration effort to block federal money for abortion providers

Politics

4 w. ago Jury finds Texas couple guilty of concealing and harboring bakery workers in the US illegally

A jury in South Texas has found two bakery owners accused of concealing and harboring employees in the U.S. illegally guilty

Events