A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting gender-affirming care for transgender people under the age of 19, according to the civil liberties groups behind the legal challenge to the order. Trump’s order aimed to withhold federal funding to medica
Americans’ credit card debt reaches new record high: New York Federal Reserve
Americans’ household debt — including credit cards, mortgages, auto loans and student loans — is at a new all-time high $18.04 trillion, according to a report released Thursday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Overall debt grew by $93 billion in the last three months of 2024 — and about half of that […]
Hamas says it will release hostages as planned on Saturday
LONDON — Hamas said in a statement Thursday it would release the next group of hostages as planned in accordance with its ceasefire agreement with Israeladding that Egyptian and Qatari mediators had confirmed they will work to “remove obstacles and close gaps.” The next hostage-prisoner exchange is set to take place Saturday, as p
‘Around 20’ hurt after car drives into pedestrians in Munich, police say
LONDON — Munich police said “around 20” people were injured after a “vehicle drove into a group of people” in the center of the city on Thursday morning. “The driver was able to be secured on site and currently poses no further danger,” police said in a post in German on social media. Police said […]
26-year-old mother charged in alleged murder of 4-month-old son
A mother in Alabama has been arrested and charged with the alleged murder of her 4-month-old son after an autopsy found that he had been severely injured, police said. On Jan. 25, the Chambers County emergency dispatch center received a 911 call at approximately 1:55 PM in reference to a 4-month-old infant having a seizure […]