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Bill de Blasio ships NYC homeless to North Carolina despite ban against state
Mayor Bill de Blasio is sending homeless New Yorkers to live in North Carolina -- even though he banned the city in 2016 from doing business with the Tar Heel...
Settlement expands transgender restroom rights in North Carolina
RALEIGH, NC — A federal judge approved a legal settlement Tuesday affirming transgender people’s right to use restrooms matching their gender identity in many North Carolina public buildings. The consent...
Cuomo’s petty trans-rights authoritarian play
SUNY athletes competing for a national championship are set to be victimized by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s hard line on transgender rights . . . in another state. In 2016, recall, Cuomo issued...
De Blasio breaks North Carolina travel ban for Junior Olympians
Following desperate last-minute appeals, Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday provided a “narrow exemption” to his North Carolina travel ban so young Staten Island track and field stars can compete...
Trans woman defeats legislator who wanted bathroom restrictions
A transgender woman won election to the Virginia statehouse Tuesday, ousting a long-time incumbent who had led efforts to restrict bathrooms to transgender people, according to a report. Danica Roem,...
North Carolina could finally resolve it's transgender bathroom battle
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina's governor launched a two-part strategy Wednesday that could end protracted litigation over the state's so-called bathroom bill and its replacement, while expanding LGBT protections lawmakers...
Texas 'bathroom bill' dies as legislative session abruptly ends
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas "bathroom bill" targeting transgender people died again late Tuesday along with many of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's summer demands as an already bruising legislative session...
Sorry, but corporate backing for Pride is just another sign of success
One hour passed. Then a second. When the rainbow-clad floats lining DC’s streets still showed no sign of moving by hour three, we entertained the prospect that some anti-LGBT fanatic...
North Carolina governor signs new bathroom bill after costly boycotts
North Carolina on Thursday repealed a law regulating bathroom use for transgender people, hoping to lure back businesses and sports leagues that boycotted the Southern state because they saw the...
North Carolina lawmakers reach deal to repeal controversial bathroom bill
North Carolina Republican lawmakers said late on Wednesday they had reached a deal to repeal the state's controversial law prohibiting transgender people from using restrooms in accordance with their gender...
Bathroom bill to cost North Carolina $3.76B
RALEIGH, N.C. — Despite Republican assurances that North Carolina's "bathroom bill" isn't hurting the economy, the law limiting LGBT protections will cost the state more than $3.76 billion in lost...
'Stupid' bathroom bill pushes willing Duke onto enemy ground
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Originally, Sunday night’s doubleheader was scheduled for Greensboro, N.C., less than an hour drive from Duke’s campus. It would have been a virtual home game for the...
Trump lifts federal protections for transgender student bathroom use
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has lifted federal guidelines that said transgender students should be allowed to use public school bathrooms and locker rooms matching their chosen gender identity. The...
Deal to repeal North Carolina's bathroom bill falls apart
RALEIGH, N.C. -- A deal to undo the North Carolina law known as the "bathroom bill" fell apart Wednesday night when legislators couldn't agree on a plan to the repeal...
ACC shuns its North Carolina backyard over anti-LGBT law
CLEMSON, S.C. — The Atlantic Coast Conference has followed the NCAA's lead and is removing all its athletic championships from North Carolina over a state law that some say can...
North Carolina GOP plays 'Baylor rape' card in raging NCAA retort
On Monday night, the NCAA announced it was pulling seven college sports championship events -- including men's March Madness tournament games -- out of North Carolina over the state's controversial anti-LGBT...
NCAA cancels North Carolina championship events over LGBT law
Basketball-crazed North Carolina has lost its next chance to host NCAA men's basketball tournament games along with several other championship events due to a state law that some say can...
PGA's rationale for keeping major event in North Carolina
PGA of America doesn’t plan on following the NBA’s lead by moving one of its premier events out of North Carolina because of the state’s House Bill 2, which limits...
DNC creates a gender-neutral bathroom for attendees
Leaders of the politically correct convention set aside one restroom as “all gender.” That it happened to be right across from a press area led some reporters to speculate it...
Why you may fall for these wild scam phone calls
My friend is smart, accomplished and holds a master’s degree from a fancy American university. But he told me recently that he received a threatening phone call that pitted his...