California AG warns schools that outing transgender students violates state law

California’s Attorney General cautioned school districts across the state that policies requiring employees to report transgender students to their parents violated the state’s constitution. Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a legal alert on Thursday that said the policies adopted by several Golden State school districts are unconstitutional and “detrimental” to the privacy, safety and well-being … Read more

FAA’s diversity push includes focus on hiring people with ‘severe intellectual’ and ‘psychiatric’ disabilities

The Federal Aviation Administration is actively recruiting workers who suffer “severe intellectual” disabilities, psychiatric problems and other mental and physical conditions under a diversity and inclusion hiring initiative spelled out on the agency’s website.  “Targeted disabilities are those disabilities that the Federal government, as a matter of policy, has identified for special emphasis in recruitment and hiring,” … Read more

Hot air balloon crash leaves four dead, one critically injured

Four people were killed and one critically injured Sunday in a hot air balloon crash in Arizona, police said. The tragic incident happened at approximately 7:50 a.m. in a desert area in Eloy, a small town with a population just over 15,000, and some 65 miles northwest of Phoenix known as “the skydiving capital of … Read more

Suits Force Mountain Gear Firm to File for Bankruptcy

While Yvon Chouinard may be best known for founding Patagonia, the Ventura-based distributor of outdoor clothing, the seeds of his $70-million empire were in the functional climbing gear he first fashioned in the early 1960s in a metalworking shed in his parents’ back yard. Chouinard Equipment Ltd. posted only $6 million in sales last year. … Read more

Pedestrian dies after being struck by a vehicle in Trois-Rivières

The pedestrian was in the middle of the road before being hit by the vehicle, police said. Photo by John Mahoney /Montreal Gazette file photo TROIS-RIVIÈRES — A 20-year-old pedestrian died Sunday afternoon after being struck by a vehicle in Trois-Rivières. Police were called around 2:25 p.m. and the victim was in critical condition when … Read more

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