Can homeless people be fined for sleeping outside? A rural Oregon city asks the US Supreme Court

The town’s case, set to be heard April 22, has broad implications for how not only Grants Pass, but communities nationwide address homelessness, including whether they can fine or jail people for camping in public. It has made the town of 40,000 the unlikely face of the nation’s homelessness crisis, and further fueled the debate over how to deal with it.

AP News

Inside Bette Midler’s Steamy Rise to Fame at a Gay Bathhouse (Exclusive)

The Oscar-nominated star launched her career performing at the Continental Baths, a gay cruising spot on New York City’s Upper West Side, in the ’70s

People

CNN’s Ashley Allison Said OJ Simpson ‘Represented Something’ for Black People. Does She Have A Point?

“[Simpson’s case] was so racially charged because of what had happened just before with Rodney King, but also just how Black Americans feel about policing,” Allison explained when asked about how the trial divided the country in racial ways.

The Root

Trump hush money case makes history with first criminal trial of a former president

The historic trial centers on a potential sex scandal coverup that took place just days before the 2016 presidential election. Prosecutors allege Trump falsified business records to hide the reimbursement of hush money payments that were made to influence the election outcome. Trump has pleaded not guilty and has denied having an affair with adult film star Stormy Daniels.

CNN

Kansas governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care for minors, anti-abortion bills

Kansas’ governor on Friday vetoed a proposed ban on gender-affirming care for minors, a measure to require more reporting from abortion providers and what she called a “vague” bill making it a crime to coerce someone into having an abortion.

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s actions set up a series of confrontations with the Republican-supermajority Legislature over those issues. The measures appeared to have the two-thirds majorities needed in both chambers to override vetoes, but GOP leaders’ success depends on how many lawmakers are absent on a given day, especially in the House.

CBS

“You are not just a way of life, but a symbol of resil­ience” – photographing black cowboy culture across the US

Ivan McClellan travels across the US photographing black rodeo culture, and presents it beautifully in his new book ‘Eight Seconds: Black Rodeo Culture’

Digital Camera World

Arizona Republicans Want to Throw My Doctor In Jail

I got an abortion three weeks before Arizona completely banned the procedure. The only solution to this problem is at the ballot box

Rolling Stone

How the Horror in Waco Unfolded in 1993 — Killing Dozens — and the Rise of a New Group Leader Years Later

A self-proclaimed prophet who foretold of a deadly conflict between his followers and the government saw his claims realized over a 51-day standoff

People

Rise in US executions masks deep divide between states on use of death penalty

Some of the 27 states that have the death penalty have not executed anyone in years but others still do – and the divide is rooted in history

The Guardian

These Mormon women are rejecting Trump, fraying GOP support in a key state

It was Annie Lewis’ idea to put a “Republicans for Biden” sign in the front yard in the lead-up to 2020. For her, it came down to civility. As a teacher for over a decade, the mother of six little ones, and a lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she felt then-President Trump did not show true leadership.

“I was embarrassed anytime a clip of Trump, at that time, was on and my children were in the room,” Lewis said.

NPR

How to tackle crime in Indian Country? Empower tribal justice, ex-Justice Department official says

Public safety statistics reflect the serious challenges. Native Americans and Alaska Natives are more than twice as likely to be victims of a violent crime, and Native American women are at least two times more likely to be raped or sexually assaulted compared with others.

AP News

Is Texas About to Turn Latinos Into Single-Issue Voters?

Its new immigration law resembles other “show me your papers” measures that cost the GOP Latino voters.

The Atlantic

Biden Claims the Mantle of Cesar Chavez, While Ignoring the Labor Leader’s Opposition to Illegal Immigration

Mr. Biden told Univision he sympathized with those entering America because “they have no alternatives.” Chavez, a third-generation American and Navy veteran, took a harder line on those who broke the law — one that demonstrates the folly of painting the entire Latino voting block as backing unlimited migration.

New York Sun

Voters think Biden should be tougher on Israel, new poll finds

An exclusive POLITICO-Morning Consult poll shows that the president’s party is deeply torn on the conflict.

Politico

Biden tells Netanyahu US will not participate in any counter-strike against Iran

President Joe Biden and senior members of his national security team, seeking to contain the risk of a wider regional war following a barrage of Iranian missiles and drones directed toward Israel, have told their counterparts the US will not participate in any offensive action against Iran, according to US officials familiar with the matter.

CNN

Fetterman on Iranian strikes: ‘It really demonstrates how it’s astonishing we are not standing firmly with Israel’

“Well, a couple of things, actually. I think it really demonstrates how it’s astonishing that we are not standing firmly with Israel. And there should never be any kinds of conditions on all that. When a nation can launch hundreds of drones towards Israel — I’m not going to be talking about conditions ever,” he said.

The Hill

Biden to convene G7 leaders after Iran’s attack

G7 leaders would meet “to coordinate a united diplomatic response to Iran’s brazen attack,” Biden said.

dpa International

The Cass report carries concerning implications for trans healthcare in the UK

The report has been widely criticized for disregarding the vast body of evidence around trans healthcare and the efficacy of gender affirming treatments, claiming they are of “poor quality.” But even as the report has disregarded international research, journalist Erin Reed uncovered evidence that Dr Cass was interested in the Florida Board of Medicine’s review — ‘research’ conducted by DeSantis appointees that has been criticized as entirely political and unscientific.

Into

Germany eases gender change rules

The German parliament has passed a law making it easier for citizens and residents to legally change gender.

It’s also introducing hefty fines – in specific circumstances – for disclosing someone’s prior registered name or gender without consent.

BBC

Mass stabbing at Sydney shopping mall leaves 7 dead, including attacker

Six people were stabbed to death and a man wielding a knife shot dead by police Saturday at a shopping mall in Sydney, authorities said.

UPI

The shadow war between Iran and Israel has been exposed. What happens next?

Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel early Sunday marked a change in approach for Tehran, which had relied on proxies across the Middle East since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October. All eyes are now on whether Israel chooses to take further military action, while Washington seeks diplomatic measures instead to ease regional tensions.

AP News

The Coalition of the Malevolent

Iran’s attack on Israel is just one campaign in a much larger conflict.

The Atlantic

Cyprus suspends Syrian asylum applications as it struggles with arrivals spike

Cyprus has suspended the processing of asylum applications from Syrian refugees following a spike in arrivals from neighbouring Lebanon this month.

The New Arab

Sudan civil war: The children living between starvation and death in Darfur

The woman with sad eyes and a quiet voice is just one of the millions of people living in camps for those forced to flee their homes in Sudan, where a civil war broke out a year ago between the army and an armed paramilitary group. The country now faces what the UN says is the “world worst hunger crisis”.

BBC