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LAUSD's overspending, declining enrollment and increasing costs put the district at risk of insolvency by 2028, according to a report from a state agency.

(The Center Square) - Attorneys with Alliance Defending Freedom filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court last Friday in the case of a Puyallup high-school wrestler who was unknowingly forced to face a male opponent who identifies as female in a match last year. As reported by The Center Square, Kallie Keeler, who was 15 years old at the time, has said she was sexually assaulted during a December 2025 match. Keeler’s mother, Stephanie Brown, quickly reported the incident, providing video evidence that she said showed Kallie’s distressed reaction. According to ADF, the school failed to report the incident as required by Washington state law until media reports surfaced. ADF attorney Hal Frampton told The Center Square that Keeler has paid a great price in standing up for herself. “She is extraordinarily brave to stand up for women and girls and to tell her story. No one wants to tell a story of sexual assault to the entire world,” said Hampton. “She lost an entire wrestling season last year and she’s staring down the barrel of losing another season in what we all know is a limited high school career. The vast majority of high school athletes won’t play beyond high school, and so these years are precious and they’re fleeting,” Frampton said. Keeler and her mother filed a federal lawsuit pressing the school district to adhere to the requirements of Title IX by prohibiting male wrestlers from competing against female opponents, regardless of how they identify. The suit also seeks provisions requiring parents be notified before female students on the wrestling team would be facing a male competitor. After a federal district court and an appeals court declined the requests, ADF is now asking the Supreme Court to intervene to protect girls’ sports and uphold Title IX’s protections. The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, the defendant in the case, defended its policies under the state’s law on transgender athletes in a recent statement carried by Courthouse News Service. “The WIAA remains committed to following Washington state law which permits student-athletes to participate in sports consistent with the gender with which they identify,” the organization said in a statement, according to CNS. “If state law changes in the future, the WIAA holds the authority to revise policies as necessary to remain in compliance with state law.” Without an injunction, Frampton says Keeler will be forced to miss the girls’ wrestling season that begins in November. “That’s exactly why we’ve asked the court for expedited relief,” said Hampton. Three months ago, the high court upheld Republican state bans against males participating in girls’ sports, regardless of how they identify, in West Virginia v. B.P.J. The court’s ruling did not require states to bar male students from female athletics, but Keeler’s case asks the court to take the matter up on the emergency docket. No criminal charges Pierce County prosecutors declined to file criminal charges in the case, arguing that such charges would be difficult to prove in court, despite the fact the sheriff's office referred a rape charge. In reviewing the case, the prosecutor's office cited an appellate court ruling that found that a person who willingly participates in sports consents to "potentially offensive contact." Meantime, the principal and athletic coordinator of Rogers High School in Puyallup remain on paid leave after pleading not guilty to charges related to failing to comply with mandatory reporting laws. ADF says if SCOTUS does not take the case, Keeler will likely miss another wrestling season. Washington voters will consider the issue on next month’s ballot. I-638, backed by Let’s Go Washington will require the enforcement of policies prohibiting students who are biological males from competing with or against female students in certain interschool athletic activities that are intended for female students only. Opponents of the measure including the League of Women Voters argue the initiative is unnecessary as so few athletes are impacted. "All of this to prevent a hypothetical scenario in which a trans girl, one of just a handful in Washington state, might someday pole vault higher, swim faster or win a race due to their status. Could this happen? Perhaps, but the odds are extremely low. Violating the personal privacy of an estimated 200,000 Washington girl athletes is not a solution," wrote League of Women Voters. New polling data from Let's Go Washington, suggests voters are likely to approve the initiative, though according to the poll, many remain undecided. Among Republicans, 73% of voters said they support I-638, with 11% saying they would vote against it and 17% undecided. Among Democrats, 48% said they plan to vote in support of the measure. 31% said they will vote against it and 22% are undecided. Among Independent voters, 52% said they will vote for the measure, 21% said they’ll be against it and 28% were undecided.

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County jJudge Tim O’Hare reported the most campaign contributions, followed by Democrat Alisa Simmons.

The Mamdani administration has again extended the deadline to seek an exemption from the city’s new pied-à-terre tax, moving it from Tuesday to Oct. 17 as officials released data showing more than half the exemption requests sought by property owners so far have been granted. As of Tuesday around 9,300 applications had been received by […] The post NYC Pied-à-Terre Tax Exemptions Mount as Mamdani Again Moves Deadline appeared first on The City Reporter.

(The Center Square) – A new law taking effect next year will give affordable housing owners more options in avoiding foreclosure. Assembly Bill 2020, authored by Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, D-Encino, will allow the California Department of Housing and Community Development to permit owners to transfer money produced by their affordable housing units to another property to prevent the latter's foreclosure. The law is meant to keep affordable housing units on the market in California and protect taxpayers’ investment in the state’s affordable housing market, according to the bill analysis. “California’s affordable housing developments currently operate on razor-thin margins,” Gabriel told The Center Square via email on Tuesday. “We cannot afford to lose units that took years and significant public investment to create – especially to a foreclosure that could have been prevented. Preserving what we’ve built is far more cost-effective than starting over.” According to supporting statements submitted as part of the bill analysis, affordable housing developments in California operated with very narrow margins, and they're dependent on carefully structured financial reserves and operating income to stay viable. Insurance costs, the cost of maintaining the property and other operating expenses created financial strains for many of these properties, according to supporters of AB 2020. “When these developments experience operating deficits, the risk of financial distress or foreclosure increases, putting critical affordable housing units, and the residents who call them home, at risk,” Enterprise Community Partners Inc. wrote in comments supporting the bill earlier this year. “This flexibility enables developers to stabilize struggling properties using existing portfolio resources, helping ensure the long-term viability of affordable housing developments.″ There was no opposition to AB 2020, according to the last version of the bill analysis. The state’s bill tracking tool shows that no legislator voted against the bill, either in committee hearings or on the Assembly and Senate floors. According to a housing report published by California Housing Partnership, an organization formed to preserve affordable and sustainable homes, California’s taxpayers paid for the construction of 23,000 new affordable housing units in 2025. But the organization said that only amounts to 20% of what the state needs to pay to meet its affordable housing goals. No one from California Housing Partnership responded to The Center Square's request for comment on Tuesday.

國際局勢如今在亞洲明顯緊張緊張。面對南海、台灣周邊以及朝韓之間日益緊張的局勢，亞洲各國軍隊正在加速現代化建設。他們斥資數十億美元研發人工智能、無人機和機器人技術。他們的目標是：為未來的衝突做好準備。

国际局势如今在亞洲明显紧张紧张。面对南海、台湾周边以及朝韩之间日益紧张的局势，亚洲各国军队正在加速现代化建设。他们斥资数十亿美元研发人工智能、无人机和机器人技术。他们的目标是：为未来的冲突做好准备。

State Treasurer Brad Briner has publicly criticized a new Atrium Health program, which he called a “scheme,” saying it could cost taxpayers and State Health Plan (SHP) members hundreds of millions of dollars. The program is “a new initiative designed... The post Treasurer criticizes new Atrium affordability program ahead of State Health Plan open enrollment period appeared first on EdNC.

President Donald Trump’s remarks about the possibility that Iran could “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego have sparked a firestorm of criticism, with Democrats claiming the president was either calling for a foreign adversary to attack the U.S. or portraying the destruction of two major cities as acceptable collateral damage. That's not our reading of the president's comments. The post The Context for Trump’s ‘Take Out’ Los Angeles, San Diego Remarks appeared first on FactCheck.org.

巴西极右翼出身的前总统雅伊尔·博索纳罗之子出人意料超越现任总统卢拉成为巴西总统的热门人选，谁都没有想到，左翼阵营更没有想到。

巴西極右翼出身的前總統雅伊爾·博索納羅之子出人意料超越現任總統盧拉成為巴西總統的熱門人選，誰都沒有想到，左翼陣營更沒有想到。

A ninth institution is being monitored by accreditor the Higher Learning Commission. An expert said appearing on the watch lists could be “a warning sign” of trouble ahead.

بەرنامەکانی دەنگی ئەمەریکا ڕۆژانە لە کاتژمێر 1ـی پاشنیوەڕۆ بە کاتی واشنتن و کاتژمێر 8ـی ئێوارە بە کاتی هەرێمی کوردستان دەستپێدەکەن.

Sixty years ago, a protest in Moscow received almost no coverage in Soviet newspapers but helped launch the human rights movement. Several dozen people gathered in Pushkin Square to demand that the state abide by its own Constitution. They sought neither a change of government nor political reforms. The organizer, mathematician and poet Alexander Volpin, decided to remind the authorities publicly, for the first time, of citizens’ right to an open trial. The rally lasted only a few minutes before the authorities dispersed it, but its consequences reached far beyond the square. Meduza looks back at how this first attempt at open protest came about in a country where public demonstrations had been suppressed for decades — and why it marked the start of the Soviet dissident movement.

As Utah Republican Rep. Burgess Owens prepares to turn off the lights and close the door to his career in public office, he finds himself ending on the same note that sparked his interest in government. And he says he’ll now pursue similar ventures in the private sector. After retiring from the NFL in 1983, […]

(The Center Square) – The Trump administration’s final rule on “Transparency in Coverage” that intends to help fulfil the promise of healthcare affordability has been met favorably by advocacy groups as something that will bring accountability to healthcare and lower costs for Americans. Founder and chairman of PatientRightsAdvocate.org Cynthia A. Fisher told The Center Square that the Trump administration “took a transformative step to lower health care costs, stop overcharges, and hold insurers and hospitals accountable,” by its Transparency in Coverage (TiC) final rule. The final rule’s “added requirement of executive attestation that published prices and other information are true, accurate, and complete as of the date in the machine-readable file is a breakthrough for compliance,” Fisher said. “Real price transparency means patients can shop for better care at lower prices and employers can demand a better deal,” Fisher said. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Trump’s final rule on Monday, explaining that a more transparent healthcare marketplace will be accomplished by the final rule via “reducing duplicative and unnecessary information,” “providing more context about in-network prices,” “increasing available out-of-network pricing information,” and “strengthening accountability for the completeness and accuracy of published data.” Additionally, the rule will require “group health plans and health insurance issuers to provide consumers with personalized cost-sharing information by phone, in addition to existing online tools.” When reached for comment, the HHS referred The Center Square to its press release. Former director of the Domestic Policy Council Andrew Bremberg told The Center Square how “requiring insurance executives to attest that their machine-readable files are true, accurate, and complete will unleash actual transparency and accountability.” Transparency and accountability are “essential to transform the [healthcare] system.” “These commonsense reforms are a testament to President Trump's commitment to 'maximum transparency' and shifting the power from the big business of healthcare to the American people,” Bremberg said. CEO of State Financial Officers Foundation OJ Oleka also applauded Trump’s final rule, stating that the move toward “real dollar prices, standardized reporting, and greater accountability is meaningful progress for employers, patients, and taxpayers trying to understand what healthcare actually costs.” "Accountability and transparency go hand in hand, but transparency only works if the data is actually usable,” Oleka said. GOP campaign strategist David Kochel pointed out the political wisdom of the final rule, explaining that “the Trump Administration is taking action on healthcare price transparency ahead of the midterm elections, showing Republicans are willing to lean forward on an issue that hits Americans’ wallets every day.” “Real prices give patients the freedom to choose lower-cost, high-quality care and give employers the power to audit spending, negotiate better deals, and hold insurers accountable,” Kochel said. “The administration's work on price transparency puts power in the hands of patients and employers to stop overcharges, demand a better deal, and keep more of their hard-earned money." Executive director of Save Our States Trent England noted that "healthcare price transparency is one of the most obvious policies in American politics.” “That it has taken this long to guarantee patients and employers actual prices is absurd,” England said. “Fortunately, President Trump is standing strong for common-sense and putting the American people ahead of hospital and insurance executives and other insiders,” England said. “With real price transparency, patients can plan ahead, find the best care at the best price, fight overcharging, and avoid price gouging and surprise bills,” England said. “Employers can finally see the receipts and use real pricing data to negotiate better deals, lowering healthcare costs for employees and freeing up resources for higher wages, more jobs, and better returns for investors, including pensioners and retirees.” “All this is long overdue,” England said.

Au Niger, le journaliste Moussa Kaka est bien « détenu par les autorités », affirme mardi 6 octobre 2026 Reporters sans frontières (RSF), qui a pu s’entretenir avec le ministre de la Justice et des Droits humains, Alio Daouda. Notre confrère, que vous avez entendu raconter l’actualité nigérienne pendant des années sur notre antenne, avait disparu après avoir quitté les locaux de son média, la Radio Télévision Saraounia, le soir du 13 août à Niamey. C’est la toute première fois que les autorités du pays s’expriment à son sujet.

(The Center Square) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has purchased more California properties for the purpose of using them as detention centers. The latest transaction involves the Adelanto ICE Processing Center and Desert View Annex. The facilities are in Adelanto, a city in Southern California's San Bernardino County. They were purchased from the private prison corporation GEO Group for $950 million. Adelanto ICE Processing Center is one name for two properties: the Adelanto West ICE Processing Center (1,280 beds) and the Adelanto East ICE Processing Center (660 beds). Desert View Annex has 704 beds. GEO Group will continue to manage the daily operations under long-term contracts. That is the same deal that private prison operator CoreCivic got in July when it sold two Southern California immigration detention centers to the federal government for $1.5 billion. “We are pleased with the completion of these important asset sales to the U.S. federal government, and we look forward to continuing to provide high-quality secure support services under our existing long-term contracts with ICE,” George C. Zoley, Chairman, CEO, and founder of GEO Group, said this week in a press release. In total, DHS has purchased five properties in California this year. The purpose of these deals is to free the sites from state oversight laws, said Lauren Bis, acting assistant secretary for public affairs and deputy assistant secretary for media relations. The properties now belong to the federal government and not the state. In July, Bis told The Center Square that this purchasing was made possible by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which allowed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to expand detention space to fulfill President Donald Trump's promise of mass deportations of illegal immigrants. Unlike in states such as Florida and Oklahoma, Bis said ICE cannot rely on local state and county partners for detention space in California. Meanwhile, special interest groups such as the Los Angeles-based Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights vow to continue speaking out against detention centers. “The U.S. wants to further cash in on the suffering and plight of hundreds of thousands of immigrants it plans to imprison as part of their inhumane crackdown,” Jorge-Mario Cabrera, CHIRLA’s director of communications, told The Center Square in an email. “These purchases are intended to keep these camps away from the public's scrutiny and oversight. We will not sit idly by while they codify brutality.”

10月9日星期五，歐盟貿易專員塞夫柯維奇（Maros Sefcovic）將在北京與中國商務部長王文濤會面，商討如何減少中歐之間不斷擴大的貿易失衡。 法國世界報周二的一篇文章表示，這一次，塞夫柯維奇去北京，手裡的籌碼比以前多了。重要的是，歐盟內部的態度發生了變化。