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Doctors question aspects of Missouri transgender care limits

Published Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:54:52 GMT

Missouri’s attorney general has said he will issue an emergency regulation that at least temporarily puts strict limits on transgender medical treatment for youth. The planned rule comes as legislators in that state and many others seek bans or other restrictions on the treatment.Doctors and advocates for the transgender community contend the planned rule contains misleading or incorrect information straight from the playbook of anti-trans activists. Here’s a look at what the rule does and what’s behind some of its assertions.WHAT DOES THE MISSOURI EMERGENCY RULE DO?Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s rule will target treatment for gender-questioning children, which typically begins with puberty-blocking drugs to temporarily pause sexual development. They are offered early in puberty, sometimes before the age of 10. Sex hormones — estrogen or testosterone — are offered next, generally in the teen years, allowing transgender boys and girls to physically transition. Some...

21Vianet: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:54:52 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — BEIJING (AP) — 21Vianet Group Inc. (VNET) on Tuesday reported a loss of $9.3 million in its fourth quarter.The Beijing-based company said it had a loss of 6 cents per share.The provider of carrier-neutral internet data center services posted revenue of $272.7 million in the period.For the year, the company reported a loss of $112.5 million, or 78 cents per share. Revenue was reported as $1.02 billion.21Vianet expects full-year revenue in the range of $1.07 billion to $1.11 billion._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on VNET at https://www.zacks.com/ap/VNETSource

Bayern beats Arsenal 1-0 in 1st leg of Women’s CL quarters

Published Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:54:52 GMT

MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich beat Arsenal 1-0 in the first leg of the Women’s Champions League quarterfinals on Tuesday for a 13th straight win in all competitions.Lea Schuller’s header in the 39th minute at Allianz Arena separates the teams heading into the second leg in London next week.Caitlin Foord hit the post for Arsenal while teammates Stina Blackstenius and Leah Williamson both had efforts cleared off the line as the English team showed more than enough to suggest a semifinal appearance for the first time since 2013 was realistic.Roma was playing 2021 champion Barcelona later Tuesday. The first legs of the other two quarterfinals — Lyon vs. Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain vs. Wolfsburg — take place on Wednesday.___More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Apaches tell court copper mine would harm sacred sites

Published Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:54:52 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — A Native American group that’s trying to stop an effort to build one of the largest copper mines in the United States told a full federal appeals court panel Tuesday that the project would prevent Apaches from exercising their religion by destroying land they consider sacred. U.S. federal government plans for a land swap that will allow Resolution Copper to build the mine will destroy the land in eastern Arizona known as Oak Flat, “barring the Apaches from ever accessing it again and ending their core religious practices forever,” said attorney Luke Goodrich, arguing for the group Apache Stronghold. “We asked the court today to recognize the obvious — that when the government destroys a sacred site, religious liberty law has something to say about it,” Goodrich, vice president and senior counsel at the nonprofit legal institution Becket Law, said in a prepared statement distributed after the hearing in Pasadena, California. “A win for Apache Stronghold wil...

HealthEquity: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:54:52 GMT

DRAPER, Utah (AP) — DRAPER, Utah (AP) — HealthEquity Inc. (HQY) on Tuesday reported a loss of $209,000 in its fiscal fourth quarter.The Draper, Utah-based company said it had a loss of less than 1 cent on a per-share basis. Earnings, adjusted for pretax expenses and stock option expense, came to 37 cents per share.The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 34 cents per share.The provider of services for managing health care accounts posted revenue of $233.8 million in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts. Eight analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $229.4 million.For the year, the company reported that its loss narrowed to $26.1 million, or 31 cents per share. Revenue was reported as $861.7 million.HealthEquity expects full-year earnings in the range of $1.74 to $1.87 per share, with revenue in the range of $960 million to $975 million._____This story was generated by Automated ...

Oklahoma top court rules women have a right to abortion when pregnancy risks their health, not just in medical emergency

Published Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:54:52 GMT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma top court rules women have a right to abortion when pregnancy risks their health, not just in medical emergency.Source

Littleton police searching for armed robbery suspect

Published Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:54:52 GMT

LITTLETON, Colo. (KDVR) -- Police in Littleton are searching for an armed robbery suspect and temporarily had two nearby schools on secure perimeter. According to LPD's tweets, the robbery occurred at Promise Park near the intersection of South Bannock Street and West Powers Place. Rapidly spreading deadly fungus already in Colorado, presents ‘urgent’ threat LPD said the suspects ran away after the robbery.Little High School and Littleton Prep were on secure perimeter but were cleared for dismissal around 3:45 p.m.People who live nearby are asked to shelter in place.A suspect description was not posted by LPD on Twitter and it's not clear what type of weapon the suspect was armed with.

Pueblo mom shot twice, survived attempted carjacking

Published Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:54:52 GMT

PUEBLO, Colo. (KDVR) -- A mother of two is thankful to be alive after she said she was the target of a carjacking turned shooting outside her home. “They blocked me in. Then another car came up and they blocked me in,” said Chanise Sena. Sena said she was leaving for work a little after 8:30 in the morning back on Feb. 28. "The boy jumps out of the passenger side, he has a mask on and told me to give him my keys," Sena said. Terrified Sena said she walked back towards her front door with her car keys in hand. “I turned my back for one second. They didn’t even hesitate — I heard the two shots — the next thing I was on the floor," Sena. The group fled the scene without her car. Sena said she screamed for help. “I said, 'Call 911 I just got shot, I can’t move my legs,'" Sena said. Sena was shot twice. One of the bullets entered her back, just missing her spine. The other bullet went through her glute into her bladder and then shattered the femur in one of her legs. She is now...

Family waiting for a heart transplant for 20-month-old has car stolen with baby's belongings inside

Published Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:54:52 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) -- The hits just keep coming for the Griego family.They are from New Mexico, but they are staying in Aurora while their baby waits for a heart transplant at Children's Hospital Colorado.Twenty-month-old Crystal was born with multiple heart defects and was transferred to the hospital in December. The family is staying at Brent's Place near Colfax and Peoria in Aurora. It's a long-term housing option for families with sick children. Moving trailer with $100K in family’s belongings stolen in Northfield Overnight, the mother's grey Kia Sorento was stolen from the Brent's Place parking lot with Crystal's belongings inside."We come out this morning and my car is missing and it was just like traumatizing because what more could happen during such a difficult time already," said Debra Griego, Crystal's mom.Surveillance video showed the suspects walking up to the building and then stealing the car. Griego says the car is insured, and she doesn't care about the car...

Denver's bicycle-related crashes half what they were 5 years ago

Published Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:54:52 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Deadly car crashes and those with serious injuries are up in Colorado and Denver, but there is a piece of positive growth on the side. The capital city's plan to protect bicyclists with hundreds of miles of their own special lanes seems to be working.Bicycle-related crashes in Denver are at their second-lowest levels in the last ten years, according to traffic accident records kept by the Denver Police Department. Rapidly spreading deadly fungus already in Colorado, presents ‘urgent’ threat This trend has been years in the making. Bicycle-related crashes in Denver reached their highest levels in 2015 and in 2018. After 2018, the annual number has fallen. The last three years were the three lowest in the last ten years. Denver had the fewest bicycle-related crashes in a decade in 2021, with 161 throughout the year. They rose slightly in 2022, with 171. Overall, the number of bicycle-related crashes has been falling since 2018. Between 2013 and 2018, there were...