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WEATHER ALERT

12 advisories in effect for 12 regions in the area

LIA THOMAS


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2 days ago

Trump’s settlement with Columbia could become a model for his campaign to reshape higher education

Read full article: Trump’s settlement with Columbia could become a model for his campaign to reshape higher education

The Trump administration’s milestone settlement with Columbia promises to bring stability to a university embroiled in scrutiny.

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3 days ago

A list of sports organizations that have begun transgender competition bans

Read full article: A list of sports organizations that have begun transgender competition bans

The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has become the latest governing body in the sports world to enact a policy change around transgender athlete competition.

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UPenn updates swimming records set by Lia Thomas, settling with feds on transgender athletes case

Read full article: UPenn updates swimming records set by Lia Thomas, settling with feds on transgender athletes case

The University of Pennsylvania has changed three school records set by transgender swimmer Lia Thomas.

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A look at the universities with federal funding targeted by the Trump administration

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Harvard University has joined the growing list of institutions targeted by the Trump administration for federal funding cuts.

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Trump administration suspends $175 million in federal funding for Penn over transgender swimmer

Read full article: Trump administration suspends $175 million in federal funding for Penn over transgender swimmer

The Trump administration has suspended approximately $175 million in federal funding for the University of Pennsylvania over a transgender swimmer who last competed for the school in 2022.

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Dept of Education asks NCAA, high schools to erase records set by transgender athletes

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The Department of Education has taken another step in advancing the Trump administration’s new transgender policy for sports by asking the NCAA and a key high-school sports organization to restore titles, awards and records it says have been “misappropriated by biological males competing in female categories.”.

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San Jose State and Penn face inquiries in Trump crackdown on transgender athletes

Read full article: San Jose State and Penn face inquiries in Trump crackdown on transgender athletes

The Education Department says it is investigating potential civil rights violations at two universities and a high school sports league that allowed transgender athletes to compete on women’s teams.

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Trump signs executive order intended to bar transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports

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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order designed to prevent transgender athletes from participating in girls' or women’s sports.

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Georgia university leaders ask NCAA to ban transgender women from sports

Read full article: Georgia university leaders ask NCAA to ban transgender women from sports

The regents who govern Georgia’s public universities and colleges want the NCAA to ban transgender women from participating in women’s sports.

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Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas fails in challenge to rules that bar her from elite women's races

Read full article: Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas fails in challenge to rules that bar her from elite women's races

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas has failed in her challenge against World Aquatics rules that stop her from competing in elite women’s races.

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College swimmers, volleyball players sue NCAA over transgender policies

Read full article: College swimmers, volleyball players sue NCAA over transgender policies

Former Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines was among more than a dozen college athletes who filed a lawsuit against the NCAA, accusing it of violating their Title IX rights by allowing transgender woman Lia Thomas to compete at the national championships in 2022.

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Transgender swimmers to be included in the trial of an open category at competitions

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The governing body of swimming says it will set up an “open category” that will include transgender competitors.

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Demonstrators protest NCAA's transgender athlete inclusion

Read full article: Demonstrators protest NCAA's transgender athlete inclusion

Former Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines led a group of about two dozen demonstrators outside the NCAA convention.

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Olympic gold medalist Hogshead-Makar: Transgender ruling positive news for female swimmers

Read full article: Olympic gold medalist Hogshead-Makar: Transgender ruling positive news for female swimmers

Nancy Hogshead-Makar, a four-time Olympic swimming medalist, Episcopal School graduate and advocate for women’s rights in sports, said that it’s not fair for biological women to have to compete against transgender women in sports.

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World swimming bans transgender athletes from women's events

Read full article: World swimming bans transgender athletes from women's events

World swimming’s governing body has effectively banned transgender women from competing in women’s events.

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Penn's Thomas becomes first transgender woman to win NCAAs

Read full article: Penn's Thomas becomes first transgender woman to win NCAAs

Lia Thomas took control in the final 100 yards of the 500-yard freestyle to make history Thursday as the first transgender woman to win an NCAA swimming championship.

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In trans people, GOP candidates find latest 'wedge issue'

Read full article: In trans people, GOP candidates find latest 'wedge issue'

Political observers say Republican candidates are using transgender people as a classic “wedge issue” as 2022 campaigns heat up.

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Transgender Penn swimmer Thomas ends Ivy meet with 3rd title

Read full article: Transgender Penn swimmer Thomas ends Ivy meet with 3rd title

University of Pennsylvania transgender swimmer Lia Thomas won her lone individual matchup of the week with Yale's Iszac Henig at the Ivy League championship, edging Henig to win the 100-meter freestyle.

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Transgender swimmers bring spotlight to Ivy championship

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There isn’t much to indicate anything other than a typical college swim meet is taking place this week at Harvard University’s Blodgett Pool.

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Penn pledges to work with NCAA, support transgender swimmer

Read full article: Penn pledges to work with NCAA, support transgender swimmer

The University of Pennsylvania says it will work with the NCAA under its newly adopted standards for transgender athletes.

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NCAA adopts new policy for transgender athletes

Read full article: NCAA adopts new policy for transgender athletes

The NCAA has adopted a sport-by-sport approach for transgender athletes, bringing the organization in line with the U.S. and International Olympic Committees.

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