WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, a jolting setback to transgender rights.
The justices’ 6-3 decision in a case from Tennessee effectively protects from legal challenges many efforts by President Donald Trump’s Republican administration and state governments to roll back protections for transgender people. Another 26 states have laws similar to Tennessee’s.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for a conservative
Before he was David Mamet the acclaimed author, filmmaker and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, he worked a variety of low-paying jobs well into his 20s. Mamet said he knows what it’s like to get your hands dirty to make ends meet.
“I also worked in a day camp teaching. Even right after I got out of college, I was unemployable, didn’t have any skills, and the degree wasn’t worth anything,” Mamet said in an interview with the Washington Examiner.
Through it all, one common thread in his work is
ELKINS – A local woman is facing felony charges after she and another woman allegedly forced their way into an apartment and began fighting with a resident inside.
Destiny Rose McDonald, 25, is charged with breaking and entering and conspiracy, both felonies. She is being held in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on a $25,000 cash-only bond, set by Magistrate Mike Dyer.
According to the criminal complaint, prepared by Private First Class D.T. Sayre of the Elkins Police Department, on June 7,
Alfred “Butch” Marshall Nesbitt, 76, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, died Monday, June 16, 2025, at Crestview Manor in Jane Lew, West Virginia.
He was born Jan. 27, 1949, in Buckhannon, a son of the late Roy Edward and Mary Gwendolyn Dean Nesbitt.
On Sept. 1, 1990, he married Patricia Joann Phelps, who preceded him in death on Jan. 9, 2023.
He is survived by two sons, Jeffrey Marshall Armentrout and Roy Wade Nesbitt, both of Buckhannon; one daughter, Pamela Ann Coughlin of Buckhannon; two
NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez arrived at a federal prison on Tuesday to begin serving an 11-year sentence for accepting bribes of gold and cash and acting as an agent of Egypt. The New Jersey Democrat has been mocked for the crimes as “Gold Bar Bob,” according to his own lawyer.
The federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed that Menendez was in custody at the Federal Correctional Institution, Schuylkill in Minersville, Pennsylvania. The facility has a medium-security prison and a
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VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL: The Whitmer Community Church will host the ‘Keepers of the Kingdom’ vacation bible school from 6-8:15 p.m. each night through June 20.
BROWN BAG CONCERT: This month’s free Brown Bag Concert will take place today from noon to 1 p.m. at The Arts
KANANASKIS, Alberta (AP) — World leaders at the Group of Seven summit in Canada scrambled Monday to find a way to contain the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, with U.S. President Donald Trump warning that Tehran needs to curb its nuclear program before it’s “too late.”
The U.S. president said Iranian leaders would “like to talk” but they had already had 60 days to reach an agreement on their nuclear ambitions and failed to do so before an Israeli aerial assault began four days ago.
NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump family is licensing its name to a new mobile phone service, the latest in a string of ventures announced while Donald Trump is in the White House despite ethical concerns that the U.S. president could mold public policy for personal gain.
Eric Trump, the president’s son running The Trump Organization in his absence, announced a new venture Monday called Trump Mobile. The plan is to sell phones that will be built in the U.S., and the phone service will maintain a call
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ELKINS — Elkins City Council has approved the first reading of an ordinance that would incorporate a “de minimis” exemption for certain small businesses and independent contractors, a change now required by state law with West Virginia House Bill (HB) 2451.
The nine members of council in attendance approved the first reading of Ordinance 344 during the June 12 meeting. Ordinance 344, in compliance with HB 2451, will amend §110.055 of the Elkins City Code to allow certain exemptions for
WHEELING — As of Sunday evening, state and local officials reported five people confirmed dead as a result of powerful rains and flooding on Saturday with at least four others believed missing.
Flood waters came quickly Saturday night, stranding some cars and sending others careening down creeks. They pulled homes from their foundations and destroyed them. Massive pieces of debris — cars, large metal storage containers, refrigerators and more – crashed into bridges, forcing their closure until
