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Georgia County Must Pay for Transgender Deputy’s Surgery, Appeals Court Says

ATLANTA (AP) β€” A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court’s ruling that a Georgia county illegally discriminated against a sheriff’s deputy by failing to pay for her gender-affirming surgery. In its ruling Monday, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court …

NTSB Investigating After High-Speed Rail Crashes Killed 3 People in Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE Fla. (AP) β€” The National Transportation Safety Board said Saturday it will investigate two crashes involving Florida’s Brightline train that killed three people at the same railroad crossing on the high speed train’s route between Miami and Orlando. …

Alabama Agency Completes Review of Fatal Police Shooting in Repo Incident

DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said Tuesday that it has completed an investigation into a fatal police shooting where a man was killed in his front yard during a dispute with a tow truck driver. The …

Parkland Deputy’s Legal Team Says He had No Duty to Confront Gunman

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida sheriff`s deputy is claiming he had no legal duty to confront the gunman who murdered 17 people and wounded 17 others at Parkland`s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School nearly six years ago, …