United States of America
Thomas Wayne Markle, 82, the estranged father of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, was arrested Friday at a senior living facility outside Tampa, Florida, and charged with one count of possession of child pornography, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
Thomas Markle Arrested on Child Porn Charge in Florida
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LGBT
A lawyer for the Republican Women's Caucus Fund (RWCF) said Sunday that federal PAC spending limits made it impossible for the group to fund texts and mailers sent to potentially millions of Texans, which posed as a transgender student group and promoted resources on school bathrooms, gender-affirming care and emancipation.
GOP PAC Denies Funding Fake Trans Group Campaign in Texas
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Birth control
A study by University of Cincinnati economists Nathan Hudson and Hernan Moscoso-Boedo suggested that birth rates in the U.S. and U.K. declined faster in areas that received 4G mobile internet earlier, with teen fertility in the U.S. falling roughly 71% since 2007. The study was published on April 29.
Study: Smartphones Potentially Linked to Global Birth Rate Decline
