The U.S. NDA Act Restricts Gender-Affirming Care

President Joe Biden just signed an almost US$ 900 billion defense bill even though the bill contained a provision containing restrictions on gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

The National Defense Authorization Act passed both the House and Senate in recent weeks after months of negotiating between Democrats and Republicans. One issue in the bill was a measure to ban the military’s insurance Tricare from covering some gender-affirming care treatments.

Pres. Biden's Death Row Commutations Draw Mixed Reactions

The families of victims and others affected by crimes that resulted in federal death row convictions has shared their reactions last 23 December after President Joe Biden commuted dozens of the sentences.

Biden converted the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The inmates include people convicted in the slayings of police and military officers, as well as federal prisoners and guards. Others were involved in deadly robberies and drug deals.

Visionary Wants To Use Trash To Pave The Roads

There is one woman in Kansas City who made it her mission to solve the trash problem and has turned into an innovative solution for better streets. She is doing all of this by turning waste into roads, reported Fox 4 Kansas City.

The lightbulb moment came when Olivia English spent countless hours picking up litter at her landscaping jobs. "Every job I went to, before we could start, it was picking up all of this trash," she told Fox 4. She kept wondering where it all went.

"Brushing Scams" Are Becoming Rampant Again

There is a scam this season that targets victims who are usually gathering last-minute holiday packages arriving at their doorsteps. One advice: be careful about any that you didn't order or ones that don't have a return address and want you to scan a QR code: it could be a scam.

These so-called brushing scams have been around for a few years and there's a few varieties. They can range from a "victimless" crime to one that involves scanning a QR code to find out who the package is from.

Suspect In Germany Auto Attack Identified

The main suspect in the recent German car-ramming attack that killed five and injured more than 200 has been identified as Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, a self-described member of the "liberal opposition" to Saudi Arabia who has voiced strong anti-Islamic and anti-immigration views.

Two senior U.S. officials familiar with the matter identified al-Abdulmohsen as the suspect.