Although the league’s collective bargaining agreement says the WNBA is restricted to women, it contains no more specific language about gender identity or sex assigned at birth. When they announced their intention to enter the draft, Freedom and White said they identified as women. (Feinberg, AP News)
Read MoreReligion became a point of contention on Monday in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, a Massachusetts mother charged with murder in the strangling deaths of her three young children. For the second time since the trial opened last month, a reference to “mortal sin,” a concept that is part of the Catholic faith, incensed the judge, who sternly instructed jurors to disregard any references to it. (Spoto & Fortin, The New York Times)
Read MoreCaroline Goldman, a child psychologist, says modern tactics are potentially harmful for families — and those sitting near them in restaurants. This departure from the traditional Gallic approach has, to say the least, upset the status quo as France increasingly turns to adults-only spaces. (O’Neil, The Times)
Read More[B]rands’ lighthearted pitches stand in contrast with the often-fraught source material: “looksmaxxing” discourse by young men and teen boys who try to improve their appearance with at-times extreme steps, including tapping their faces with hammers or using methamphetamine to lose weight. (Coffee, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreHartley, a New York resident and member of a United Methodist church, works as a science director at Thermo Fisher Scientific, a $45 billion biotech company based in Massachusetts. Evaluating his retirement options, Hartley said there were no fossil fuel–free investment plans—which he identifies in the filing as the leading cause of climate change. (Panyard, Christianity Today)
Read MoreHe and his nonprofit have helped facilitate legislation in more than a dozen states to mandate the display of the Ten Commandments in classrooms. He also helped craft social-studies curricula for the nation’s second-largest statewide public-school system, advises hundreds of state lawmakers, and helped the White House plan exhibits for America’s 250th anniversary. (Kuo & Buhtani, The Wall Street Journal)
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