
Missouri lawmakers pass bill to ban gender-affirming care for transgender kids
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Missouri lawmakers passed a bill on Wednesday to ban gender-affirming health care for transgender minors and another bill that would prevent transgender girls and women from competing on girls' and women's sports teams. The bills were sent to Republican Governor Mike Parson to sign.
Transgender minors in Missouri no longer would have access to puberty blockers, hormones or gender-affirming surgery under one bill passed by the GOP-led House on Wednesday, although minors who already receive puberty-blockers and hormone treatments would be exempt from the new restrictions. The ban also affects some adults — Medicaid health care won't cover any gender-affirming care in the state, and surgery will no longer be available to adult prisoners and inmates.
Another bill, to ban transgender girls and women from participating in female sports teams, would apply from kindergarten through college, both at public and private schools. Schools that allow transgender girls and women to play on such teams would lose state funding.

Trump's tariffs target Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Australian territory inhabited by penguins
With his announcement of widespread new tariffs on Wednesday, President Trump spared very few places on the globe from his effort to upend global trade — even the remote Heard Island and McDonald Islands, a sub-Antarctic Australian territory inhabited by penguins, but no people.

Researchers are predicting an above-average Atlantic hurricane season in 2025, likely producing stronger and more frequent storms than a typical year but at the same time with less intensity expected than last season. The annual prediction is closely watched in Florida and other coastal states at risk when hurricane season officially starts June 1.

Which products will be affected by tariffs? Here's what Trump's "Liberation Day" could make pricier.
Inflation-weary Americans may soon find they're paying more for a host of products after President Trump announced two new types of tariffs on April 2, a day he termed "Liberation Day" because he believes the measures will erase trade imbalances between the U.S. and other nations.