SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In clashes over which restrooms and locker rooms transgender students should use, the U.S. Department of Education has warned public schools that a 1970s sex discrimination law makes it illegal to deny them access to the facilities of their choice.
Schools around the country, some fearing federal investigations that could cost them millions in funding, generally have yielded to the guidance. Now, a backlash is brewing.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday declined to endorse the boldest proposal from the nation's governors to tackle the heroin crisis: limiting the number of high-powered painkillers doctors can prescribe at a time.
A recommendation to limit the number opioid painkillers that doctors can hand out gained bipartisan support at the National Governors Association's winter meeting over the weekend.
