Posts Tagged transgender
Transgender Murder in Lynchburg Not the First in the Region
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on July 7, 2017
From left to right: Ebony Morgan, Noony Norwood and India Monroe (Credit: VAVP)
Police in Lynchburg are currently investigating the murder of Ebony Morgan, a transgender woman. Morgan had been shot multiple times before she was found and taken to the hospital last Sunday. But Morgan is not the first transgender victim in Virginia, and it has the region’s LGBTQ community shaken. Mallory Noe-Payne reports.
Confusion Reigns on Transgender Bathrooms as Schools Prepare for Fall
Posted by Payton Knobeloch in Virginia's News on August 5, 2016
As schools across Virginia prepare for the end of summer and the first day of classes, superintendents and principals will be waiting to hear the outcome in a dramatic court case that could have a lasting influence for transgender students across the country. Michael Pope reports.
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From NPR News- What We Know: The Helicopter Crash That Killed Kobe Bryant And 8 Others January 27, 2020The Sikorsky S-76B helicopter was operating under "Special VFR" (or Special Visual Flight Rules) status, meaning its pilot had been granted a request to fly in challenging conditions.
- 'Fresh Air' Remembers 'PBS NewsHour' Host Jim Lehrer January 27, 2020Lehrer, who died Jan. 23, was a nightly figure on PBS news for more than three decades, and moderated presidential debates in every election from 1988 through 2012. Originally broadcast in 1988.
- New Book Presents A 'Secret History' Of Nuclear War Planning In America January 27, 2020In The Bomb, journalist Fred Kaplan reveals how U.S. presidents, their advisers and generals have thought about, planned for — and sometimes narrowly avoided — nuclear war.
- Imagery Suggests Iran Is Preparing To Try To Launch A Satellite January 27, 2020Activity at the Imam Khomeini Space Center indicates Iran is once again attempting to send a satellite into orbit. Last year, three attempts ended in failure.
- U.S. Plane Goes Down In Afghanistan, Prompting Wave Of Questions, Contradictions January 27, 2020A U.S. official tells NPR that two people died when the aircraft crashed in Ghazni province. The official blamed mechanical problems — but the Taliban claim to have shot it down.
- What We Know: The Helicopter Crash That Killed Kobe Bryant And 8 Others January 27, 2020
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- Prince Andrew 'uncooperative' over Epstein inquiry, US prosecutor says January 27, 2020US Attorney Geoffrey Berman says the FBI has contacted the Duke of York's lawyers.
- Kobe Bryant: Investigators work to determine crash cause January 27, 2020Nine people, including Bryant's daughter, were killed in the crash which happened in foggy weather.
- Gary Lineker calls for 'voluntary' licence fee January 27, 2020The BBC broadcaster says the annual charge is the corporation's "fundamental problem".
- Auschwitz 75 years on: Holocaust Day prompts new anti-Semitism warnings January 27, 2020
