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The U.S. State Department will begin issuing passports with a gender X option for people who identify as nonbinary, intersex and gender non-conforming.

The U.S. issues the first passport with a nonbinary gender 'X' option

After a lawsuit, the Biden administration promised this year that it would make the documents more inclusive for people who identify as nonbinary, intersex or gender-nonconforming.

Travis McMichael told the court Wednesday that he wants to give his point of view about what happened on the day Ahmaud Arbery died in a neighborhood in the Brunswick, Ga., area.

Travis McMichael says in his murder trial that he felt threatened by Ahmaud Arbery

"I want to give my side of the story," McMichael testified, saying the defendants chased Arbery because there had been break-ins in the area and at one point Arbery grabbed McMichael's shotgun.

Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic antibiotics were frequently prescribed to seriously ill patients, even though the disease is caused by a virus.

Antibiotic Use Ran High In Early Days Of COVID-19, Despite Viral Cause

Many doctors have used antibiotics to treat COVID-19 patients, but that's largely unnecessary — and could even promote drug-resistant germs.

An undated illustration shows money falling with the California State Capitol building in the background.

Money wars: Special interests spend big in California primary

In some races, they are clearly supporting or opposing candidates. In others, the strategy is more complicated.

Shigellosis is an infectious disease caused by a group of bacteria called Shigella.

San Diego County reports 6 new Shigella cases

The continuing investigation shows onset of the bacterial illness dates between Aug. 16 and Oct. 15, with the three new cases occurring between Sept. 10 and Oct. 17.

Poll workers at the Ottawa County Clerk building in West Olive, Michigan get training in assembling a machine that helps people vote.

The election system shuddered in 2020. Now, there are fears of an attack within

The election system shuddered in 2020 as Donald Trump sought to overturn the result. Now, election deniers and defenders have eyes on the nuts and bolts of the process itself.

Residents of Broadway Heights celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, Jan. 15, 2020.

'Persistence' The Theme Of The 33rd All Peoples Celebration On MLK Jr. Day

The event is organized by Alliance San Diego, a community empowerment organization with the mission to build coalitions to promote justice and social change.

A Toronto Star newspaper box is seen here in front of the newspaper's Toronto offices. Torstar, the newspaper's owner, says it plans to enter the online gaming business to support its journalism.

A Newspaper Casino? Toronto Star Company Is Getting Into The Online Gaming Business

Torstar is "looking at diversifying the revenue model of how we fund and pay for reporters, columnists, and editorial staff," said a gaming consultant hired by the company.

Joseph Moore stands for a portrait at a park in Jacksonville, Fla., earlier this month. Moore worked for nearly 10 years as an undercover informant for the FBI, infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan in Florida, foiling at least two murder plots, according to investigators, and investigating ties between law enforcement and the white supremacist organization.

Army vet risked his life to expose who was in the KKK

Joseph Moore wore a wire for the FBI under his white robe.

Yousef Al-Kurd, 70, a resident of Gaza with heart disease, waits to be seen by Dr. Saher Abu Ghali at Shifa Hospital. Al-Kurd is one of many Gazans who struggle to get permission to leave Gaza for medical treatment.

A 70-year-old man in Gaza needed open heart surgery. It was a race against time

NPR journalists followed Yousef Al-Kurd and his family for months as they fought for the medical care that could save his life.

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