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FILE - In this March 15, 2021, file photo, demonstrators gather on the steps of the Montana State Capitol protesting anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in Helena, Mont. Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a bill Friday, May 7, 2021, banning transgender athletes from participating in school and university sports according to the gender with which they identify, making Montana one of several Republican-controlled states to approve such measures in 2021. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP, File)=MTHEL
In US, Pride Month festivities muted by political setbacks

By David Crary Jun. 11, 2021 10:05 AM EDT

FILE - This July 23, 2018 file photo shows packets of buprenorphine, a drug which controls heroin and opioid cravings, in Greenfield, Mass. The U.S. government is easing requirements that made it difficult for doctors to treat opioid addiction using the medication. New guidelines announced Tuesday, April 27, 2021, mean doctors will no longer need eight hours of training to prescribe buprenorphine. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
US lifts barriers to prescribing addiction treatment drug

By Carla K. Johnson Apr. 27, 2021 09:34 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2021, file photo, Rachel Levine, nominated to be an assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services, testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Voting mostly along party lines, the U.S. Senate on March 24, confirmed Levine to be assistant secretary of health. She becomes the first openly transgender federal official to win Senate confirmation. (Caroline Brehman/Pool via AP, File)
A first: US Senate confirms transgender doctor for key post

By David Crary Mar. 25, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2021, file photo, Rachel Levine, nominated to be an assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services, testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Voting mostly along party lines, the U.S. Senate on March 24, confirmed Levine to be assistant secretary of health. She becomes the first openly transgender federal official to win Senate confirmation. (Caroline Brehman/Pool via AP, File)
A first: US Senate confirms transgender doctor for key post

By David Crary Mar. 24, 2021 05:35 PM EDT

FILE -In this March 23, 2019 file photo, a marcher holds up his fist while staring at police lined up in front of PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh during a protest after a former suburban police officer was acquitted of a homicide charge in the on-duty shooting death of Antwon Rose II in East Pittsburgh. In a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom, many current and retired officers spent the year criticizing chiefs that took a knee or officers who marched with Black Lives Matter protesters, who they called “terrorists” or “thugs.” (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Transphobia, hostility about protesters in private cop group

By Claudia Lauer And Thalia Beaty Mar. 22, 2021 08:23 AM EDT

Mount Pleasant Township Police Chief Lou McQuillan returns to his office at the municipal building in Hickory, Pa., on Monday, March 15, 2021. McQuillan, who recently announced he is running for a vacant magisterial district judge post, was listed as one of four administrators of a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom. Many current and retired officers who are in the group spent the year criticizing chiefs that took a knee or officers who marched with Black Lives Matter protesters, who they called “terrorists,” or “thugs.” (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Transphobia, hostility about protesters in private cop group

By Claudia Lauer And Thalia Beaty Mar. 22, 2021 07:53 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Feb. 03, 2021 12:15 PM EST
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Pennsylvania’s newspapers: Good luck, Ms. Beam Erie Times...

Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania

By The Associated Press Feb. 03, 2021 09:00 AM EST
Philadelphia Inquirer. Feb. 1, 2021. Editorial: After barely surviving 2020, Pa.’s democracy might not survive the Republican effort to...