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Openly transgender Rep. Zooey Zephyr, pictured at the Montana State Capitol in Helena, Mont., in 2023, was reelected last month. This week, her colleagues debated a rule that would have blocked her from the women's restroom at the capitol. Tommy Martino/AP hide caption
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Research about the degenerative brain disease known as CTE in athletes has largely focused on American football. But a new study of ice hockey players has found a link between the length of a player's career and their risk of developing the condition. Patrick Smith/Getty Images hide caption
Longer careers in ice hockey are linked to a greater risk of CTE, a new study finds
Paul Atkins, left, talks to then SEC Chair Christopher Cox during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2007. Atkins was then an SEC commissioner, and he has now been picked by President-elect Trump as the next head of the agency, Mark Wilson/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump on Nov. 1, 2024 in Warren, Mich. Kennedy has been named to lead the Department of Health and Human Services in the incoming Trump administration. Kennedy is on leave from leading Children's Health Defense, a nonprofit that has filed more than 30 lawsuits challenging vaccines and public health mandates. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
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Journalists for the British newspapersThe Guardian and The Observer, voted to strike for several days this week and next to protest the planned sale of the Observer. The Observer was founded in 1791 and is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper. Guardian Media Group executives say the title is on track to be unprofitable in coming years. Oli Scarff/Getty Images hide caption
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Oregon Public BroadcastingLiz Koziol works with the world's largest collection of a category of soil fungus that benefits many plant species, the International Collection of Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi. She and other experts in these fungi have tested commercial products with what they say are concerning results. Celia Llopis-Jepsen/Kansas News Service hide caption