Transgender former student sues Missouri school for making her use boys’ bathrooms

A transgender former student sued a Missouri school district on Monday for forcing her to use the boys’ bathrooms or the high school’s only single-stall bathroom. The American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri sued Platte County R-3 School District on behalf of the transgender female former student, identified in the المزيد

New York swimmer swept out to sea for 5 hours, rescued after making flag with shirt and fishing pole

A New York swimmer who was swept out to the Atlantic Ocean on Monday tread water for five hours before being rescued — thanks to a makeshift flag he built with his shirt and a fishing pole that was floating by, police said. Dan Ho, from Copiague, New York, embarked المزيد

Why the Federal Reserve is making everything more expensive in order to make things less expensive

It seems like a contradiction: How would increasing the cost of monthly credit payments actually help bring down the price of goods and services in the economy? But that is the logic Federal Reserve officials are taking as they raise interest rates to 5.5%, their highest point in more than المزيد