## Kansas revoked 1,700 transgender drivers’ licenses. Some are leaving the state.

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Kansas is one of five states to prohibit trans people from changing the gender marker on their licenses, but it is the first to pass a law that retroactively cancels licenses that were already changed.

Jaelynn Abegg, a singer-songwriter who also drives for Lyft, said she is moving because of Kansas' new law.

“It is a continuation of the message that the Legislature has been sending out for years now, and that is that transgender people are not welcome in Kansas,” she said.

Two anonymous trans residents sued Kansas last month, arguing that the law violates state protections for personal autonomy, privacy, equality, due process and freedom of speech.

Protesters in Topeka spoke out against the Kansas law that invalidates hundreds of driver's licenses and birth certificates for transgender people.

A spokesperson for the Kansas Department of Revenue told the Kansas Reflector that the law invalidated about 1,700 licenses.

Some trans residents, like Matthew Neumann, said they still haven’t received any notification regarding their licenses. »

### Afghan who fought with US special forces dies in ICE custody as Trump on track for deadliest year of detention in more than two decades

Authored by independent.co.uk

The administration is on track for the deadliest year in ICE detention in more than two decades.

Later that day, the former Afghan special forces soldier contacted family members from ICE custody to say he wasn’t feeling well, they said.

open image in gallery The Trump administration is on track for the deadliest year in ICE custody in decades ( AP ). »

### Ryan Coogler Wins First Oscar, Becomes Only the Second Black Writer to Take Best Original Screenplay

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It has felt like something special is going to happen ever since Sinners dominated the 2026 Academy Awards nominations, leading the pack with a record-breaking 16 nods, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay.

With his Best Original Screenplay win for Sinners at the Academy Awards, Coogler not only secures his first Oscar but also enters a remarkably small club.

Congratulations to Ryan Coogler on winning Best Original Screenplay for SINNERS. »

### A red fox stows away on a cargo ship, traveling from England to the US

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A red fox somehow slipped onto a cargo ship that traveled from Southampton, England, to New York, where the animal is now in the Bronx Zoo’s care.

AP AUDIO: A red fox stows away on a cargo ship, traveling from England to US AP correspondent Julie Walker reports a fox stows away on cargo ship and travels from England to US. »

### America’s Smoking Habit Just Hit a Wild Milestone That Once Seemed Impossible

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Research out this week shows how the smoking rate in America has plummeted to a record low.

In 1964, the same year the U.S. surgeon general issued his report outlining the now-established dangers of smoking, 42% of adults reported smoking.

Following that report and a widespread public health campaign, the smoking rate slowly but steadily declined over time. »

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