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Construction begins on the first and largest gamma-ray observatory in Chile
Yesterday, a groundbreaking ceremony for the CTAO’s southern array facility took place at the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO’s) Paranal site in Chile, marking the beginning of construction of the telescope foundations.www.eso.org
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Hacker criminali sotto assedio: smantellata la piattaforma E-Note
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#redhotcyber #news #cybersecurity #hacking #malware #ransomware #cryptovalute #criminalitàinformatica
Hacker criminali sotto assedio: smantellata la piattaforma E-Note
Le autorità USA, Germania e Finlandia bloccano E-Note, piattaforma di criptovalute usata per riciclare denaro da attacchi ransomware.Redazione RHC (Red Hot Cyber)
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Ukrainian drones struck „Tolyatti Azot“, a chemical plant in Tolyatti, Samara Region, in Russia. The plant is burning and the fire can be seen from afar.
Tolyatti Azot is one of the largest chemical plants in Russia and one of the world's largest ammonia producers. Its main products include ammonia, methanol and other nitrogen-based chemicals. The production capacity for ammonia is approx. 3 million tons per year, making the enterprise strategically important for the Russian chemical industry.
Es hat nicht vielleicht noch zufällig jemand ein #39c3 Ticket übrig? 🥺 Der liebe Mensch, der u.a. mir nen Schlafplatz bereitstellt, hat leider selbst noch kein Ticket...
Falls ihr spontan krank werden solltet und eine:n Abnehmer:in für euer Ticket sucht, würde ich mich sehr über Nachricht freuen.
🇺🇦🇵🇱 Volodymyr Zelenskiy will meet #Poland's President Karol Nawrocki in Warsaw on Friday, as the Ukrainian leader tries to shore up relations with a key ally at a crucial moment for Kyiv's war effort.
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19 December 1941 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Frank Emanuel Polak, was born in Amsterdam.
In February 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8
Ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III at Auschwitz II-Birkenau | #Auschwitz #history #Holocaust
The crematorium, located on the ground level, was designed by the Topf und Söhne company from Erfurt and was equipped with five 3-muffle ovens connected to o...YouTube
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🇪🇺🇺🇦 European Union leaders decided on Friday to borrow cash to fund #Ukraine's defence against #Russia for the next two years rather than use frozen Russian assets, sidestepping divisions over an unprecedented plan to finance Kyiv with Russian sovereign cash.
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19 December 1907 | A Polish Jew, Szyja Liberman, was born in Kosów Łącki.
In #Auschwitz from 9 January 1942.
No. 25407
He perished in the camp on 7 March 1942.
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Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: youtu.be/_ZaWqIsmY4U
A Russian shadow fleet tanker that was hit near the Rostov terminal is sinking.
A total of 59% of Ukrainians believe President Volodymyr Zelensky is personally responsible for the actions of Timur #Mindich, his associate and former business partner, who is at the center of Ukraine's biggest corruption scandal, according to a recent poll.
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Nearly 60% of Ukrainians see Zelensky as responsible for his associate's role in major corruption scandal, poll shows
According to the survey, 77% of Ukrainians are aware of the investigation, and 59% believe President Volodymyr Zelensky bears responsibility for the recent corruption scandal.Kateryna Denisova (The Kyiv Independent)
A Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopter crew — a pilot and a weapons officer — was killed during a combat mission, Ukraine's 12th Separate Army Aviation Brigade reported Dec. 18.
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'Irreparable loss' — Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopter crew killed in combat mission, brigade says
A Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopter crew was killed in combat, the 12th Separate Army Aviation Brigade reported Dec. 18.Lucy Pakhnyuk (The Kyiv Independent)
For the first time since the war began, an economic crisis ranks among top questions Russians want to ask Putin. Polls show 21% ask about ending the war, 16% about living standards, and 8% about the economy and rising prices.
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Кризис в экономике впервые с начала войны вошел в топ вопросов Путину на «Прямой линии»
Впервые за все время войны с Украиной «кризис в экономике» вошел в топвопросов, которые россияне хотел бы задать Владимиру Путину во время «Прямой линии».Русская служба The Moscow Times
Residents of occupied Mariupol left homeless by Russia’s invasion say they were blocked from sending appeals to Putin’s hotline. Mail and SMS registration were disabled, and security forces summoned people for warnings over protests and extremism.
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Оставшимся без жилья жителям Мариуполя заблокировали возможность пожаловаться Путину и пригрозили ответственностью за «экстремизм»
Жителям оккупированного Мариуполя, оставшимся без жилья в результате российского вторжения, заблокировали возможность отправлять обращения на «прямую линию» с Владимиром Путиным.Русская служба The Moscow Times
Russia’s economic slowdown has hit truckers and truck makers hard. Freight demand fell about one third last winter and has not recovered. In 2025 the sector is in crisis, with up to 40% of trucks sitting idle.
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«Простаивают 40% грузовиков». Перевозки рухнули вслед за падением спроса
Охлаждение экономики отправило автоперевозчиков и производителей грузовиков в нокдаун.Русская служба The Moscow Times
Russia’s lower-house State Duma on Thursday passed a package of bills exempting government officials from filing annual public financial declarations, a move lawmakers said would modernize oversight.
EU leaders have struck a deal to lend €90bn to Ukraine, borrowed against the bloc’s shared budget, after a proposal to use immobilised Russian sovereign assets collapsed.
#Hungary, #Slovakia and the #Czech Republic will not that part as they are against providing funds.
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EU agrees €90bn loan to Ukraine after frozen Russian asset plan fails
Money to be borrowed against bloc’s budget after leaders fail to agree on proposal using Moscow’s fundsHenry Foy (Financial Times)
💬 “Decision to provide 90 billion euros of support to #Ukraine for 2026-27 approved,” European Council President António Costa posted on Social Media. “We committed, we delivered.”
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Summit ends with leaders turning to joint debt to keep Ukraine afloat — as it happened
Talks finished at 3 a.m. without a deal on using frozen Russian assets — but funds secured to support Ukraine for two years, backed by joint borrowing.POLITICO
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Russia’s central bank issued a new warning to the European Union, saying it may seek compensation in local courts from European lenders should the bloc proceed with using assets frozen in Europe to support Ukraine.
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#EU agrees €90bn loan to #Ukraine after frozen russian asset plan fails
by Henry Foy, Laura Dubois, Paola Tamma and Barbara Moens in Brussels
Money to be borrowed against bloc’s shared budget after leaders fail to agree ‘reparation loan’ proposal
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EU agrees €90bn loan to Ukraine after frozen Russian asset plan fails
Money to be borrowed against bloc’s budget after leaders fail to agree on proposal using Moscow’s fundsHenry Foy (Financial Times)
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Britain imposed sanctions on Thursday on more Russian oil companies and Canadian-Pakistani billionaire Murtaza #Lakhani as part of efforts to ramp up pressure on Moscow over the war in Ukraine.
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Russia's government has ordered Russian Railways to sell a 62-floor central Moscow skyscraper to help the railway monopoly pay off some of its $50 billion debt, three sources told Reuters.
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President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on two more judges from the International Criminal Court over their involvement in the court's case against Israel, ratcheting up Washington's pressure campaign against the war tribunal.
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19 December 1898 | Czech Jewish woman, Gertruda Nefová, was born in Prague.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 9 October 1944. She did not survive.
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18 December 1907 | A Czech Jewish woman, Olga Hájková, was born.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 15 May 1944. She did not survive.
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People who are being lobbied by the Russian Orthodox Church about “protection of #Christianity in #Ukraine” should probably keep in mind what actually Russians are doing to Christians in Ukraine.
In 2014 Russian troops murdered four Pentacostal priests in Slovyansk.[^1]
In 2022 when #Russia troops occupied Irpin on the outskirts of Kyiv , they threw dozens of #Bible into the street and burned them – because they were written in Ukrainian.
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🇷🇺 🇩🇰 The Danish government has accused #Russia of being behind two “destructive and disruptive” cyber-attacks in what it describes as “very clear evidence” of a hybrid war.
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Denmark says Russia was behind two ‘destructive and disruptive’ cyber-attacks
Intelligence service says attacks were work of groups connected to Russian state in ‘clear evidence’ of hybrid warMiranda Bryant (The Guardian)
🇦🇺🇺🇦 "While Australia's donation of 49 of these retired army tanks has been no secret, the details of the huge logistical effort to move them across the world and get them into #Ukraine has been held tightly under wraps, until now."
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ABC News
ABC News provides the latest news and headlines in Australia and around the world.Mazoe Ford (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
🇺🇲🇪🇺🇺🇦 The United States and European countries have finalized a comprehensive post-war security framework aimed at ensuring #Ukraine’s long-term defense and regional stability, Bloomberg reported on December 18.
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Post-War Security for Ukraine: 800,000 Troops and Allied Support Envisioned
The U.S. and allied nations finalize a security strategy for Ukraine, focusing on military bolstering and real-time intelligence to deter future threats.Liubava Petriv (UNITED24 Media)
#Denmark says russia was behind two ‘destructive and disruptive’ cyber-attacks
by Miranda Bryant
Intelligence service says attacks were work of groups connected to russian state in ‘clear evidence’ of hybrid war
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Denmark says Russia was behind two ‘destructive and disruptive’ cyber-attacks
Intelligence service says attacks were work of groups connected to Russian state in ‘clear evidence’ of hybrid warMiranda Bryant (The Guardian)
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Trump: “We are getting close to something. I hope Ukraine moves quickly. Because before we know Russia will change its mind”.
Putin isn’t playing 4D chess, he’s just playing Trump. And Trump, clueless as ever, is grinning while getting played.
russia's return to sports competitions ignites outrage in #Ukraine
by Ali Walker
Kyiv denounces steps that "whitewash the aggressor" even as moscow's full-scale invasion continues unabated.
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Russia’s return to sports competitions ignites outrage in Ukraine
Kyiv denounces steps that “whitewash the aggressor” even as Moscow’s full-scale invasion continues unabated.Ali Walker (POLITICO)
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The EU summit in Brussels is still deadlocked over how to fund Ukraine, with leaders and aides locked in closed-door talks deep into the evening. The key issue: how to unlock a €210 billion loan, with Belgium and Italy resisting the plan to use frozen Russian assets held at Euroclear.
With Ukraine facing a funding cliff in April, Zelensky stressed the urgency, warning drone production will be slashed if a deal isn't reached.
Fight to get #Ukraine loan deal goes on as leaders task aides to break impasse
Summit in Brussels goes into the night with governments still at odds over using frozen russian assets.
Seven hours into a make-or-break summit in Brussels, national leaders and senior EU officials remained locked in a series of intense separate talks as they tried to resolve their differences over how to fund Ukraine.
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Leaders push toward Ukraine loan deal as ‘risk-sharing’ compromise comes into view
Summit in Brussels goes into the night with governments still wrangling over using frozen Russian assets.Gregorio Sorgi (POLITICO)
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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 A Russian strike drone hit a civilian car traveling across a bridge in Odesa Oblast on Dec. 18, killing a woman and injuring her three children, Odesa Oblast Governor Oleh Kiper said.
18 December 1911 | A Polish woman, Katarzyna Hamel, was born. A worker.
In #Auschwitz from 29 January 1943.
No. 32319
She perished in the camp on 6 February 1943.
Wait, so it actually was a colonial war from the start, wasn’t it? 
Vladimir #Putin said #Russia would not back down from its mission to ‘liberate its historic lands’ and predicted the European backing of Kyiv would ultimately lose power.
Source: ft.trib.al/TB1cs17 (paywall)
Vladimir Putin predicts European ‘swine’ backing Ukraine will lose power
Russian president vows to liberate ‘historic lands’ in hardline speech, showing no signs of compromise on invasion goalsChristopher Miller (Financial Times)
Briton who fought in #Ukraine jailed for 13 years by russia
Hayden Davies, a former British soldier who russia has called a mercenary, was reportedly captured in Ukraine's Donbas region in late 2024 or early 2025 while serving with the country's foreign legion.
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Briton who fought in Ukraine jailed for 13 years by Russia
Former British soldier Hayden Davies, labelled a mercenary by Russia, will be sent to a maximum-security prison.Will Vernon (BBC News)
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ECB's Lagarde warns against breaking #EU law with #Ukraine loan
by Geoffrey Smith
Top central banker says the Frankfurt institution won't underwrite the disputed loan.
EU leaders will find a solution to the problem of how to get money to Ukraine but must stay on the right side of the law, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Thursday.
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ECB’s Lagarde warns against breaking EU law with Ukraine loan
Top central banker says the Frankfurt institution won’t underwrite the disputed loan.Geoffrey Smith (POLITICO)
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🇷🇺 Prisoners’ rights activist arrested in Yekaterinburg and charged with treason
He told reporters that Russian authorities accuse him of sharing information about prison abuse with “foreign organizations.”
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Prisoners’ Rights Activist Arrested in Yekaterinburg and Charged With Treason
A judge in the city of Yekaterinburg has ordered local human rights activist Alexei Sokolov to be placed in pre-trial detention after he was arrested and charged with treason, the exiled news outlet Mediazona reported Thursday.The Moscow Times
🇷🇺🛢️ What Happens To A Shadow Fleet Ship When It’s Sanctioned?
"The story of the Mikati, currently passing through the English Channel, illustrates the strengths and weaknesses of the European Union sanctions regime that now includes some 600 ships."
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What Happens To A Shadow Fleet Ship When It’s Sanctioned?
The story of the Mikati, an aging tanker currently passing through the English Channel, illustrates the strengths and weaknesses of the European Union sanctions regime that now includes some 600 ships.Ray Furlong (RFE/RL)
🇷🇺📉 #Russia's government has ordered Russian Railways to sell a 62-floor central Moscow skyscraper to help the railway monopoly pay off some of its $50 billion debt, three sources told Reuters.
🇬🇧 🇷🇺 #Britain imposed sanctions on Thursday on more Russian oil companies and Canadian-Pakistani billionaire Murtaza Lakhani as part of efforts to ramp up pressure on Moscow over the war in Ukraine.
The government targeted 24 individuals and entities, including what it described as #Russia's largest remaining unsanctioned oil companies: Tatneft, Russneft, NNK-Oil and Rusneftegaz.
📃 According to a draft document seen by Reuters, which could still change, European Union leaders will ask EU institutions to urgently adopt instruments to establish a reparations loan backed by cash balances linked to #Russia's frozen assets.
"I genitori sono responsabili di tutto ciò che accade sul cellulare dei loro figli."
I bambini crescono in un ambiente digitale che spesso li sopraffà e li mette in pericolo, afferma l'educatore digitale Julian Bühler. Tuttavia, leggi e divieti più severi non risolveranno da soli il problema. Una discussione sulle chat in classe, sulla verifica dell'età online e su cosa può davvero aiutare
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Aufwachsen im Internet: „Die Verantwortung für alles, was auf dem Kinderhandy passiert, liegt bei den Eltern”
Kinder wachsen in einer digitalen Umgebung auf, die sie oft überfordert und gefährdet, sagt der Digitaltrainer Julian Bühler. Schärfere Gesetze und Verbote alleine würden das Problem allerdings nicht lösen.netzpolitik.org
we need to put some legal docs (power of attorney, medical power of attorney, living will, DNR, etc.) someplace where it's easy for a hospital to get a copy in an emergency.
i'm aware of docubank.com. any comments or other suggestions for similar services you've used in the US and been happy with?
thanks!
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Natalino Balasso presenta “Anouk” al cinema Duomo
Il comico sarà in sala per l’unica proiezione italiana del suo nuovo film indipendente
Quantum Italia: i 4 ambiti del polo nazionale delle tecnologie quantistiche
@Informatica (Italy e non Italy 😁)
Il sottosegretario all'Innovazione Alessio Butti e il ministro della Difesa Guido Crosetto vogliono creare un centro di ricerca Quantum dedicato ad Alessandro Volta, un polo nazionale che coinvolga università, PA e aziende, dove testare e creare applicazioni
Foggy winter morning trees
#photography
#PhotoOfTheDay #darktable #italy
#italia #nature #photo #winter #landscape
Google presenta Gemini 3 Flash, il nuovo modello di intelligenza artificiale
📌 Link all'articolo : redhotcyber.com/post/google-pr…
#redhotcyber #news #intelligenzaartificiale #google #gemini #modellodial #multimodalità #ia #chatbot
Google presenta Gemini 3 Flash, il nuovo modello di intelligenza artificiale
Google lancia Gemini 3 Flash, un modello di intelligenza artificiale veloce e efficiente, per competere con OpenAI GPT Image 1.5.Redazione RHC (Red Hot Cyber)
Australian Christmas tree
(photo by Layn Simpson of Gympie)
Excuse me, what now? "the release of a small number of trackable low relative velocity objects"
Was this 'anomaly' due to a debris hit?
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#securityaffairs #hacking
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) fixed maximum severity OneView flaw
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) fixed a critical OneView flaws that could allow attackers to achieve remote code execution.Pierluigi Paganini (Security Affairs)
@classicalmusic
Brahms · Symphonie Nr. 2
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin ·
Vladimir Jurowski
@Pierrette ?
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ARD Klassik: Brahms · Symphonie Nr. 2 · Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin · Vladimir Jurowski · rbb - hier anschauen
Das Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin unter Leitung von Vladimir Jurowski spielt die Symphonie Nr. 2 D-Dur op. 73 von Johannes Brahms. Die Aufnahme im Großen Sendesaal des RBB im Haus des Rundfunks am 17.10.2025 ist eine Produktion des rbb.www.ardmediathek.de
@classicalmusic
Johannes Brahms - Klavierquartett g-Moll op. 25,
in einer Bearbeitung für Orchester von Arnold Schönberg
Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt ·
Howard Griffiths
@Pierrette ?
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ARD Klassik: Brahms/Schönberg · Klavierquartett g-Moll op. 25 (Bearbeitung für Orchester) · Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt · Howard Griffiths · rbb - hier anschauen
Das Brandenburgische Staatsorchester Frankfurt unter Leitung von Howard Griffiths spielt das Klavierquartett g-Moll op. 25 von Johannes Brahms in einer Bearbeitung für Orchester von Arnold Schönberg. Die Aufnahme vom Jubiläumskonzert am 10.10.www.ardmediathek.de
Chamber music pieces in Brahms are like zip files of simphonies
Prima di Psycho, prima degli Uccelli, c'era un ragazzo inglese che girava il suo primo film in Italia. Si chiamava Alfred Hitchcock
@cinema @spettacoli @spettacoli@diggita.com
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#Hitchcock #alfredhitchcock #psycho #cinema #CinemaHistory
Hitchcock, esordio italiano: crimini reali e immaginari - Boomerissimo
Cent'anni fa il Lago di Como, Genova e Alassio hanno visto nascere una leggenda del cinemaAntonietta Terraglia (Boomerissimo)
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ENSURING AMERICAN SPACE SUPERIORITY – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.The White House
Friday + "it's just a small fix" = weekend in the Slack channel 💀
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Trump administration moves to adopt sweeping new rules targeting care for transgender youth
https://19thnews.org/2025/12/trump-administration-moves-to-adopt-sweeping-new-rules-targeting-care-for-transgender-youth/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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RFK Jr. announces new rules targeting care for transgender youth - The 19th
If approved, the proposed federal regulations would dramatically impact an already challenging landscape.Grace Panetta (19th News)
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