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Transgender teen athlete in a Supreme Court fight knows the upcoming sports season could be her last
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Transgender teen athlete in a Supreme Court fight knows the upcoming sports season could be her last

  • By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press
  • Updated

Becky Pepper-Jackson is a 15-year-old in West Virginia who knows the upcoming sports season could be her last. West Virginia has banned transgender girls like the discus-throwing sophomore from competing in girls and women’s sports. The state is among more than two dozen with similar laws. Lower courts have blocked the West Virginia law, but the outcome could be different at the conservative-dominated Supreme Court. The justices have allowed multiple restrictions on transgender people to be enforced in the past year. The justices are hearing arguments Tuesday. President Donald Trump’s Republican administration has targeted transgender Americans.

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Milan’s Catholic archdiocese brings Olympic values into parish life

  • By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ - Associated Press

As Milan prepares to host the 2026 Winter Olympics, the city’s Catholic archdiocese launched a multi-year program that uses sport to promote values such as inclusion and solidarity among children and adolescents. Through parish youth centers, schools and community initiatives — including a traveling Olympic torch and encounters with athletes — the project seeks to translate the spirit of the Games into everyday pastoral life.