Millions of taxpayer dollars were wasted funding studies of transgender animals, Rep. Nance Mace reported Thursday at her House Oversight subcommittee hearing. "Late last year the White Coat Waste Project exposed that more than $10 million dollars in taxpayer funds were spent creating transgender mice, rats, and monkeys," Chairwoman Mace revealed, opening the "Transgender Lab Rats and Poisoned Puppies: Oversight of Taxpayer Funded Animal Cruelty" hearing. "For example, the Biden-Harris Administration spent $2.5 million taxpayer dollars to study the fertility of transgender mice," Mace said: "Let that sink in: we spent over two million dollars studying the fertility of transgender mice." read more
Advanced prostate cancer cases are rising sharply in California, outpacing national trends, according to a new study from UCSF. The alarming trend underscores the need for smarter screening to catch aggressive cases early without simultaneously triggering care for harmless tumors, experts said. "This rise is happening across all ages, ethnicities and regions in California," said Erin Van Blarigan, a UCSF epidemiologist and the study's lead author. Researchers found that between 2011 and 2021, the number of men diagnosed with late-stage prostate cancer increased by 6.7% per year in California " significantly higher than the national rate of 4.5% per year over roughly the same period. The study, published last week in JAMA Network Open, also found that after years of decline, prostate cancer mortality rates have stalled in much of the state. read more
Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nuez is expected to resign as early as this week. Sources with direct knowledge told the Gray Florida Capital Bureau that Florida International University's board is expected to name Nunez interim President during a special meeting Friday. It's not clear when Nuez would resign, but this would create another vacancy for Governor Ron DeSantis.
This will mark the first time since February 2021 that the "End Racism" message will not be displayed in the end zones at the Super Bowl. read more
The first U.S. military aircraft carrying detained migrants to Guantanamo Bay is expected to depart on Tuesday, U.S. officials said, as President Donald Trump's administration prepares to potentially house tens of thousands of migrants at the naval base in Cuba. read more
Raw story used 2019 speculation as 2025 facts. Weird.