A space phenomenon is spreading some holiday cheer with what looks like a Christmas tree in the stars.

The Seattle Children's Hospital filed a lawsuit in Travis County District Court on Dec. 7 against the Texas Office of the Attorney General (OAG), after that agency requested documents related to gender transition policies and any such care provided to Texas children.

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An Illinois federal judge declined on Friday to temporarily delay a portion of a state law banning some high-power semiautomatic weapons from going into effect.

The federal government reopened two railroad crossings Friday in the Texas border towns of Eagle Pass and El Paso, four days after their closure.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court tossed out Republican-drawn legislative maps in a Friday ruling, forcing new maps to be drawn in the new year.