North west articles
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West Virginia’s and North Carolina’s transgender care coverage policies discriminate, judges rule
A federal appeals court has ruled that West Virginia's and North Carolina’s refusal to cover certain health care for transgender people with government-sponsored insurance is discriminatory. The Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 8-6 in the case involving coverage of gender-affirming care by North Carolina’s state employee health plan and the coverage of gender-affirming surgery by West Virginia Medicaid. Both states appealed separate lower court rulings that found the denial...
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Met Office forecasts North West to get 'driest and sunniest' weather next week with highs of 18C
It follows a wet and windy weekend
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Residents' fears after a boatload of Chinese men arrived in north-west Western Australia and walked into an airbase undetected
In early April the boat carrying 15 Chinese citizens landed at the remote Mungalalu Truscott Airbase, but it wasn't until days later that Defence personnel tracked them all down.