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Major California toy retailers without “gender-neutral” sections will be fined hundreds of dollars under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pro-LGBTQ bill. Assembly Bill No. 1084, signed by Newsom in 2021, will be enacted on January 1, 2024, and will require stores that sell “childcare items or toys” for children aged 12 years or younger to display a gender-neutral section — or be fined up to $500. Stores will be required by law to have designated gender-neutral toys “regardless of whether they have been traditionally marketed for either girls or for boys,” the bill states. The legislation will apply to retailers with 500...

Michelle Obama went as low-key as Melania Trump had gone high-style, choosing to deliver her convention speech in a cobalt-blue silk crepe A-line dress with cap sleeves. The dress, custom-made by New York-based designer Christian Siriano, who shot to fame after winning the fourth season of “Project Runway” in 2008, fell to just below the knee and was paired with a pair of metallic heels that industry trade publication Footwear News identifies as Jimmy Choo pumps.

Rolando and His Blue Salon Orchestra plays two classic songs: "Please, Mr. Hemingway!" and "Let's Put Out The Lights and Go To Sleep"

NEILLSVILLE, Wis. (AP) — A 63-year-old man is charged with sexual gratification with an animal for allegedly having sex with calves. Harold G. Hart, of Neillsville, allegedly told police that he routinely stopped at a Greenwood farm, usually after bar closing or on trips to strip clubs near Marshfield or Neillsville. A criminal complaint filed in Clark County Circuit Court said the farm's owners installed a motion detector on Jan. 22 after regularly seeing footprints and vehicle tracks on their land. Around 4 a.m. the next morning, a sensor sounded and Hart was caught leaving the barn, but Hart allegedly...

<p>RALEIGH, N.C. -- A judge sentenced former state Ag Commissioner Meg Scott Phipps to 48 months in prison Tuesday for her role in a campaign finance scandal.</p> <p>Phipps will also have two years of supervised probation and must pay a $25,000 fine. U.S. District Court Judge Malcolm Howard read the sentence to Phipps Tuesday in a Greenville courtroom. She was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals after the verdict was read.</p>