Spanberger taps LGBTQ activist who fought girls’ bathroom protections for state board

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Virginia Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger appointed an LGBTQ activist who pushed back against efforts to bar biological males from girls’ bathrooms and locker rooms to a state advisory board that helps shape recommendations on LGBTQ-related policies. Spanberger’s appointment of Kellen MacBeth on May 22, who previously led … Read more

The U.S. fought the flesh-eating screwworm for decades. Now it must begin again.

The United States spent more than half a century and hundreds of millions of dollars driving the flesh-eating New World screwworm as far from its borders as possible. Now, it’s back. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The species can eat the tissue of any warm-blooded … Read more

Rachel Goldberg-Polin, grieving mother who fought for Israeli hostages’ return, says she feels like she failed

Rachel Goldberg-Polin, the grieving mother of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was taken hostage Oct. 7, 2023 and murdered nearly a year later, has kept her son’s room as he left it, with one exception.  There’s a ball of tape; each piece has a number on it. After her son’s abduction, Rachel started wearing a piece of … Read more

Patriarch Filaret, who fought for an independent Ukrainian Orthodox church, dies at 97

Patriarch Filaret of Kyiv — who worked for decades to establish an independent Ukrainian Orthodox church that was free from Moscow’s religious authority, a schism that foreshadowed the Russia-Ukraine war — died Friday. He was 97. The Orthodox Church of Ukraine announced his death, citing the “exacerbation of chronic diseases.” Filaret had a more limited … Read more

Family speaks after Afghan refugee who fought alongside U.S. forces dies in ICE custody

Mohammed Nazeer Paktiawal, 41, a former soldier in the Afghan military who was evacuated to the U.S. in 2021, died in ICE custody on March 14. Thirteen people have died in ICE detention three months into 2026, following a two-decade high death tally reported last year. CBS News spoke to Paktiawal’s brother and 12-year-old son, … Read more