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Big win for LGBTQ rights, but fight’s not over in Pennsylvania
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Pa. court ordered to look at state police social media policy
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U.S. casinos push for cashless gambling payments, citing virus
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New Jersey to ID officers with disciplinary violations
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U.S. revokes emergency use of malaria drugs vs. coronavirus
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Supreme Court rules LGBTQ workers protected from job discrimination
The court decided that a key provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that bars job discrimination because of sex encompasses bias against LGBTQ workers.
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Accuracy still unknown for many coronavirus tests rushed out
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