内容摘要：Kidnappings, extortion and other crimes were planned, ordered or committed from this prison long before Trump’s rhetoric.

Kidnappings, extortion and other crimes were planned, ordered or committed from this prison long before Trump’s rhetoric.

Tazz Webster, who ultimately wound up homeless after an apartment manager allegedly ridiculed and shoved him because he is transgender, exits through the front door of a community center, April 9, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)The timing of the closure

In the months since Presidenttook back the White House andto lead the federal housing department,

and strategically to undo, uproot and remake the agency’s decades of work and priorities.In the crosshairs is

, as HUD retreats from long-established fair-housing protections by closing their discrimination complaints and, more broadly, moving to undo the Obama-era Equal Access Rule that cemented transgender people’s rights to discrimination protection in housing.

“It’s time to get rid of all the far-left gender ideology and get government out of the way of what the Lord established from the beginning when he created man in his own image — male and female,” TurnerNot many animals show a clear ability to identify and

. But then there’s Ronan, a bright-eyed sea lion that has scientists rethinking theA former rescue sea lion, she burst to fame around a decade ago after scientists reported her musical skills. From age 3, she has been a resident at the University of California, Santa Cruz’s Long Marine Laboratory, where researchers including Cook have tested and honed her ability to recognize rhythms.

Ronan joined a select group of animal movers and shakers -- which also includes Snowball the famed dancing cockatoo -- that together upended the long-held idea that the ability to respond to music and recognize a beat was distinctly human.This photo provided by researchers shows California sea lion Ronan in Santa Cruz, Calif., in 2025, under an NMFS 23554 permit. (Colleen Reichmuth/UC Santa Cruz via AP)