A civil rights watchdog and advocacy group in New York
The US Supreme Court has upheld Idaho and West Virginia laws that bar transgender girls from girls' sports, ruling those bans survive Title IX and equal-protection challenges. The decision preserves similar statutes in roughly two dozen states, hands conservative groups a legal lever, and shifts the next fights to state courts, school boards and athletic bodies.
Flock Safety has announced mandatory changes to its national license-plate camera network after reporting dozens of US officers misused the system. The company has shortened default data retention from 30 days to seven, will require case codes for searches and will force all customers to enable an audit tool that can lock out flagged users.
Federal agents have carried out a raid at the Nutrition Bar Confectioners plant in Cato, New York, arresting 57 people and reviewing records as part of an immigration sweep. Managers opened the door after force was debated; several hours of searches followed with officers separating U.S. citizens from noncitizens and questioning immigration status.