WASHINGTON (AP) — The on Tuesday passed up a chance to intervene in the debate over bathrooms for transgender students, rejecting an .

Federal appeals courts are divided over whether school policies enforcing restrictions on which bathrooms transgender students can use violate federal law or the Constitution.

In the case the court rejected without comment, the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an order granting transgender boys access to the boys’ bathroom. The appeal came from the Metropolitan School District of Martinsville, about 3

OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in December rose 18 per cent compared with November, helped higher by an increase in multi-unit urban starts in Vancouver and Montreal.

The national housing agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts for December was 249,255 units, up from 210,918 in November.

The seasonally adjusted annual rate for December for urban housing starts rose 20 per cent to 234,

LONDON (AP) — Fujitsu, the company whose faulty computer accounting system resulted in the wrongful conviction of hundreds of Post Office branch managers across the U.K., apologized to the victims on Tuesday for its role in the one of the and said it was long aware that the software had bugs.

Paul Patterson, Europe director of Japan’s Fujitsu Ltd., told a committee of lawmakers that the company will provide funds to compensate branch managers, some of whom were imprisoned for theft or fraud for the failures

As a certified financial planner and financial advisor, Jackie Porter is used to getting people comfortable with the idea of talking about their money.

However, when it comes to her advice for those looking to talk to their aging parents about retirement, estate planning and preparing for potential health or cognitive declines, she emphasized that expertise isn’t necessary for success — but rather a patient, even-tempered approach.

“The reality is that talking about money with your parents shouldn’t be treated like it’s a taboo

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya has embarked on its biggest rhino relocation project and began the difficult work Tuesday of tracking, darting and moving 21 of the critically endangered beasts, which can each weigh over a ton, to a new home.

at moving rhinos in the East African nation was a disaster in 2018 as all 11 of the animals died.

The latest project experienced early troubles. A rhino targeted for moving was successfully hit with a tranquilizer dart shot from a helicopter but ended up

WASHINGTON (AP) — The on Tuesday allowed a court order to take effect that could on its lucrative iPhone app store, threatening to siphon billions of dollars away from one of the world’s most profitable companies.,

The justices rejected Apple’s appeal of lower-court rulings that found some of Apple’s app store rules for apps purchased on more than 1 billion iPhones constitute unfair competition under California law.

Apple outlined in court documents filed late Tuesday how it plans to change in-app payments, while

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 21-27:

Jan. 21: Opera singer Placido Domingo is 83. Actor Jill Eikenberry is 77. Guitarist Jim Ibbotson (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is 77. Singer-songwriter Billy Ocean is 74. Actor Robby Benson is 68. Actor Geena Davis is 68. Actor Charlotte Ross (“NYPD Blue”) is 56. Singer Marc Gay of Shai is 55. Actor Karina Lombard (“The L

LONDON (AP) — Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrived in Ireland on Tuesday for talks with the Irish leader on China’s relations with the European Union and other global and bilateral issues.

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar will host a lunch and bilateral meeting with Li on Wednesday at Ireland’s state guest house in Dublin.

“China is a very important political and economic power in the world and becoming bigger all the time in that sense. So it’s important that we have good relations with China but also some