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The Guardian
06-02-2025
- The Guardian
Thieves steal 100,000 eggs from trailer in Pennsylvania as prices spike
Police in Pennsylvania are hunting for thieves who stole 100,000 eggs from the back of a trailer, amid a US-wide spike in the price of eggs that has triggered panic-buying in some shops. The eggs were lifted from the back of Pete & Gerry's Organics' distribution trailer on Saturday at about 8.40pm in Antrim township, according to police. There have been no arrests yet. 'We're relying on leads from people from the community. So we're hoping that somebody knows something, and they'll call us and give us some tips,' Megan Frazer of the Pennsylvania state police told the Associated Press. 'In my career, I've never heard of 100,000 eggs being stolen. This is definitely unique,' said Frazer, a 12-year veteran of law enforcement. Bird flu is forcing farmers to slaughter millions of chickens a month, pushing US egg prices to more than double their cost in the summer of 2023. Waffle House, the Georgia-based restaurant chain, said it was adding a 50 cent charge per egg, blaming the 'continuing egg shortage caused by HPAI (bird flu)'. On the campaign trail Donald Trump repeatedly vowed that on his first day in office he would 'immediately bring prices down' for food. The average price per dozen eggs nationwide hit $4.15 in December. That is not quite as high as the $4.82 record set two years ago, but the Agriculture department predicts egg prices are going to soar another 20% this year.
Khaleej Times
29-01-2025
- Health
- Khaleej Times
Trump orders curbs on gender transitions for minors
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday to restrict gender transition procedures for people under the age of 19, in his latest move targeting transgender people since returning to office. The order comes the week after Trump said in his inauguration speech that his government would only recognise two genders, male and female, plugging into an issue at the heart of America's culture wars. "Across the country today, medical professionals are maiming and sterilising a growing number of impressionable children," said the order. "This dangerous trend will be a stain on our nation's history, and it must end." Trump's order said it would now be US policy that it would "not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called 'transition' of a child from one sex to another." These included what he called "chemical castration and surgical mutilation" — including puberty blockers, hormones and gender-altering surgery. It added that the government would now "rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and life-altering procedures". "Our Nation will no longer fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support so-called 'gender affirming care,' which has already ruined far too many precious lives," the president posted later on his Truth Social platform. While there is no US-wide law against gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender youth, Trump ordered an end to any federal backing for such procedures. This includes barring funding for gender transitions under the Medicaid health insurance programme for poor families, the Medicare scheme used by retirees, and under US Defence Department health insurance that covers some 2 million children. Trump said he would also work with Congress to draft legislation to allow children and parents to sue doctors who had carried out gender surgery. Trump told the Davos forum last week that gender surgery "will occur very rarely" under his administration. Two dozen Republican-led states have already enacted laws restricting medical care for gender transitions for minors. US Supreme Court justices clashed over the issue in December as they debated a Tennessee law banning puberty blockers or hormone therapy for under 18s.
