Abby Monteil

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The Crooked Funeral Home That Spun Dead Bodies Into Dollars

6 days ago | thedailybeast.com | Abby Monteil

“Being in funeral service, we cannot bring our work home,” a mortician says early on HBO’s new true crime docuseries The Mortician. “No one wants to talk over dinner about what we did over the day.”Ironically, the opposite is true for the Lamb-Sconces, whose family funeral home became a house of horrors ghoulish enough to fuel three hour-long installments, premiering June 1.
The Crooked Funeral Home That Spun Dead Bodies Into Dollars

6 days ago | flipboard.com | Abby Monteil

Please join us for the Celebration of Life for Gerry. We will be laying her to rest at the Greenwood Cemetery on June 7, 2025, at 10:30 am with a …
Canoeist Kurt Adams Rozentals Says He Was Banned from the 2028 Olympics Over His OnlyFans

1 week ago | them.us | Abby Monteil

Gay British canoeist Kurt Adams Rozentals says his dreams of competing in the 2028 Olympics have been cut short after he was banned from competing on account of his OnlyFans content. The 22-year-old, who competes in the individual canoe slalom, was previously part of Paddle UK’s World Class Programme, a lottery-funded initiative for aspiring Olympic athletes.
Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego Wants Trans Athletes to “Find Other Activities”

1 week ago | them.us | Abby Monteil

Senator Ruben Gallego is the latest Democrat to side with Republicans’ anti-trans athlete attacks ahead of a potential 2028 presidential campaign. “As a parent of a daughter, I think it’s legitimate that parents are worried about the safety of their daughters, and I think it’s legitimate for us to be worried also about fair competition,” the Arizona politician said in an interview with The Dispatch published on Thursday.
Yes, They Really Made Another ‘Karate Kid’ Movie

1 week ago | thedailybeast.com | Abby Monteil

Even in our modern-day IP glut, three months has to be a new record. That’s how much time has passed in between the series finale of Netflix’s long-running Karate Kid sequel series Cobra Kai and the arrival of Karate Kid: Legends, the franchise’s latest film release, which hits theaters May 30.
Yes, They Really Made Another ‘Karate Kid’ Movie

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Abby Monteil

Even in our modern-day IP glut, three months has to be a new record. That’s how much time has passed in between the series finale of Netflix’s long-running Karate Kid sequel series Cobra Kai and the arrival of Karate Kid: Legends, the franchise’s latest film release, which hits theaters May 30.
Oops! Study Ordered by Utah Republicans Finds Gender-Affirming Care Benefits Trans Youth

1 week ago | them.us | Abby Monteil

Sign up for The Agenda — Them’s news and politics newsletter, delivered to your inbox every Thursday. Two years after being tasked with commissioning a review of medical evidence surrounding gender-affirming care for trans youth, Utah’s own state health department has concluded that trans healthcare bans “cannot be justified.” The Republicans who commissioned the study aren’t too happy about it.
J.K. Rowling’s New Org Will Fund Cis Women Fighting to Exclude Trans Women From Public Life

1 week ago | them.us | Abby Monteil

Sign up for The Agenda — Them's news and politics newsletter, delivered to your inbox every Thursday. J.K. Rowling has created an organization dedicated to offering legal funding for cases concerning what she calls “women’s sex-based rights,” a euphemism for the anti-trans advocacy to which she has devoted herself and, seemingly, every waking hour of her life.
State Patrol Reports Busy Holiday With Over 200 Traffic Incidents

1 week ago | krfofm.com | Erin Joslyn |Abby Monteil |Aine Givens

UNDATED (WJON News) -- The long holiday weekend has already turned out to be a busy one on Minnesota roads. The Minnesota State Patrol has responded to over 200 crashes on Minnesota roadways as of Sunday morning during the Memorial Day Weekend. More than 30 of those incidents have resulted in injury. The state patrol says on Friday, they responded to 101 crashes involving property damage, and 15 crashes with injuries.
The U.K. Is Considering Banning Private HRT Prescriptions for Trans Kids

2 weeks ago | them.us | Abby Monteil

Sign up for The Agenda — Them's news and politics newsletter, delivered to your inbox every Thursday. Less than a year after the U.K. banned puberty blockers for trans youth, health secretary Wes Streeting is considering banning the prescription of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) by private clinics and healthcare providers to patients under 18. According to the BBC, government lawyers stated that a so-called expert panel will issue a report on HRT in July.