#DollyParton

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California is currently one of only three states in the country — alongside Mississippi and New Mexico — that sets no minimum age at all for marriage, allowing a child of any age to be legally wed as long as a parent or guardian signs off. A bill designed to close that loophole for good just cleared a major hurdle in Sacramento, passing the state Senate on a unanimous 38-0 vote this past Wednesday.

cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/unitedkingdom/p/1111653/trans-pride-brighton-secures-ps121278-grant-to-safeguard-community-centre-for-next-five-year

Trans Pride Brighton has secured more than £120,000 in National Lottery funding to protect the future of its community centre, providing a major boost for the city's trans and non-binary community.

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The measure came into force on 10 July 2026

[...] the annual financial requirement is likely to be between €20 million and €25 million.

[...]

The policy is intended to encourage more people to leave their cars at home and use public transport for journeys within Porto and the surrounding urban region.

[Mayor] Duarte has cautioned that abolishing fares will not, by itself, resolve Porto’s congestion problems. He described the programme as part of a broader mobility strategy that must also include faster services, better connections, increased capacity and more reliable journey times.

Porto currently has about 16 kilometres of dedicated bus lanes. The municipality plans to increase this to approximately 22 kilometres by the end of 2026, giving buses greater priority over private vehicles on some of the city’s busiest routes.

The mayor said public transport would need to become more convenient and dependable than travelling by car before a substantial change in daily habits could be expected. The municipality’s objective is for public transport to become the main means of travelling around Porto, with private cars taking a secondary role.

The scheme is unusual because Porto is paying for its residents to travel across the entire metropolitan network rather than offering free journeys only inside the municipality.

The Porto Metropolitan Area comprises 17 municipalities, each of which remains responsible for its own spending decisions. [...]

A pet Doberman dog sniffed out a 'perfect' kidney donor for its dying owner against odds of one in 22 million. Lucy Humphrey, 44, was in desperate need of a life-saving kidney transplant when she took her dogs Jake and Indie to the beach for the day. Excited Indie went running off to a stranger 100 yards away and wouldn't leave her alone.

“I really don’t think you understand how much difference you make to people,” Thursby tells him, bringing coffee amid moldering vegetation and a thick fug of petrol fumes from his trimmer. “Demons have been going in my head over this,” she adds, gazing at the partly cleared space. “Instantly, the weight is gone off my shoulders.”

Badlands and Toad Hall announced over the weekend that use of the controvresial technology would end for now.