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Parker Tirrell (third from left) and Iris Turmelle (second from right) gather outside the federal courthouse in Concord on Aug. 19, after a judge granted a temporary order allowing Tirrell to play for her school's soccer team. Tirrell and Turmelle are plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging a new law that bans transgender girls from playing on girls' sports teams. They're joined here by their mothers and members of their legal team.
Paul Cuno-Booth
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NHPR
Two high school athletes have asked a federal judge to expand their lawsuit challenging the state’s transgender sports ban to include President Trump and his recent order banning transgender girls from playing on girls’ sports teams.
Cold Current Kelp co-owner Krista Rosen holds up an example of wild sugar kelp that has grown on the company’s previously planted line in Kittery, Maine, on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. (Austin Leathers for the New England News Collaborative)
Austin Leathers
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for the New England News Collaborative
Winter is planting season for kelp, a growing industry in New England.