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Plastic surgeons say transgender youth should wait until age 19 for surgery

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons says transgender youth should wait until age 19 to have any surgeries. Surgery is already rarely performed for transgender young people.

Kyle Beach #12 of the Chicago Blackhawks skates against the Detroit Red Wings during a preseason game on Sept. 24, 2010 at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.

Kyle Beach reveals he is the player suing the Chicago Blackhawks over sex assault

Beach said that he was sexually assaulted by a video coach for the hockey team in 2010 and that the team did nothing about it for weeks. Beach came forward publicly for the first time Wednesday.

Vice President Harris and her husband Douglas Emhoff tour the Institut Pasteur in Paris on Nov. 9.

Why Vice President Harris is in France this week

While in Paris, Vice President Harris will get facetime with about two dozen world leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron.

Sen. Steve Hobbs, D-Lake Stevens, gives high-fives as he enters the Senate chambers at the start of the 2015 legislative session. On Wednesday, Gov. Jay Inslee named Hobbs the new secretary of state.

State Sen. Steve Hobbs appointed WA secretary of state

Gov. Jay Inslee has appointed Democratic state Sen. Steve Hobbs as the state’s 16th secretary of state, marking the first time a Democrat will hold the office since the mid-1960s. Hobbs will replace Republican Secretary of State Kim Wyman, who will leave office Nov. 19 to start a top election security job in the Biden administration.

Activist Sufian Khatun worries that more frequent cyclones, triggered by climate change, will make her community in Bangladesh uninhabitable. Storm surges bring saline water into the river in the southwest part of the country where she lives, taking a toll on agriculture and the drinking water supply.

PHOTOS: Cyclones and salty water are a threat. These women are finding solutions

Storms come more often and the sea is rising, says an activist in Bangladesh. Crops are being ruined. Here's how one village is handling the situation.

Marine Gen. John Allen, the former top U.S. commander in Afghanistan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 20, 2012.

FBI seizes retired general's data related to Qatar lobbying

The seizure of data from the former leader of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan is part of a probe that has ensnared a former ambassador who pleaded guilty to charges of illegal foreign lobbying.

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