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By Nate Raymond

(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid backed by a conservative Christian legal group to challenge a Maryland school district's policy against informing parents if their children identify as transgender or gender nonconforming.

The justices turned away an appeal by three parents with children attending public schools in the Washington suburb of Montgomery County of a lower court's ruling... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) - Grayscale Investments on Monday said it has appointed Goldman Sachs executive Peter Mintzberg as its Chief Executive Officer, effective mid-August, weeks after the digital asset manager withdrew its application for Ethereum futures ETF.

Mintzberg succeeds Michael Sonnenshein, who has stepped down from the position to pursue other interests, the company said.

Grayscale is known for offering crypto investment products,... (continue reading...)

By Andrew Chung

(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge to a Democratic-backed ban in Maryland on assault-style rifles such as AR-15s, steering clear of the dispute while the litigation continues in a lower court.

The justices turned away an appeal by commercial firearms dealers, gun rights groups and several Maryland residents who have argued that the ban violates the right to keep and bear arms under... (continue reading...)

By Camillus Eboh

ABUJA (Reuters) - A Nigerian judge denied separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu bail for the second time in two months on Monday and also dismissed his application to be moved to prison from custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), a security agency.

Kanu, a British citizen who leads the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) movement, was first arrested in 2015 but disappeared from Nigeria while on bail in 2017.

By Samia Nakhoul and Laila Bassam

DUBAI(Reuters) - Hamas' elusive military leader Mohammed Deif, one of the masterminds behind what Israel called its 9/11 moment, rarely speaks and never appears in public, a secretive existence that helped him survive seven assassination attempts.

Now he is being sought outside of Gaza, from where he directed the Oct. 7 attack which took Israel by surprise, killing 1,200 people and creating a crisis for... (continue reading...)