Pending home sales, a forward-looking measure on the housing market's health, gained momentum in February as some buyers picked up their purchase plans ahead of the spring — despite elevated rates.
With Kansas poised to ban gender-affirming care for minors, college students are trying counter Republican efforts to roll back transgender rights by pushing the state's largest university to declare itself a haven for trans youth. The GOP-controlled Legislature approved its proposed ban on puberty blockers, hormone treatments and surgeries for minors Wednesday, apparently with the two-thirds majorities in both chambers needed to override an expected veto from Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly. Kansas would join 24 other states in banning or restricting gender-affirming care for minors, the latest being Wyoming last week.
Mary McCartney discusses the "challenge" of feeding vegan dad Paul, Ringo Starr and other celebrities for her new cookbook "Feeding Creativity."