SACRAMENTO— California became the first state in the nation Saturday to adopt a law requiring large retail stores to provide gender-neutral toy sections under a bill signed by Gov.... Retailers can continue to offer other toys and child-care goods in traditional boys and girls sections if they choose to.... Advertisement “ Part of it is to make sure if you’re a young girl that you can find a police car, fire truck, a periodic table or a dinosaur, ” Low said....

Of all the things at which tree squirrels excel — burying acorns; raiding birdfeeders; gnawing on soffits — perhaps their greatest skill is leaping.... In Hunt’s case, that means studying fox squirrels, Sciurus niger.... The distances ranged from two feet to five feet. Hunt was interested in how different variables would affect the choices the squirrels made....

A BODY found in the search for Bobbi-Anne McLeod is that of the missing teen, police have confirmed-as a man appears in court charged with her murder. Bobbi-Anne, 18, was last seen at a bus stop near her home in Plymouth on November 20.... 6 A body found in the search for Bobbi-Anne McLeod is that of the missing 18-year-old, police have confirmed Credit: Facebook 6 Cody Ackland, 24, has been charged with murder Credit: instagram She had been on her way to see her boyfriend when she vanished. He

Evening briefing: Today's essential headlines Roger Hunt dies| Roger Hunt, England World Cup winner and Liverpool's record league goalscorer, has died.... The party has been forced into a vote for a new president after Yoshihide Suga, the present prime minister, announced earlier this month that he would not run for re-election as party leader.... Julian Ryall analyses how sexism is set to sink the women's bids in' nasty' world of Japanese politics. Tuesday interview Grub's up!...

THE mum of murdered teen Bobbi-Anne Mcleod tonight fought back tears as she paid tribute to her daughter during an emotional candlelight vigil. Donna McLeod thanked friends, family and the wider community for their support as she spoke publicly about her daughter's death for the first time.... Nobody deserves to be treated like that." When you're so local, and when you know Bobbi, it hits home so hard how vulnerable you can be.... I just don't know what to say about it-there are no words." Sum