 The high court struck down a ruling by a San Francisco-based appeals court that found outdoor sleeping bans amount to cruel and unusual punishment. Correspondent Jeremy House, leaders in the West had argued that the lower court ruling made it harder for them to manage outdoor encampments encroaching on sidewalks and other public spaces. The Texas Supreme Court upheld the state's ban on sex change operations for minors, rejecting pleas from parents that it violates their right to seek care for their transgender children.