The Latest on the investigative hearings into the ship that sunk in a hurricane near the Bahamas : The Latest on the investigative hearings into the ship that sunk in a hurricane near the Bahamas : South Dakota would be the first state in the U.S. to approve a law requiring transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that correspond to their sex at birth if the governor signs a bill passed Tuesday… When Thomas Lewis told his South Dakota high school last year that he is transgender, teachers called him by his new name and used male pronouns when addressing him.