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Wisconsin Republican leader asks former state Supreme Court justices to review impeachment 09/13/2023 01:10pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� Wisconsin's Republican Assembly leader announced Wednesday that he's created a panel to investigate the criteria for impeachment as he mulls taking that unprecedented step against a liberal state Supreme Court justice. Republicans are targeting Justice Janet Protasiewicz over Former Czech Premier Andrej Babis loses case on collaborating with communist-era secret police 09/13/2023 01:09pm • PRAGUE (AP) ��� Slovakia���s Supreme Court upheld a previous ruling that dismissed a lawsuit by former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis against allegations that he collaborated with Czechoslovakia���s communist-era secret police. Babis informed the local Czech CTK news agency about the verdict on W 4-H teams with Netflix's 'Spy Kids: Armageddon' to launch new learning platform Clover 09/13/2023 12:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The National 4-H Council is growing in a new direction ��� online ��� by launching its e-learning platform Clover with a collaboration with Netflix and its new movie ���Spy Kids: Armageddon,��� the organization announced Wednesday. Jill Bramble, who took over as president and CEO o After 11 years, housing voucher waitlist lottery open again for Arlington Co. renters 09/13/2023 06:20am • An 11-year wait for Arlington County, Virginia, renters eager to obtain a housing voucher ends Wednesday. The county's Housing Choice Voucher Program, formerly called Section 8, opens its 10-day application process for renters at 8 a.m. The last time residents had the opportunity to get on the Nuclear Fusion: 5 Ways to Invest in the Energy Breakthrough 09/12/2023 08:00pm • In August 2023, U.S. Department of Energy scientists successfully replicated a historic nuclear fusion reaction, seemingly confirming the net energy gain in a fusion experiment first reported in December 2022 was no fluke. The DOE called the news "a major scientific breakthrough decades in the makin For HBCUs, the bands are about much more than the show to the Black community: 'This is family' 09/12/2023 07:51pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� It���s almost 10 p.m. and still a sweltering, sticky 95 degrees when Texas Southern���s Ocean of Soul band marches onto the top of a parking garage a stone���s throw from downtown Houston. The glittering skyline is close enough to provide some illumination to the dimly lit struct Am I on the wrong train? Where am I? Metro to pilot more user-friendly signage 09/12/2023 11:11am • Metro realizes navigating its trains, platforms, and stations can be confusing ��� the D.C. transit agency is set to begin testing new user-friendly signage, to help riders know where they are and where they're going. By Thursday, a six-month pilot program will begin at the L'Enfant Plaza station Millennial Money: Food service workers prepped for success in other jobs 09/12/2023 07:58am • My first time bartending I was left alone at the bar on a busy summer night with zero training. I cried in the back for a few minutes, then started pouring drinks. I mean, I didn���t have a lot of options. At one point, I was so stressed I asked a customer how to make a gin and tonic. That night tau Analysis: Payton's excoriation of his predecessor looks even worse after his bungled Broncos debut 09/12/2023 05:55am • DENVER (AP) ��� If you���re going to excoriate your predecessor over the mess you were hired to clean up, it's best to outperform the guy you replaced. Sean Payton didn���t deliver enough enhancements in his Denver debut Sunday to justify calling out Nathaniel Hackett like he did in the summer. Dur How to Paint Your Front Door 09/11/2023 08:00pm • The front door is one of the first things people see as they enter your home, and it sets expectations about what could be inside. By giving your door a fresh coat of paint, you can instantly transform your home's appearance and make it look more inviting. "The home's front door is more than just an Use Your Phone at the ATM Instead of a Card 09/11/2023 08:00pm • Consumers have been able to withdraw cash from ATMs without using their debit cards for several years, a convenient option, especially if they don't have a card with them. If you have your smartphone with you, then leaving your card or wallet behind is no longer an issue. At some ATMs, you just need Republican opposition to abortion threatens global HIV/AIDS program that has saved 25 million lives 09/11/2023 07:37pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� The graves at the edge of the orphanage tell a story of despair. The rough planks in the cracked earth are painted with the names of children, most of them dead in the 1990s. That was before the HIV drugs arrived. Today, the orphanage in Kenya���s capital is a happier, more h Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates often speak out on hot topics. Only one faces impeachment threat 09/11/2023 03:59pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� The Wisconsin Supreme Court justice who Republicans are threatening to impeach over comments she made on the campaign trail about abortion and redistricting isn���t the first member of the court to offer public opinions about major issues of the day. One conservative justice f UN rights chief calls for 'urgent reversal' to civilian rule in coup-hit African countries 09/11/2023 07:21am • GENEVA (AP) ��� The U.N. human rights chief called on Monday for an ���urgent reversal��� of military takeovers and return to civilian rule in countries in Africa where coups have driven out elected leaders in recent years as he assailed a multitude of crises across the globe. Volker T��rk's commen Sweden brings more books and handwriting practice back to its tech-heavy schools 09/10/2023 08:42pm • STOCKHOLM (AP) ��� As young children went back to school across Sweden last month, many of their teachers were putting a new emphasis on printed books, quiet reading time and handwriting practice and devoting less time to tablets, independent online research and keyboarding skills. The return to mor