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Graduation, lack of opportunity force most gymnasts to quit. A women's league is out to change that 06/20/2024 06:09pm • Luisa Blanco knows her gymnastics career has an expiration date. The funny thing is, the older the recent Alabama graduate gets, the more it seems to keep getting pushed back. For a long time, the 22-year-old Blanco figured her final season with the Crimson Tide this spring would be it. Then she qu TikTok accuses federal agency of 'political demagoguery' in legal challenge against potential US ban 06/20/2024 05:56pm • TikTok disclosed a letter Thursday that accused the Biden administration of engaging in ���political demagoguery��� during high-stakes negotiations between the government and the company as it sought to relieve concerns about its presence in the U.S. The letter ��� sent to David Newman, a top offici Montgomery County Schools officials say they're making progress on tackling bullying, sexual harassment complaints 06/20/2024 05:43pm • By the time classes start for the 2024-2025 school year, Montgomery County Public Schools will have a number of changes in place designed to address complaints of bullying and sexual harassment by school employees. That's according to school officials who briefed the members of two Montgomery Cou Maryland lets sexual assault victims keep track of evidence via a bar code 06/20/2024 05:00pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) ��� For Angela Wharton, Maryland's new statewide tracking system for sexual assault evidence represents a ray of hope, enabling survivors to monitor the data online. Wharton was raped in 1996 and described the trauma she experienced more than 20 years later, when she was infor The Supreme Court upholds a tax on foreign income over a challenge backed by business interests 06/20/2024 02:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a tax on foreign income over a challenge backed by business and anti-regulatory interests, declining their invitation to weigh in on a broader, never-enacted tax on wealth. The justices, by a 7-2 vote, left in place a provision of a 2017 tax l After Drake battle, Kendrick Lamar turns victory lap concert into LA unity celebration 06/20/2024 01:55pm • INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) ��� Not content with merely taking a victory lap after winning his battle against fellow rap superstar Drake, Kendrick Lamar turned his Juneteenth ���Pop Out��� concert at the Forum into a cathartic livestreamed celebration of Los Angeles unity. Lamar curated a three-hour con Mike Pence's foundation launches a $10 million election-year campaign to preserve Trump-era tax cuts 06/20/2024 11:01am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Former Vice President Mike Pence���s foundation is launching a $10 million campaign to preserve the Trump-era tax cuts that are set to expire after next year as he presses conservatives not to stray from the fight before the November election. Advancing American Freedom released 9 Best Food Delivery App Companies to Work For 06/19/2024 08:00pm • Delivery apps have made it easy to get everything from fast food meals to groceries delivered to your front door. Not only are the apps convenient for consumers, but they offer a flexible way to earn extra money. "I can sign in and out for work as I please around my full-time job, so it's great to f On the verge of becoming 1st Black woman to be mayor of Alexandria, Gaskins says city has lots of challenges, needs 06/19/2024 06:58pm • The votes for the Democratic nomination for mayor of the City of Alexandria are still being counted, but Alyia Gaskins ��� who's leading her Democratic rivals with nearly 60% of the vote ��� has declared victory. On the verge of becoming the first Black woman to be the city mayor, Gaskins tol Wedding guests can add the gift of gab when 'signing' an audio guestbook 06/19/2024 10:04am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The bridal couple can't come to the phone right now. They're busy getting married. Please leave your well wishes at the beep! Capturing recorded messages on vintage phones is the latest twist to the wedding guestbook. Couples who have embraced them said guests had a ball, returning The beginner's guide to celebrating Juneteenth 06/18/2024 04:34pm • For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed ��� after the end of the Civil War, and two years after President Abraham Lincoln���s Emancipation Pro North Dakota US House candidate files complaints over misleading text messages in primary election 06/18/2024 04:33pm • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) ��� An attorney for the Republican primary winner for North Dakota's only U.S. House seat has filed complaints with federal authorities regarding text messages that falsely stated she had dropped out of the heated GOP primary contest on the day of the June 11 election. Her attorn Texas doctor charged with taking private patient information on transgender care 06/18/2024 12:47pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� A Texas doctor who calls himself a whistleblower on transgender care for minors is accused of illegally obtaining private information on patients from the nation's largest pediatric hospital who were not under his care. Federal prosecutors said Dr. Eithan Haim, a 34-year-old surgeon Thailand���s Senate overwhelmingly approves a landmark bill to legalize same-sex marriages 06/18/2024 09:31am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Thailand���s Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to approve a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage, clearing the last legislative hurdle for the country to become the first in Southeast Asia to enact such a law. Thailand has a reputation for acceptance and inclusivity but h A gate is installed on a Mount Fuji trail to control crowds, but governor says more measures needed 06/18/2024 12:30am • TOKYO (AP) ��� A crowd-control gate was installed halfway up Japan's Mount Fuji on Monday ahead of the July 1 start of this year's climbing season, but the governor of Yamanashi, one of the two prefectures that are home to the mountain, said additional measures are needed to control overcrowding on