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2 staffers knocked to ground during student fight at Montgomery Co. high school 01/04/2024 08:58pm • A fight between two students at a high school in Montgomery County, Maryland, ended quickly, according to the principal, but not before two staffers were knocked to the floor while trying to separate the students. News of the fight at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School on Wednesday prompted Montgom 13-year-old gamer becomes the first to beat the 'unbeatable' Tetris ��� by breaking it 01/04/2024 02:27pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� The falling-block video game Tetris has met its match in 13-year-old Willis Gibson, who has become the first player to officially ���beat��� the original Nintendo version of the game ��� by breaking it. Technically, Willis ��� aka ���blue scuti��� in the gaming world ��� made Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 01/04/2024 01:46pm • Here���s a look at how AP���s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP���s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Parents of Cyprus school volleyball team players killed in Turkish quake testify against hotel owner 01/04/2024 08:35am • ANKARA, Turkey (AP) ��� Parents of school volleyball team players who perished when their hotel crumbled in last year���s powerful earthquake testified in the trial against the hotel���s owner Thursday, with one father describing how hopes of finding his two children alive quickly turned to despair. Taliban arrest women for 'bad hijab' in the first dress code crackdown since their return to power 01/04/2024 06:30am • KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ��� The Taliban have arrested women in the Afghan capital for wearing ���bad hijab,��� a spokesman at the country's Vice and Virtue Ministry said Thursday. It���s the first official confirmation of a crackdown on women who don���t follow the dress code imposed by the Taliban Young voters in Bangladesh dream of a future free from political chaos as the nation votes Sunday 01/03/2024 10:25pm • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) ��� At a technology center in Bangladesh���s capital, young women huddle around a computer, discussing a coding issue. Many of them make the daily trip to Dhaka on the shining new metro rail while scouring their smartphones for the latest on social media. For decades, politica Why is urine yellow? University of Maryland researchers discovered the answer 01/03/2024 08:17pm • It seems like an answer that the scientific community should have already had, but the exact reason as to why urine is yellow has been elusive until now. Researchers at the University of Maryland have cracked the code, identifying an enzyme that's responsible for giving urine its yellow hue. " Harvard seeks to move past firestorm brought on by school President Claudine Gay's resignation 01/03/2024 07:44pm • CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) ��� Harvard University on Wednesday sought to move beyond the firestorm brought on by the plagiarism allegations, congressional testimony and resignation of Claudine Gay, the school's first Black president, as it seeks a new leader and tries to heal divisions at the elite Ivy L Virginia town forces TikTok star to stop building tunnel under her home 01/03/2024 05:36pm • A woman in Northern Virginia, who has racked up millions of social media views on TikTok by building a tunnel system under her home, has been ordered to stop her work ��� at least for now. The town where she lives has put a pause on the project. "They did give me a stop work order and are Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 01/03/2024 01:14pm • Here���s a look at how AP���s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP���s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Movie Review: Jessica Chastain, Peter Sarsgaard anchor ���Memory,��� a thorny drama with a tender heart 01/03/2024 12:57pm • Pain and trauma permeate Michel Franco���s new drama ��� Memory, ��� about two lost souls who find surprising comfort in one another. Both Jessica Chastain���s Sylvia and Peter Sarsgaard���s Saul are hostage to their own minds, though in vastly different ways. Hers haunts her. His is failing rapidly Harvard president Claudine Gay resigns amid plagiarism claims, backlash from antisemitism testimony 01/02/2024 08:59pm • CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) ��� Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigned Tuesday amid plagiarism accusations and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say unequivocally that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the school���s conduct policy Net Investment Income Tax: Impact on High-Net-Worth Portfolios 01/02/2024 07:00pm • If you're a high earner with investment income, you may be in for a not-so-pleasant surprise when tax time arrives.The intention of the net investment income tax (NIIT) is to raise funds for the Affordable Care Act. However, unlike other U.S. tax code provisions that adjust higher to keep pace with Owner David Tepper's temper tantrum only adds to the Panthers' embarrassing season 01/02/2024 06:59pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� Just when it appeared the season couldn���t get any more embarrassing for the Carolina Panthers, owner David Tepper finds himself embroiled in a public relations nightmare after video surfaced of the billionaire throwing the contents of a drink in the direction of Jaguars fa NFL fines Panthers owner David Tepper $300,000 for tossing drink at Jaguars fans 01/02/2024 06:16pm • The NFL has fined Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper $300,000 for tossing a drink at fans in Jacksonville toward the end of a game on Sunday. The league called Tepper's conduct ���unacceptable��� in a statement released Tuesday. ���All NFL personnel are expected to conduct themselves at all