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Former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice advises Republican leader against impeachment 10/10/2023 11:32am • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� There should be no effort to impeach a liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court justice based on what is known now, a former justice advised the Republican legislative leader who asked him to review the issue. Some Republicans had raised the prospect of impeaching newly elected Justice Guide to Sexually Transmitted Diseases 10/09/2023 08:00pm • Reported cases of sexually transmitted infections in the United States have been on the rise in the past two decades, and rates in the U.S. are among the highest in high-income countries globally. Approximately, 1 in 5 people in the U.S. had an STI at any given day in 2018, according to a 2021 repor Gates Foundation funding $40 million effort to help develop mRNA vaccines in Africa in coming years 10/09/2023 11:19am • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) ��� A $40 million investment will help several African manufacturers produce new messenger RNA vaccines on the continent where people were last in line to receive jabs during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced Monday. While it could still tak California governor vetoes bill that would have banned caste discrimination 10/07/2023 08:58pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Saturday that would have made California the first U.S. state to outlaw caste-based discrimination. Caste is a division of people related to birth or descent. Those at the lowest strata of the caste system, known as Dalits, have been pushing for l Record-breaking turnout for AWS Girls��� Tech Day in Prince William County 10/07/2023 08:14am • This article was written by WTOP���s news partner,��InsideNoVa.com, and republished with permission. Sign up for��InsideNoVa.com���s free email subscription today. More than 600 middle school girls from across the region gathered at the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Prince William County Satur Sex education classes often don't include LGBTQ+ students. New restrictions could make it worse 10/07/2023 12:02am • PHOENIX (AP) ��� In fifth grade, Stella Gage's class watched a video about puberty. In ninth grade, a few sessions of her health class were dedicated to the risks of sexual behaviors. That was the extent of her sex education in school. At no point was there any content that felt especially relevant Sam Bankman-Fried stole customer funds from the beginning of FTX, exchange's co-founder tells jury 10/06/2023 10:18pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Sam Bankman-Fried authorized the illegal use of FTX customers' funds and assets to plug financial gaps at an affiliated hedge fund from the exchange's earliest days, FTX's co-founder Gary Wang told a New York jury on Friday, as prosecutors pressed their case that Bankman-Fried was Police found 115 bodies at Colorado 'green' funeral home while investigating putrid smells 10/06/2023 08:32pm • CA��ON CITY, Colo. (AP) ��� The awful smell seeped from a neglected building in a small Colorado town for days, followed by a report that made police take a closer look at the ���green��� funeral operator���s storage facility. Inside, they made a gruesome discovery: At least 115 decaying bodies. Inv Morocco begins providing cash to families whose homes were destroyed by earthquake 10/06/2023 06:12pm • AMIZMIZ, Morocco (AP) ��� Four weeks after an earthquake knocked down much of his neighborhood, Rachid Alachoun now eagerly awaits client calls from the garage where he works on damaged appliances. The 40-year-old plumber has sporadically found jobs throughout Amizmiz, a town of 14,000 people near t Nearly $300M Virginia legislative building set to open to public after delays 10/06/2023 08:53am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� The Virginia General Assembly's airy new legislative building, home to lawmakers' offices and the committee rooms where much of the Legislature's work is done, is set to open to the public later this month after years of planning, construction and delays. The nearly $300 mi Stricter state laws are chipping away at sex education in K-12 schools 10/06/2023 04:07am • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) ��� A dozen state or county agencies have parted ways with tens of thousands of dollars in federal grants meant to help monitor teenagers' sexual behaviors and try to lower rates of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. The withdrawals reflect a shift in many states Colorado funeral home with 'green' burials under investigation after improperly stored bodies found 10/05/2023 10:31pm • PENROSE, Colo. (AP) ��� Authorities in Colorado said Thursday they were investigating the improper storage of human remains at a funeral home that performs ���green��� burials without embalming chemicals or metal caskets. The investigation centers on a building owned by the Return to Nature Funer US moves closer to underground testing of nuclear weapons stockpile without any actual explosions 10/05/2023 06:05pm • RENO, Nev. (AP) ��� Scientists charged with ensuring the aging U.S. stockpile of nuclear weapons are good to go ��� if needed ��� say they'll start shipping key components to Nevada's desert next year to prepare for underground testing they call ���tickling the dragon's tail.��� Experts at national FTX co-founder testifies against Sam Bankman-Fried, saying they committed crimes and lied to public 10/05/2023 06:03pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Prosecutors went to the heart of their case against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried on Thursday as the company's co-founder began his testimony, telling a New York jury that he and Bankman-Fried committed financial crimes and lied to the public before the cryptocurrency trading platf Russia has tested a nuclear-powered missile and could revoke a global atomic test ban, Putin says 10/05/2023 01:23pm • MOSCOW (AP) ��� Russia has successfully tested an experimental nuclear-powered cruise missile, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday, while also warning that the country's parliament could revoke its ratification of a treaty banning nuclear tests. In a speech at a forum of foreign policy experts, P