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After the end of Roe v. Wade, a new beginning for maternity homes 08/02/2024 08:01am • ORANGE, Va. (AP) ��� On the wall of the maternity home is the motto: ���Saving Babies, One Mom at a Time.��� For founders Randy and Evelyn James, the home started with one baby ��� their own. Paul Stefan was the last of their six children, born with a fatal condition. They had not aborted the pregna After the end of Roe, a new beginning for maternity homes 08/02/2024 08:00am • ORANGE, Va. (AP) ��� On the wall of the maternity home, painted in large letters, is the motto: ���Saving Babies, One Mom at a Time.��� For founders Randy and Evelyn James, the home started with one baby ��� their own. Paul Stefan was the last of their six children, born with a fatal condition. The 3 newly freed Americans are back on US soil after a landmark prisoner exchange with Russia 08/02/2024 07:45am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The United States and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history on Thursday, with Moscow releasing journalist Evan Gershkovich and fellow American Paul Whelan, along with dissidents including Vladimir Kara-Murza, in a multinational deal that set two doze Ledecky wins record 13th medal with a silver. Summer McIntosh and Kate Douglass strike gold 08/02/2024 06:28am • NANTERRE, France (AP) ��� It wasn't the medal Katie Ledecky would've preferred. Still, it was good enough for the record books. On a night when Canadian phenom Summer McIntosh romped to another victory and Kate Douglass claimed a gold for the Americans, Ledecky collected the 13th medal of her stella How Fairfax Co. will use a magnetic pouch to prevent cellphones from distracting middle schoolers 08/02/2024 04:55am • Some Fairfax County, Virginia, middle schoolers will have to put their cellphones in special pouches next year as part of a pilot program aimed at cracking down on students' phone use during the school day. In May, the school board in the Northern Virginia district voted to require Superintendent Simone Biles makes history with second all-around Olympic gymnastics title, 8 years after her first 08/02/2024 03:19am • PARIS (AP) ��� Simone Biles huddled with Sunisa Lee. She looked to her husband Jonathan Owens in the stands. Lost in the moment. And maybe a touch frantic. The American gymnastics star knew she was trailing Brazil's Rebeca Andrade and Algeria's Kaylia Nemour through two rotations during the Olympic Jake Cave hits tying homer in 9th, the Rockies beat the Angels 5-4 in 10 innings 08/02/2024 01:09am • ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) ��� Jake Cave hit a tying two-run home run with two outs in the ninth inning and the Colorado Rockies scored on an error in the 10th to beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-4 on Thursday night. Cave homered off Hunter Strickland, the right-hander who is being used to finish off games a Pakistan's cultural capital sees record rainfall, flooding streets and affecting daily life 08/02/2024 12:59am • LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) ��� Pakistan���s cultural city of Lahore saw record-high rainfall early Thursday, leaving at least three people dead, while flooding streets, disrupting traffic and affecting daily life, officials said, as the death toll from rain-related incidents over the past month surpassed Things to know about the largest US-Russia prisoner swap in post-Soviet history 08/02/2024 12:31am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The U.S. and Russia on Thursday completed their largest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history, a deal involving 24 people, many months of negotiations and concessions from other European countries who released Russians in their custody as part of the exchange. Here are some thi Prisoner Swap Latest: Freed Americans return to US soil and emotional welcome 08/02/2024 12:19am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The United States and Russia completed a 24-person prisoner swap on Thursday, the largest in post-Soviet history, with Moscow releasing Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and fellow American Paul Whelan in a multinational deal that set some two dozen people free, accor Brett Rypien throws 3 TD passes, leads the Bears to a 21-17 storm-shortened victory over the Texans 08/01/2024 11:46pm • CANTON, Ohio (AP) ��� While Caleb Williams, C.J. Stroud and other starters from both teams watched from the sideline, the NFL���s new kickoffs didn���t provide any excitement. Brett Rypien stole the show before lighting and heavy rain ended the game early. The veteran quarterback threw three touchdo Chargers QB Justin Herbert will miss at least 2 weeks because of a right foot injury 08/01/2024 11:08pm • EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) ��� Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert will miss at least two weeks because of an injury to the plantar fascia in his right foot. The injury was diagnosed following practice Wednesday. Doctors expect that the fifth-year quarterback will be ready for the regular-s Federal judge overturns $4.7 billion jury verdict in 'Sunday Ticket' lawsuit and rules for NFL 08/01/2024 10:43pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� A federal judge overturned a jury's $4.7 billion verdict in the class-action lawsuit filed by ���Sunday Ticket��� subscribers against the NFL and has granted judgment to the NFL. U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez ruled Thursday that the testimony of two witnesses for the subs First two kickoff under NFL's new rules are both returned to the 26 08/01/2024 09:45pm • CANTON, Ohio (AP) ��� The first two kickoffs under the NFL���s radical new rule were both returned a yard farther than the old touchback. Houston's Steven Sims fielded Cairo Santos' kickoff at the 5 and ran 21 yards before he was tackled at the 26 to open Thursday night's preseason game between the Bryce Young starts slow, finishes strong during intrasquad scrimmage in team's return to Clemson 08/01/2024 09:41pm • CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) ��� Bryce Young started slow, but finished strong during the Carolina Panthers intrasquad scrimmage Thursday night at Clemson���s Memorial Stadium, where the franchise played its home games in 1995 as an expansion team. The 2023 No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft was unofficially