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What is the cellphone policy at your child's DC-area school? 09/04/2024 04:00am • From vaping, the cost of school supplies to cellphone policies, the WTOP team is studying up on hot-button topics in education across the D.C. region. Follow on air and online in our series “WTOP Goes Back to School” this August and September. Cellphone use in schools has become one of the As Mexican protesters block Congress over judicial overhaul, lawmakers head to vote in nearby gym 09/03/2024 11:44pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — After protesters blocked the entrance to Mexico’s Congress on Tuesday in an attempt to stop a controversial judicial overhaul, lawmakers took the first steps to jam through the proposal at a nearby gymnasium. The plan would make judges stand for election, something critics say Phoenix weathers 100 days of 100-plus degree temps as heat scorches western US 09/03/2024 10:15pm • PHOENIX (AP) — Cam Ferguson gets to his spot on the street adjacent to Chase Field — home of Major League Baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks — about four hours before first pitch to set up his usual display of cold water, sports drinks, peanuts and candy. By game time, it's about 103 degrees Fahr 'A Night in Paris' kicks off National Gallery Nights new season 09/03/2024 09:15pm • The East Building will come alive after hours during National Gallery Nights programs on Sept. 12, Oct. 10, and November 14. (Courtesy National Gallery of Art) After a long day of work, what's better than checking out some art and doing some dancing? The National Gallery of Art's popular after-h Should You Renovate Your Apartment? 09/03/2024 08:00pm • Most renters refuse to spend a dime on an apartment remodel because they don't own the property, but there are ways to personalize your space without breaking the lease agreement. Homeowners have much more leeway when it comes to renovations, but some changes may require permits and approval from th FACT FOCUS: Posts falsely claim video shows Harris promising to censor X and owner Elon Musk 09/03/2024 04:19pm • After a nationwide suspension of billionaire Elon Musk's X platform in Brazil, social media users — including former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — are misrepresenting a years-old video of Vice President Kamala Harris to falsely claim that the Democratic presidential Versatile Steelers lineman Spencer Anderson will start at guard in season opener against Atlanta 09/03/2024 03:21pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Spencer Anderson was an underclassman at Maryland when one of his coaches approached him to talk about how injuries had started to pile up along the offensive line. The conversation ended with a request that sounded an awful lot like an order. How interested would Anderson be in No such thing as free money: TikTok trend leads to huge consequences 09/03/2024 02:55pm • There is no such thing as free money, and people who tried the latest viral trend on the social media platform TikTok are learning that lesson the hard way. People were reportedly going to Chase ATMs, depositing checks and immediately withdrawing the cash. The checks were fake, however, meanin Prosecutors probe allegations of fake voter rolls in Switzerland's vaunted direct democracy 09/03/2024 02:37pm • GENEVA (AP) — Swiss federal prosecutors said Tuesday they have ordered house searches and interrogations as part of an investigation into possible electoral fraud after an advocacy group unearthed thousands of fake signatures on voter rolls. The allegation that malfeasance that could have skewed r One more death in US, the 28th, is attributed to Takata air bag inflators that can spew shrapnel 09/03/2024 12:19pm • DETROIT (AP) — Another death has been linked to dangerous Takata air bag inflators by U.S. regulators, the 28th in the United States. The driver was killed in 2018 in Alabama in a Honda vehicle, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said, but gave no further details. It says the death Apple Podcasts – Top New Shows 09/03/2024 11:55am • Top New Shows (US): 1. The Wirecutter Show, The New York Times 2. Flightless Bird, David Farrier 3. Heed the Call with Dan Hanzus, Underdog Fantasy 4. IHIP News, Jennifer Welch & Angie Sullivan 5. Moral Of The Story, Stephanie Son 6. The Opinions, The New York Times 7. Synced, Monica Padman & Q&A: Ian McKellen is his own harshest critic as he discusses his stage fall and new thriller 09/03/2024 11:44am • LONDON (AP) — Ian McKellen is listening to his inner critic. It’s beating him up for not finishing out his latest theater role after he fell off the stage during a June performance of “Player Kings” and spent three nights in the hospital. “Emotionally, I feel guilty and ashamed, you know, Can't? Don't say that to Paralympic archer Shaun Anderson 09/03/2024 08:57am • PARIS (AP) — There's one thing you shouldn't say to South African archer Shaun Anderson, who has competed at three Paralympics after two life-altering incidents. “I don’t believe in the word ‘Can’t,’ don’t say that word around me," Anderson says. “If you put your mind to it, you can Breast cancer rising among Asian American and Pacific Islander women 09/03/2024 05:00am • ▶ Watch Video: What to know about new breast cancer screening guidelines Christina Kashiwada was traveling for work during the summer of 2018 when she noticed a small, itchy lump in her left breast. She thought little of it at first. She did routine self-checks and kept up with medi Researchers find evidence that large sharks may be hunting each other 09/03/2024 05:00am • ▶ Watch Video: Study examines how sharks are being impacted by a changing ecosystem In the ocean food chain, large sharks generally only have to worry about keeping orcas at bay — but a new study suggests the apex predators may have to watch out for