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Judge denies Texas inmate's request to stop execution over claims that fire damaged injection drugs 10/07/2023 10:53am • HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday denied a request to stop the execution of a Texas inmate who had alleged in a lawsuit that the drugs he is to be injected with next week were exposed to extreme heat and smoke during a recent fire, making them unsafe. The Texas Attorney General’s Office s Md. health officials to launch information campaign after recent death from rare tickborne illness 10/07/2023 09:25am • The first recorded death of a rare tickborne illness in Maryland is prompting state health officials to launch an informational campaign about how to avoid catching diseases carried by ticks. A person who contracted the Powassan virus in Canada died from the rare disease after they returned to Ma Pharmacist shortages and heavy workloads challenge drugstores heading into their busy season 10/07/2023 04:20am • A dose of patience may come in handy at the pharmacy counter this fall. Drug and staffing shortages haven’t gone away. Stores are starting their busiest time of year as customers look for help with colds and the flu. And this fall, pharmacists are dealing with a new vaccine and the start of insura A 5.9-magnitude earthquake shakes southern Mexico but without immediate reports of damage 10/07/2023 01:57am • MEXICO CITY (AP) — A 5.9-magnitude earthquake shook southern Mexico Friday night, setting off alarms as far away as Mexico City, but without immediate reports of damage. The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake occurred shortly after 11 p.m. local time near the town of Matias Romero in the s Garoppolo out of concussion protocol, will start when Raiders host Packers 10/06/2023 10:58pm • HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Raiders quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo is out of concussion protocol and will start when Las Vegas hosts the Green Bay Packers on Monday night. He went through practice Friday without restrictions for first time since getting hurt. Garoppolo missed one game because of the concu PHOTOS: Washington Commanders lineman Charles Leno Jr. shows off his cooking skills to kids 10/06/2023 10:09pm • Washington Commanders offensive lineman Charles Leno Jr. didn’t just want to write a $19,000 check to donate 150 sets of pots and pants to local families. He exchanged his football pads for gloves and a chef’s hat and showed off his cooking skills at the Kenilworth Recreation Center in North What’s being done to keep Alexandria students away from local shopping plaza during school day 10/06/2023 07:41pm • Fewer major incidents involving students have occurred since Alexandria, Virginia, police and school leaders increased their presence in a local shopping center where a student was stabbed last May, some business leaders said. An Alexandria City High School student was stabbed in a fight at the B Virginia family sues school system for $30 million over student's sexual assault in bathroom 10/06/2023 07:21pm • ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A teenager and her parents have filed a $30 million lawsuit against a northern Virginia school system, saying the district failed to adequately investigate and tried to cover up her sexual assault by a male student in a high school bathroom. The details of the 2021 assault Percentage of successful MLB video reviews drops slightly. Marlins, Nationals best overturn rate 10/06/2023 06:54pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Team-initiated video reviews were slightly less successful in the major leagues this season, which saw overturned calls drop to 48.5% from 50.2% in 2022. Major League Baseball said Friday that 625 of 1,288 club challenges were overturned. There were 304 calls confirmed (23.6%) and Data Doctors: Has my Google account been hacked? 10/06/2023 06:09pm • Q: I think I’ve been hacked — is there a way to see if someone is using my Google account? A: It’s an unsettling feeling when you suspect that you’ve been compromised and Google accounts are highly targeted by the internet underworld because they know that virtually everyone has one. O Nearly 1,000 migrating songbirds perish after crashing into windows at Chicago exhibition hall 10/06/2023 05:22pm • David Willard has been checking the grounds of Chicago's lakefront exhibition center for dead birds for 40 years. On Thursday morning he found something horrible: Hundreds of dead songbirds, so thick they looked like a carpet. Nearly 1,000 songbirds perished during the night after crashing into the A Florida man who shot down a law enforcement drone faces 10 years in prison 10/06/2023 03:29pm • OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A man accused of shooting down a law enforcement drone being used at a business near his Florida home could be sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. Wendell Doyle Goney, 52, of Mount Dora, pleaded guilty Thursday in Ocala federal court to possessing a firearm as a convicted f Financial literacy: Why students should learn this skill 10/06/2023 03:04pm • This content is sponsored by PenFed Credit Union, federally insured by NCUA. As a student, the start of the Fall semester often brings excitement and anticipation for the school year ahead. However, for many it may also bring financial stress and uncertainty.  Developing strong financial literacy $1.4 billion Powerball prize is a combination of interest rates, sales, math — and luck 10/06/2023 12:52pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — At $1.4 billion, the Powerball jackpot on the line Saturday night is the world’s fifth-largest lottery prize, due to higher interest rates, long odds, fewer ticket sales per drawing and, of course, luck. A combination of all those factors means that unless there is a winn A homeless man is charged with capital murder and rape in the death of a 5-year-old Kansas girl 10/06/2023 12:20pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 25-year-old homeless man was charged Thursday in the rape and killing of a 5-year-old Kansas girl who died despite firefighters' efforts to save her life in a gas station parking lot. Mickel Cherry faces one count of capital murder — which would allow prosecutors to seek t