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DC day care owner honored for evacuating 16 kids ahead of gas explosion 04/07/2024 12:45pm • A Southeast D.C. day care operator was honored Saturday for helping save the lives of 16 children at the Baby Einstein Child Development Center in January. There were 16 children inside the center on Marion Barry Avenue, in the heart of Anacostia, when the day care center's owner and director Reg Even in the age of Google Earth, people still buy globes. Here's why they remain so alluring 04/07/2024 05:57am • LONDON (AP) — Find a globe in your local library or classroom and try this: Close the eyes, spin it and drop a finger randomly on its curved, glossy surface. You’re likely to pinpoint a spot in the water, which covers 71% of the planet. Maybe you’ll alight on a place you’ve never heard of � Following program cuts, new West Virginia University student union says fight is not over 04/07/2024 12:49am • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Sophomore Christian Adams expected he would be studying Chinese when he enrolled at West Virginia University, with a dream of working in labor or immigration law. He didn’t foresee switching his major to politics, a change he made after West Virginia’s flagship univers Should Marylanders with severe mental health needs get court-ordered treatment? State Senate to decide 04/06/2024 12:58pm • Maryland's Senate is set to vote on a bill that could impose court-ordered mental health treatments for people whose significant mental health needs lead to frequent hospitalizations or interactions with law enforcement. House Bill 576 would create so-called “Assisted Outpatient Treatment” pr Manassas schools present $153 million spending plan to City Council 04/06/2024 11:55am • Manassas city teachers will see another pay raise this summer on top of one they received in January, if the School Board's budget is approved by the City Council. The School Board presented its fiscal 2025 budget to the City Council at an April 3 joint meeting. The $153 million budget, approved ASEAN finance leaders end meetings in Laos, pointing to challenges from geopolitics, volatile prices 04/05/2024 11:51pm • LUANG PRABANG, Laos (AP) — Southeast Asian economies are gaining ground as tourism and exports recover from the shocks of the pandemic, but geopolitical tensions and volatile commodity prices still pose serious risks, regional financial leaders said Friday. Laos’ Finance Minister Santiphab Phomv Man convicted in decadeslong identity theft that led to his victim being jailed 04/05/2024 08:26pm • William Woods was homeless and living in Los Angeles when he learned that someone was racking up debt using his name. But when he reported his concerns to the branch manager of a bank, he wound up spending nearly two years locked up, accused of identity theft himself. As he continued to insist he w An appeals court blocks a debt relief plan for students who say they were misled by colleges 04/05/2024 06:25pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Biden administration plan to provide student debt relief for people who say they were victims of misleading information by trade schools or colleges is “almost certainly unlawful” a federal appeals court said in a ruling blocking enforcement of the policy against a group o President Joe Biden will unveil his new plan to give student loan relief to many new borrowers 04/05/2024 04:08pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will announce his latest effort to broaden student loan relief next week for new categories of borrowers, according to three people familiar with the plans, nearly a year after the Supreme Court foiled his administration’s first attempt to cancel debt for mi J&J to pump another $13B into its MedTech business with Shockwave deal 04/05/2024 03:20pm • Johnson & Johnson is pumping more money into heart care with a roughly $13 billion deal for Shockwave Medical, which specializes in technology that helps open clogged arteries. The health care giant said Friday that it will spend $335 in cash for each share of Shockwave. The total deal value inc Tennessee bill untangling gun and voting rights restoration advances, but faces uncertain odds 04/05/2024 03:05pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee residents convicted of felonies can apply to vote again without restoring their gun rights under a bipartisan bill that faces some GOP skepticism as it advances late this session. The effort by Democratic Rep. Antonio Parkinson and Republican Sen. Paul Bailey to u 5 Best Charles Schwab Money Market Funds 04/04/2024 08:00pm • Money market funds stand out as an ideal investment vehicle for those prioritizing cash management. This type of mutual fund is designed with a triple aim: to provide steady income, preserve capital and maintain high liquidity. It accomplishes these goals by investing in short-term fixed-income inst When Trump needs cash, a California bank and one of its top shareholders have come to the rescue 04/04/2024 04:42pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump left the White House facing a cash crunch and a tattered reputation after his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, threatening the viability of his business empire. Soon, though, a new source stepped forward to provide a financial lifeline when many longtime lende Wood pellet producer Enviva files for bankruptcy and plans to restructure 04/04/2024 03:40pm • The largest global industrial wood pellet supplier filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday, announcing its intention to cut about $1 billion of debt by restructuring agreements with creditors, including those who have invested heavily in new facilities. Maryland-based Enviva said in Kuwait votes in its 4th election in as many years in its latest attempt to end political gridlock 04/04/2024 11:32am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait held national elections on Thursday for the fourth time in as many years as the oil-rich country seeks to break out of its longstanding political gridlock. The Persian Gulf country's elected assembly has more power than most in the Arab world, but has lon