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Kansas will pay $1 million over the murder of a boy torture victim whose body was fed to pigs 03/13/2024 04:06pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) ��� Kansas will pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit over a 7-year-old boy's murder in 2015 alleging that the state's child welfare agency should have removed him from an abusive home before he was starved and tortured and his body was fed to pigs. Gov. Laura Kelly and top leaders of Connecticut officer suspended for 5 days after video shows him punching motorist while off duty 03/13/2024 02:44pm • MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) ��� A Connecticut police officer caught on camera punching a motorist who honked at him got suspended for five days and charged with assault but has been allowed to keep his job. Dashcam video obtained by WTIC-TV, FOX 61, through a freedom of information request shows Meriden Po House GOP launches new probe of Jan. 6 and tries shifting blame for Capitol attack away from Trump 03/13/2024 07:07am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� House Republicans are launching a vast reinvestigation of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, seeking to push the blame away from Donald Trump, who has been indicted over his actions or his supporters in the mob siege trying to overturn the 2020 election. As Trump campa President Joe Biden has won enough delegates to clinch the 2024 Democratic nomination 03/12/2024 07:42pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden, who took office aiming to steady a nation convulsed by the coronavirus pandemic and the Jan. 6 insurrection, clinched a second straight Democratic nomination Tuesday and set up an all-but-certain rematch with the predecessor he blames for destabilizing the co Why texting your children at school could sabotage their learning 03/12/2024 01:15pm • Parents texting their children who are in school aren't just staying in touch ��� they're sabotaging their children's learning and development, according to doctors. Although most schools allow a student to carry a cellphone for an emergency, and some teachers require students to place their phon Xabi Alonso won't dare say it but Bayer Leverkusen is closing in on the Bundesliga title 03/11/2024 08:22am • BERLIN (AP) ��� Xabi Alonso doesn���t yet dare speak of winning the Bundesliga but his team is playing like a champion inexorably closing in on the German title. Bayer Leverkusen passed its latest test Sunday with a mature performance in a 2-0 win over Wolfsburg, three days after returning from Baku Why you should stop texting your kids at school 03/10/2024 12:11am • Virginia high school teacher Joe Clement keeps track of the text messages parents have sent students sitting in his economics and government classes: ��� ���What did you get on your test?��� ��� ���Did you get the field trip form signed?��� ��� ���Do you want chicken or hamburgers for dinne Another top donor says it will resume funding the UN agency for Palestinians as Gaza hunger grows 03/09/2024 06:30pm • NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) ��� Another top donor to the U.N. agency aiding Palestinians said Saturday that it would resume funding, weeks after more than a dozen countries halted hundreds of millions of dollars of support in response to Israeli allegations against the organization. Sweden's reversal came RNC votes to install Donald Trump's handpicked chair as former president tightens control of party 03/08/2024 02:01pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� The Republican National Committee voted Friday to install Donald Trump���s handpicked leadership team, completing his takeover of the national party as the former president closes in on a third straight presidential nomination. Michael Whatley, a North Carolina Republican who has e 6 Ways to Deal With the Loss of a Pet 03/07/2024 07:00pm • If you've recently lost a beloved pet, you may struggle with how to cope. Knowing how to deal with the loss of a pet can be so challenging because pets are part of our family. The grief you experience may be similar to what you'd experience if you lost a human family member. "Pets love us unconditio Candy companies pitch gum as a stress reliever and concentration aid to revive stale US sales 03/07/2024 09:11am • Candy companies want to know: What will make Americans start chewing gum again? Gum���s bubble burst during the COVID-19 pandemic, when masks and social distancing made bad breath less of a worry and fewer people spent on impulse buys. The number of packages of gum sold dropped by nearly a third in Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips ends Democratic primary challenge and endorses President Joe Biden 03/06/2024 06:00pm • ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) ��� U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota ended his long-shot 2024 Democratic presidential bid on Wednesday after failing to win a primary contest against President Joe Biden. Phillips told WCCO Radio in Minneapolis that he was endorsing Biden, saying ���there is only one choice Founder of LGBTQ nonprofit Casa Ruby in DC charged with fraud, money laundering 03/06/2024 05:25pm • The founder of a D.C. organization that provided services to the LGBTQ+ community, who prosecutors say fled to El Salvador after she was accused of fraud, has been arrested after "unexpectedly returning" to the U.S. Casa Ruby founder Ruby Corado appeared in U.S. District Court Wednesday to face c Oscar Series: 'Do the Right Thing' to 'Saving Private Ryan,' 10 times the Academy got it wrong 03/06/2024 04:03am • It���s Oscar week! Every day this week, WTOP examines a different aspect of Oscar history and this year���s race. On Monday, we asked whether "Oppenheimer" marks the Return of the Blockbuster Best Picture. On Tuesday, we tallied the stats of the winningest movies to compile the Oscar Mount Chanel revisits Deauville roots as Ghesqui��re fetes 10 years at Louis Vuitton in Paris 03/05/2024 05:14pm • PARIS (AP) ��� In a cinematic homage blurring fashion and film, Chanel transported its audience at Paris Fashion Week to a fictional Deauville for its latest showcase. A black and white short film of the Normandy seaside town, starring Brad Pitt and Pen��lope Cruz, evoked Chanel���s roots. Fusing th