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DOJ opens criminal investigation into the Alaska Airlines 737 plane blowout, report says 03/10/2024 01:26pm • SEATTLE (AP) — The Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation into the Boeing jetliner blowout that left a gaping hole on an Alaska Airlines plane this January, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. Citing documents and people familiar with the matter, the newspaper said i Muslims welcome the holy month of Ramadan with a mix of joy and deep concern 03/10/2024 01:00pm • Muslims around the world are welcoming the arrival of Ramadan, a month of dawn-to-dusk fasting, intense prayer, charity and feasts that begins for many Sunday night. But as they savor the traditions of their own diverse communities — from holiday treats to evening diversions — the tribulations f Biden's big speech showed his uneasy approach to abortion, an issue bound to be key in the campaign 03/10/2024 12:49pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Reproductive freedom took center stage during Biden’s State of the Union address, but abortion rights advocates had mixed reactions, raising concerns about the president trying to capitalize on what will be a central campaign issue while avoiding using the word “abortion.” A religious procession in Barcelona celebrates rain during a severe drought in northeast Spain 03/10/2024 12:45pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A religious procession in downtown Barcelona celebrated the appearance of long-awaited rain, after nine days of praying for relief from a severe drought. Around 100 local people took part in the Catholic ceremony on a rainy Saturday evening. They carried the figure of the H Trump blasts Biden over Laken Riley's death after Biden says he regrets using term 'illegal' 03/10/2024 07:35am • ATLANTA (AP) — President Joe Biden said Saturday that he regretted using the term “illegal” during his State of the Union address to describe the suspected killer of Laken Riley, as his all-but-certain 2024 GOP rival, Donald Trump, blasted the Democrat's immigration policies and blamed them fo Spring break in Miami Beach: Breaking up is hard to do 03/10/2024 06:11am • (CNN) — Miami Beach may be breaking up with spring break, but spring break isn’t moving on just yet. It’s a complicated, sometimes toxic, affair. City officials and business owners have had to balance the billions of dollars generated by visitors during the annual ritual with successive yea West Virginia bill letting teachers remove 'threatening' students from class dies at end of session 03/10/2024 01:34am • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia bill that would have provided a framework for public school teachers to remove kindergarten and elementary school students from the classroom for severe misbehavior failed to pass after legislators missed a midnight Sunday deadline. The measure did not reac 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 Chiefs and DT Chris Jones agree to framework of 5-year deal that includes $95M in guarantees 03/10/2024 12:04am • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs and star Chris Jones have agreed to the framework of a five-year contract that includes $95 million guaranteed and keeps the All-Pro defensive tackle off the upcoming free-agent market, a person familiar with the deal told The Asso Gangs attack police stations in Haiti as Caribbean leaders call an emergency meeting Monday 03/09/2024 08:59pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Police and palace guards worked Saturday to retake some streets in Haiti’s capital after gangs launched massive attacks on at least three police stations. Guards from the National Palace accompanied by an armored truck tried to set up a security perimeter around one Violence is battering Haiti's fragile economy and causing food and water shortages 03/09/2024 07:14pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Rotting fruit, withered vegetables, empty water jugs and spent gas canisters now stock the stores and stands that serve Haiti's poor — a consequence of the unrelenting gang attacks that have paralyzed the country for more than a week and left it with dwindling suppli 2 women drove a man's body to a bank to withdraw his money, Ohio police say 03/09/2024 04:13pm • ASHTABULA, Ohio (AP) — Two Ohio women have been accused of driving the body of a deceased 80-year-old man to a bank to withdraw money from his account before dropping his body off at a hospital. Karen Casbohm, 63, and Loreen Bea Feralo, 55, were charged Tuesday in Ashtabula with gross abuse of a Max Verstappen cruises to victory at Saudi Arabian GP to extend dominant start to F1 title defense 03/09/2024 04:03pm • Max Verstappen stayed firmly on course for another season of dominance in Formula 1 on Saturday by winning the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Even after just two races, and despite turmoil at Red Bull, Verstappen seems in near-total control on the track as he aims for a fourth consecutive title this year El Salvador extends anti-gang emergency decree for 24th time. It's now been in effect for two years 03/09/2024 01:46pm • SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s lawmakers have granted a request by President Nayib Bukele for the 24th consecutive one-month extension of an anti-gang emergency decree. The vote by congress late Friday means that by March 27, the country will have spent a full two years under th What is DEI and why is it dividing America? 03/09/2024 11:00am • (CNN) — Diversity, equity and inclusion programs have come under attack in boardrooms, state legislatures and college campuses across the country.Since 2023, 81 anti-DEI bills that target programs at colleges have been introduced in 28 states and in Congress, according to a tally by the