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Md. education leaders to local education officials: Follow state law 08/14/2025 01:20pm • With the 2025-26 school year starting next week in some counties, Maryland’s two top education leaders had a message for local school officials: Follow state law. The calm, but stern warning came Wednesday during a back-to-school news conference in Baltimore with State Superintendent Carey Wrig As Canada wildfires choke US with smoke, Republicans demand action. But not on climate change 08/14/2025 11:24am • The sternly worded statements and letters are filled with indignation and outrage: Republican U.S. lawmakers say Canada has done too little to contain wildfires and smoke that have fouled the air in several states this summer. “Instead of enjoying family vacations at Michigan’s beautiful lakes a US applications for jobless benefits fell last week and remain in historically healthy range 08/14/2025 09:58am • The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits fell modestly last week, remaining in the historically low range since the U.S. economy emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic. Applications for unemployment benefits for the week ending Aug. 9 fell by 3,000 to 224,000, the Labor Department reported Th 3 Virginia sheriff's deputies who were injured in gunfire while executing a search warrant are OK 08/14/2025 05:52am • GRETNA, Virginia (AP) — Three sheriff's deputies injured in gunfire while executing warrants in southern Virginia on Wednesday were "shaken up” but doing well, officials said. The warrants were for brandishing a firearm and trespassing, said Pittsylvania County Sheriff Michael W. Taylor. They we Heavy rain begins to slow in South Korea's capital region after leaving 1 person dead 08/14/2025 02:12am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Torrential rain that battered South Korea’s greater capital region for two days began easing Thursday afternoon, but not before claiming at least one life. The downpour in the greater Seoul area beginning early Wednesday morning caused flooding, damaged hundreds of road Barred from Bolivia's elections, ex-leader Morales campaigns hard for invalid votes 08/14/2025 01:00am • EL ALTO, Bolivia (AP) — Barred from appearing on Sunday’s ballot, former leftist president Evo Morales has launched a scrappy campaign for a presidential contender with no name, no face and no formal platform. The contender's known as “Nulo" — Spanish for the null-and-void vote. Nulo has a r Grave by grave, a new project in divided Cyprus tries to mend mistrust 08/14/2025 12:54am • TOCHNI, Cyprus (AP) — On opposite sides of ethnically divided Cyprus, even the resting places of the dead haven't been spared the fallout of war. Shattered granite crosses are strewn about the weed-choked Greek Cypriot cemeteries in the island's northern third that's in Turkish Cypriot hands. In t Multiple Texas students are injured in a school bus rollover crash on the first day of class 08/14/2025 12:27am • LEANDER, Texas (AP) — A Texas school bus carrying more than 40 students on Wednesday rolled over after veering off a rural road on the first day of class, injuring multiple students, authorities said. At least one person has life-threatening injuries, while two others have “potentially life-thr Trump's friendly-to-frustrated relationship with Putin takes the spotlight at the Alaska summit 08/14/2025 12:06am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday could be a decisive moment for both the war in Ukraine and the U.S. leader’s anomalous relationship with his Russian counterpart. Trump has long boasted that he’s gotten along well with Putin and spoken admiringl DC residents protest as White House says federal agents will be on patrol 24/7 08/13/2025 11:58pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Residents in one Washington, D.C., neighborhood lined up Wednesday to protest the increased police presence after the White House said the number of National Guard troops in the nation’s capital would ramp up and federal officers would be on the streets around the clock. After Peru enacts amnesty for military personnel and police in Shining Path insurgency 08/13/2025 10:26pm • LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru's president on Wednesday signed an amnesty bill into law, preventing military personnel and police officers from being prosecuted over alleged human rights abuses during the country’s armed conflict decades ago. The new law came despite calls from the local and internation Cricket Australia CEO says test format needs to remain viable or some rivals will go 'bankrupt' 08/13/2025 10:03pm • BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — While the West Indies tries to determine a way to improve its once-fearsome test team, Cricket Australia chief executive Todd Greenberg warns that some rivals — without naming names — will go “bankrupt” if they continue to play the longest form of the game. Green New river barriers prevented severe flood damage from a glacial outburst in Alaska, officials say 08/13/2025 08:44pm • New sandbag-style barriers installed along a river in Alaska's capital city held back record levels of flooding and prevented widespread damage after an ice dam at the nearby Mendenhall Glacier released a massive amount of rainwater and snowmelt downstream, officials said Wednesday. Water pooled on New Mexico governor declares state of emergency in rural county afflicted by crime, drug use 08/13/2025 08:39pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The governor of New Mexico declared a state of emergency Wednesday in response to violent crime and drug trafficking across a swath of northern New Mexico, including two Native American pueblo communities. The emergency declaration by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham makes $750,00 Will Medicare Cover Care If You're Traveling? 08/13/2025 08:00pm • If you're going on a big trip, especially overseas, there's a lot to remember. Are your bags properly packed? Do you have your passport? Did you remember your sunscreen? Health insurance is probably the last thing on your mind, and that can trip any traveler up. Unfortunately, most health insuranc