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Virginia's governor declares a state of emergency as firefighters battle wildfires 11/07/2023 02:20pm • Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin declared a state of emergency Tuesday as firefighters responded to two wildfires that amid dry conditions and high winds. The declaration allows Virginia to mobilize additional resources, staff and equipment to help with the response, the governor's office said in a news Editorial Roundup: United States 11/07/2023 02:02pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Nov. 3 The Washington Post on House Speaker Mike Johnson: The House passed on Thursday night a proposal by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) that pairs $14.3 billion in emergency funding for Israel with $14.3 billion in cuts to the Internal What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the cases against police and paramedics 11/07/2023 01:03pm • BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A jury has acquitted a Denver-area police officer of manslaughter, following trial testimony that he put Elijah McClain in a neck hold before the Black man was injected with the powerful sedative ketamine by paramedics and died. The acquittal came Monday in the second of thr Drugs aren't required to be tested in people who are obese. Here's why that's a problem 11/07/2023 10:49am • More than 40% of American adults are considered obese, yet the medications many take are rarely tested in bigger bodies. That's because they are not required to be included in drug studies. And often, they're explicitly excluded. “Clinical trials and dosing instructions don’t always ensure that Prince William Co. School Board approves AP African American Studies for next academic year 11/07/2023 09:35am • Students in Prince William County Public Schools will soon be able to take Advanced Placement African American Studies, as well as several other new courses, following a vote by the county School Board during its Nov. 1 meeting. The board approved 11 new courses, some of which will be offered as so Transportation panel eyes toll increases and fees on electric, hybrid vehicles in Maryland 11/07/2023 09:15am • A blue ribbon transportation panel is poised to recommend new fees for electric vehicles and increased tolls as part of an effort to solve a revenue shortage plaguing the state’s Transportation Trust Fund. The Transportation Revenue and Infrastructure Needs Commission was briefed on both poss Blinken seeks G7 unity on Israel-Hamas war among items on crisis-heavy global agenda 11/07/2023 09:14am • TOKYO (AP) — Fresh from a whirlwind tour of the Middle East, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shifted his intense diplomacy on the Israel-Hamas war to Asia on Tuesday with an appeal for the Group of Seven leading industrial democracies to forge consensus on how to deal with the crisis. As h 40 people dead in Kenya and Somalia as heavy rains and flash floods displace thousands 11/06/2023 11:12pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Heavy rains and flash flooding have killed at least 40 people and displaced tens of thousands in Kenya and Somalia, aid agencies reported Monday. In Somalia, the government declared an emergency after the extreme weather killed at least 25 people and destroyed homes, roads an 2nd police officer acquitted in death of Elijah McClain, who was put in a neck hold, given ketamine 11/06/2023 10:29pm • BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Elijah McClain's mother wiped tears from her eyes as a verdict was read Monday acquitting a second Denver-area police officer in the 2019 death of her son. Two of three officers to face trial so far avoided prison time after being found not guilty, leaving Sheneen McClain After Biden and Blinken push, Netanyahu says Israel open to 'little pauses' in Gaza, no cease-fire 11/06/2023 09:43pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — After more than a week of public pressure from the U.S. for “humanitarian pauses” in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday allowed that his government might be open to only “little pauses” in its assault on Hamas. The Israeli leader sought to play down Halfway there: DC's plan to brighten the city with LED streetlights 11/06/2023 09:12pm • D.C. is halfway to completing a $309 million plan to convert its current streetlights from old-style incandescent and high-pressure sodium to LED technology. At a news conference Monday, Mayor Muriel Bowser celebrated the fact that 40,000 streetlights across the District have already been moderni 5 Republicans will be on stage for the third presidential debate. Here’s who missed the cut 11/06/2023 09:05pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The field of candidates onstage for the third Republican presidential debate will be the smallest yet. Five hopefuls will participate in Wednesday night’s debate at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, according to the Republican National What to know about Elijah McClain's death and the cases against police and paramedics 11/06/2023 08:44pm • BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A jury on Monday acquitted a Denver-area police officer of manslaughter, following trial testimony that he put Elijah McClain in a neck hold before the Black man was injected with the powerful sedative ketamine by paramedics and died. It was the second of three trials agains Climate activists smash glass protecting Velazquez's Venus painting in London's National Gallery 11/06/2023 08:33pm • LONDON (AP) — Two climate change protesters were arrested Monday after they smashed a protective glass panel covering a famous Diego Velázquez oil painting at London's National Gallery, police said Monday. The two activists from the group Just Stop Oil targeted Velázquez's “The Toilet of Venu Packers increasingly relying on younger players as they approach the midway point of their season 11/06/2023 07:31pm • GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers are doubling down on their youth movement. Green Bay had the NFL’s youngest roster at the start of the season, well before it lost 32-year-old offensive tackle David Bakhtiari to a knee injury and sent 29-year-old cornerback Rasul Douglas to the Buffa