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Caicedo, James, Fowler; these are the rising stars of the Women's World Cup 08/09/2023 08:59pm • SYDNEY (AP) — A new generation of stars has emerged at the Women’s World Cup. While the likes of Brazil's Marta, Canada's Christine Sinclair and America's Megan Rapinoe have played in the tournament for the last time, there is a rich flow of talent coming through to take their places. “We are Biden claims his economic policies are reviving manufacturing, making his case at a wind farm plant 08/09/2023 08:10pm • BELEN, N.M. (AP) — President Joe Biden declared Wednesday that his economic policies are reviving U.S. manufacturing as he toured the West to drum up support for his efforts on jobs and inflation in the face of voters' doubts. “I’m not here to declare victory on the economy. We have a lot more 7 Best Cheap Dividend Stocks to Buy Under $10 08/09/2023 08:00pm • A quarterly dividend payment from a high-quality stock may be as close to a sure thing as an investor can find on Wall Street. Even during periods of broad market weakness, the lower a stock's price falls, the higher its dividend yield rises. Unfortunately, companies often cut their dividend payment Reasons You Shouldn't Retire 08/09/2023 08:00pm • You may be dreaming of making the leap into full retirement bliss, but it's important to be realistic. For a number of reasons, you may need to keep working. Perhaps you need to continue building savings or it's just too early -- not everyone can afford to retire at 40. Maybe you really love your wo Virginia prison officials won't divulge complaints about facility where inmate died 08/09/2023 06:32pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Department of Corrections, under scrutiny over the death of an inmate that raised broader questions about conditions at a southwest Virginia prison, is refusing to release public records documenting inmate complaints about the facility. Allegations that multiple i Montgomery Co. high school athletes getting certified trainers to up their game 08/09/2023 04:15pm • Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland is partnering with MedStar Health to provide athletic training and keep more student-athletes on the field. Maryland's largest school system said Wednesday that each of its 25 high schools will now have a full-time certified athletic trainer on staff. 2 dead in a Russian attack on a Ukrainian city while a blast near Moscow kills 1 and wounds dozens 08/09/2023 04:12pm • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Russian rocket attack on Wednesday killed two people and wounded at least seven others in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, which is near Europe's largest nuclear power plant, Ukrainian officials said. Although regional governor Yuriy Malashko initially said three peop Virginia implements stronger penalties for making fake emergency calls 08/09/2023 03:35pm • While it has always been a crime to intentionally provide false information to law enforcement, a new law is now in place in Virginia that includes stronger penalties for calling in fake emergencies. The law was passed by the General Assembly earlier this year, and took effect at the start of Jul Fire at French vacation home for adults with disabilities leaves 11 dead 08/09/2023 02:43pm • PARIS (AP) — A devastating fire that raged through a vacation home for adults with disabilities in eastern France left 11 people dead Wednesday, moving so quickly that people on the upper floors had no chance of escaping. Nathalie Kielwasser, deputy prosecutor for Colmar, said 11 people who were Things to know about a vote in Ohio, court action in Kansas and Utah and other abortion developments 08/09/2023 01:49pm • Voters in Ohio and judges across the U.S. are weighing in on the future of abortion access in several states more than a year after the nation's top court overturned Roe v. Wade and the right to an abortion, setting off a series of policy shifts. Here are the latest developments. WHAT VOTERS SAY Ohi What's new in DC-area school systems this year? 08/09/2023 01:38pm • Summer is already over for some students in the D.C. region, and school for thousands more is set to begin soon. So what's new in local school systems this year? Here's what to know. DC DC Public Schools  Number of schools: 115 last year Total enrollment: 50,131 last year First Day: Aug Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 08/09/2023 01:18pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Emergency services official says multiple Maui wildfire burn patients have been flown to Honolulu hospital 08/09/2023 01:01pm • HONOLULU (AP) — Emergency services official says multiple Maui wildfire burn patients have been flown to Honolulu hospital. Khanun begins blowing into South Korea with strong winds after dumping rain on Japan for a week 08/09/2023 11:05am • BUSAN, South Korea (AP) — Rains and winds were growing in southern South Korea Wednesday as a tropical storm drew closer to the Korean Peninsula, where it was forecast to slam into major urban areas. Dozens of flights and ferry services were grounded and tens of thousands of fishing vessels evacu Scientists look beyond climate change and El Nino for other factors that heat up Earth 08/09/2023 11:00am • Scientists are wondering if global warming and El Nino have an accomplice in fueling this summer’s record-shattering heat. The European climate agency Copernicus reported that July was one-third of a degree Celsius (six-tenths of a degree Fahrenheit) hotter than the old record. That’s a bump in