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Philanthropy helps boost manufacturing in areas with high job vacancies 05/19/2023 09:21am • CLEVELAND (AP) — Mary Lamar had been searching for a job that was a good fit. She worked for a time as a nursing assistant but found it boring. A stint as a shipyard welder ended because she could no longer bear the winter cold. Then Lamar had what she described as a “rift” in her life. That In El Salvador, transgender community struggles for rights and survival 05/19/2023 08:37am • SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Fabricio Chicas knows exactly what will happen. As soon as he hands in his ID, the employee on the other side of the counter will look at him with suspicion, asking why he carries a document that identifies him as female. Whether it is a bank, a hospital or a human In El Salvador, transgender community struggles for rights and survival 05/19/2023 08:12am • SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Fabricio Chicas knows exactly what will happen. As soon as he hands in his ID, the employee on the other side of the counter will look at him with suspicion, asking why he carries a document that identifies him as female. Whether at a bank, a hospital or a human re Myanmar says official death toll from Cyclone Mocha at least 145, says aid is being provided 05/19/2023 05:23am • BANGKOK (AP) — The official death toll from the powerful cyclone that struck Myanmar has burgeoned to at least 145, including 117 members of the Muslim Rohingya minority, state television reported Friday. It said the figure applied to the western state of Rakhine, where Cyclone Mocha did the most 7.7 magnitude earthquake causes small tsunami on South Pacific islands 05/19/2023 03:26am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A 7.7 magnitude earthquake caused a small tsunami to wash ashore on South Pacific islands Friday. No damage has been reported, and the threat passed in a few hours. Waves 60 centimeters (2 feet) above tide level were measured off Lenakel, a port town in Vanuatu, the Top contenders for U.S. Senate appear together at Democratic Party function in Montgomery County 05/19/2023 02:54am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The top three Democrats who’ve announced their intentions to run for U.S. Senate appeared together at a Maryland Democratic Party event New Zealand police lower hostel fire death toll to 5; man held in jail on arson charges 05/19/2023 01:24am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand police on Friday lowered the confirmed death toll from a Wellington hostel fire from six people to five, although they said they still haven't finished searching the dangerous four-story building. And in another development, a man charged with two counts Today in History: May 19, Anne Boleyn beheaded 05/19/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Friday, May 19, the 139th day of 2023. There are 226 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 19, 1536, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England’s King Henry VIII, was beheaded after being convicted of adultery. On this date: In 1780, a mysterious After convention chaos, Minnesota DFL committee gives initial nod to ban those engaged in violence 05/18/2023 11:53pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The executive committee of Minnesota’s Democratic Farmer Labor Party gave initial approval on Thursday to bylaws that would permanently ban anyone who engages in or incites acts of violence from participating in party activities, after a weekend endorsing convention for a Minn Myanmar raises death toll from Cyclone Mocha to 54, but full extent of damage still unknown 05/18/2023 11:24pm • BANGKOK (AP) — At least 54 people were killed and more than 185,000 buildings damaged in Myanmar by a powerful cyclone last weekend, state television MRTV reported Thursday. Communication difficulties in the affected areas, where infrastructure was already poor, and the military government’s tig Debt ceiling negotiators pushing for weekend deal, but much work remains 05/18/2023 11:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Negotiators from the White House labored Thursday over the U.S. debt limit with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's emissaries at the Capitol, grinding through head-to-head talks trying to strike a budget deal to avert a looming economic crisis. With hopes for a breakthrough as soon a Rhode Island governor signs bill to fund abortion coverage for state workers and Medicaid recipients 05/18/2023 10:06pm • PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island Gov. Daniel McKee signed a bill into law Thursday that would let state funds be used to pay for health insurance plans that cover state workers and Medicaid recipients seeking abortions. The signing ceremony was held almost immediately after the state Senate ap Tom Kim emerges muddy in failed and viral bid to retrieve ball at PGA Championship 05/18/2023 09:51pm • PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Tom Kim would do anything to save a golf stroke. Especially at a major. And he’s got the mud-caked pants and shirt to prove it. Kim went all in — waist deep into the muck of a marshy area along Oak Hill’s Allens Creek — in a bid to retrieve his ball following an erra Crews work to reach Italian towns isolated by floods as toll rises to 13 and cleanup begins 05/18/2023 09:31pm • FAENZA, Italy (AP) — Rescue crews worked Thursday to reach towns and villages in northern Italy still isolated by heavy rains and flooding, as the death toll rose to 13 and authorities began mapping out cleanup and reconstruction plans. The extreme weather behind this week's disaster — a prolong White House vows more federal aid to reduce homelessness in 5 cities and California 05/18/2023 09:24pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Five major U.S. cities and the state of California will receive federal help to get unsheltered residents into permanent housing under a new plan launched Thursday as part of the Biden administration's larger goal to reduce homelessness 25% by 2025. The All Inside initiative wil