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DC-area advocates express concerns over ending of Title 42 migrant policy 05/10/2023 04:28pm • As the nation braces for an influx of migrants, advocates in the D.C. area are expressing concern about a lack of resources. The D.C. Office of Migrant Services recently said it didn't have any more room available to house families. According to the agency, hotels used for housing were filled DeSantis signs immigration overhaul ahead of expected White House run 05/10/2023 04:00pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed into law a sweeping immigration bill that bolsters his migrant relocation program and limits social services for immigrants lacking permanent legal status — key political priorities of the Republican as he prepares to launch India's Modi to visit White House in June as Biden seeks stronger ties amid competition with China 05/10/2023 03:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House next month, courting an Indo-Pacific leader with whom he has sought stronger ties as the United States looks to blunt China's growing assertiveness in the region. Modi's visit June 22 “will af Police say man fatally shot co-worker at Virginia hospital following an altercation 05/10/2023 02:56pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An altercation between two co-workers at a Virginia hospital led to a fatal shooting early Wednesday, police said. Richmond police said they are working with the VCU Police Department to investigate the shooting at the VCU Medical Center. Police said in a news release that off Vermont governor signs 1st-in-nation shield bills that explicitly include medicated abortion 05/10/2023 02:36pm • Vermont's Republican governor signed abortion and gender affirming shield bills into law Wednesday that are the first in the country to explicitly include protecting access to a medication widely used in abortions even if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration withdraws its approval of the pill, mife Elon Musk's tweets about Texas mall gunman spread misleading claims, question shooter's background 05/10/2023 02:32pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Misleading claims about the neo-Nazi gunman responsible for Saturday's mass shooting at a Dallas-area shopping center are reverberating across Twitter, in large part because of Twitter owner Elon Musk. Musk has questioned whether the man identified by authorities as the shooter, Cal's Gray twins, Pasadena City College's Nigel Wilson receive CalHOPE award 05/10/2023 02:22pm • Nigel Wilson and twin sisters Anysa and Amaya Gray have been recognized for overcoming adversity to succeed on and off the field. Wilson, a basketball player for Pasadena City College, and the Gray twins, who play soccer at California, are this year's recipients of the CalHOPE Courage Award. The Cal Trump-backed candidate for Kentucky governor downplays jury verdict against former president 05/10/2023 01:50pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron touted his endorsement from Donald Trump as an honor, reasserting his steadfast loyalty to the former president while campaigning for governor after a civil jury found the ex-president liable for sexually abusing an advice columnist ne Defying the state, Kansas City would be a sanctuary for people seeking gender-affirming health care 05/10/2023 01:27pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Officials in Missouri's largest city are moving to declare it a sanctuary for people seeking or providing gender-affirming care, defying state officials who are intent on banning it for minors and restricting it for adults. A Kansas City Council committee approved such a re GOP says Biden family financial records a smoking gun. White House calls it a 'political stunt' 05/10/2023 01:05pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing growing pressure to show progress in their investigations, House Republicans on Wednesday detailed what they say are concerning new findings about President Joe Biden's family and their finances. The smoking gun, according to the GOP, is recently obtained financial records The US has approved $42 billion in loan forgiveness for public service workers. Here's what to know 05/10/2023 12:29pm • The U.S. has approved more than $42 billion in federal student loan debt forgiveness for more than 615,000 borrowers in the past 18 months as part of a program aimed at getting more people to work in public service jobs, the U.S. Department of Education said this week. The Public Service Loan Forgiv WWI soldier finally finds resting place in Flanders Fields 05/10/2023 11:54am • YPRES, Belgium (AP) — A World War I soldier finally found his resting place on Wednesday after he went missing at the height of the carnage in 1917 and his remains were found four years ago. The brutality during the 1914-1918 war was such that hundreds of thousands of soldiers were killed in Belg Blast at Sweden ammunition factory injures at least 1 05/10/2023 09:31am • STOCKHOLM (AP) — An explosion at an ammunition factory in southern Sweden seriously injured at least one person Wednesday, police said. Police said they were investigating the blast as an industrial accident. The factory in Karlsborg, some 220 kilometers 137 miles) southwest of Stockholm, was manu AP sources: US Rep. George Santos facing federal charges 05/10/2023 08:00am • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Rep. George Santos, who faced outrage and mockery over a litany of fabrications about his heritage, education and professional pedigree, has been charged with federal criminal offenses, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The charges against Santos, Md. school system races to battle fentanyl epidemic facing teens 05/10/2023 04:55am • This article is part of the WTOP series, "Facing Down Fentanyl: Teens Confront Drug Danger." The fentanyl epidemic has created new challenges for school systems across the country. Students are overdosing — sometimes on school grounds — in higher numbers, and school systems are racing to r