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Live updates: Ukraine says shelling damaged cancer hospital 03/11/2022 11:54pm • The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war: LVIV, Ukraine ��� Ukrainian officials accused Russia damaging a cancer hospital and several residential buildings in the southern city of Mykolaiv with shelling from heavy artillery. The hospital���s head doctor, Maksim Beznosenko, said several hund Texas judge blocks investigations of trans youth parents 03/11/2022 08:42pm • A Texas judge on Friday blocked the state from investigating as child abuse gender confirming care for transgender youth. District Judge Amy Clark Meachum issued a temporary injunction preventing the state from enforcing Republican Gov. Greg Abbott���s directive to compel the Department of Family a DocuSign, Zumiez fall; Pfizer, Pearson rise 03/11/2022 04:17pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Meta Platforms Inc., down $7.60 to $187.61. British and European regulators have threatened to crack down on an agreement between Google and Facebook's owner for online display advertising. Pfizer Inc., up $1.07 t Russia widens social media crackdown by blocking Instagram 03/11/2022 03:59pm • (AP) ��� Russian regulators said Friday that the country's internet users will be blocked from accessing Instagram, saying it's being used to call for violence against Russian soldiers. In Moscow's latest move to restrict access to foreign social media platforms, communications and media regulator Google, Meta face EU, UK probes into ad bidding agreement 03/11/2022 07:42am • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� British and European regulators threatened to crack down on Google and Facebook parent Meta over an agreement for online display advertising services, saying Friday that the deal may breach rules on fair competition. The fresh scrutiny in Europe, which has pioneering efforts to Talking to Kids About the War in Ukraine 03/10/2022 07:00pm • Raising children through uncertain times like these is exhausting, made all the more difficult because most parents in the U.S. don't have parallel experiences from their own childhoods to draw from. The war in Ukraine, arriving on the heels of all the instability and sadness of the pandemic, is ano 7 Best Fidelity Mutual Funds to Buy and Hold 03/10/2022 07:00pm • Reduce stress and maximize returns with a long-term approach.In 2022, it's easy to get caught up in the churn of the news cycle, but there's mountains of investment research out there that shows it's more profitable for investors to think in terms of years or even decades instead of days or weeks. N Not all Western companies sever ties to Russia over Ukraine 03/10/2022 05:28pm • A shrinking number of well-known companies are still doing business in Russia, even as hundreds have announced plans to curtail ties. Burger King restaurants are open, Eli Lilly is supplying drugs, and PepsiCo is selling milk and baby food, but no more soda. The pace of businesses exiting Russia ac Made-in-Japan manga goes global with Webtoon, Deadpool 03/10/2022 12:44pm • TOKYO (AP) ��� Deadpool, meet All Might. Perhaps nothing highlights how the world of manga, the comics and cartoons originating in Japan, has gone global better than that coming together of superheroes, American and Japanese. In ���Deadpool: Samurai,��� Marvel���s Deadpool gets help in his battle ag US inflation soared 7.9% in past year, a fresh 40-year high 03/10/2022 12:19pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Propelled by surging costs for gas, food and housing, consumer inflation jumped 7.9% over the past year, the sharpest spike since 1982 and likely only a harbinger of even higher prices to come. The increase reported Thursday by the Labor Department reflected the 12 months endin Md. House, Senate diverge on 'ghost gun' bills 03/10/2022 10:14am • Lawmakers rallied earlier this legislative session for legislation that would ban untraceable ���ghost guns��� in Maryland. (Maryland Matters/Hannah Gaskill) This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email Gas Apps That Will Save You at the Pump 03/09/2022 07:00pm • Gas apps like the popular crowdsourced GasBuddy have always been a useful tool for lowering fuel expenses, but current events and the resulting high gas prices lately are making them indispensable for finding the cheapest gas available. According to AAA, the national average of gas prices is $4.25, Did Amazon violate federal laws? Lawmakers ask for DOJ probe 03/09/2022 05:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Lawmakers followed through Wednesday on their threat to seek a criminal investigation of Amazon, asking the Justice Department to investigate whether the tech giant and senior executives obstructed Congress or violated other federal laws in testimony on its competition practices. Cyber firm: At least 6 US state governments hacked by China 03/08/2022 07:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Hackers working on behalf of the Chinese government broke into the computer networks of at least six state governments in the United States in the last year, according to a report released Tuesday by a private cybersecurity firm. The report from Mandiant does not identify the com 10 Best Vanguard ETFs to Buy 03/08/2022 07:00pm • Vanguard's ETFs ushered in a new era of easy diversification and low-cost investing.In 1976, John "Jack" Bogle, chairman of the Vanguard Group, launched the flagship Vanguard 500 Index Fund (ticker: VFINX), the world's first index fund available to retail investors. Since then, Vanguard has grown to