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Prosecutors in all 50 states urge Congress to strengthen tools to fight AI child sexual abuse images 09/05/2023 02:25pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� The top prosecutors in all 50 states are urging Congress to study how artificial intelligence can be used to exploit children through pornography, and come up with legislation to further guard against it. In a letter sent Tuesday to Republican and Democratic leaders of the Ho Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 09/05/2023 02:13pm • 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 Former Md. official charged with soliciting sex from agent posing as 13-year-old 09/05/2023 08:31am • A former Maryland official has been charged with��soliciting sex from an undercover agent posing as a 13-year-old girl. Luis Esteban Borunda, 65, was charged with one count of sexual solicitation of a minor, Maryland State Police said in a news release. Borunda is a co-founder of U.S. Hispanic What to know about September's National Preparedness Month in the DC region 09/04/2023 02:50pm • September is National Preparedness month, and this year's campaign, sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is focused on making sure older Americans are ready for when natural disasters strike. Officials across the D.C. region are offering updated planning resources and in-person e Burning Man flooding strands tens of thousands at Nevada site; authorities are investigating 1 death 09/03/2023 11:20pm • BLACK ROCK DESERT, Nev. (AP) ��� An unusual late-summer storm turned a week-long counterculture fest into a sloppy mess with tens of thousands of partygoers stuck in foot-deep mud and with no working toilets in the northern Nevada desert. But some Burning Man revelers said Sunday that their spirits Biden and Trump are keeping relatively light campaign schedules as their rivals rack up the stops 09/03/2023 05:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Their rivals are busy answering voters' questions at town halls across South Carolina, glad-handing with business owners in New Hampshire and grinding to hit every one of Iowa's 99 counties. But the front-runners for their party's nomination, former President Donald Trump and Pre Jimmy Buffett's laid-back party vibe created adoring 'Parrotheads' and success beyond music 09/02/2023 08:32pm • Jimmy Buffett celebrated slackers before the word existed, even though he was hardly one himself. ���Wastin' away again in Margaritaville,��� went the chorus to his most famous song, which became an international singalong. But Buffett was actually an astute, ambitious, aggressive businessman. A st Today in History: September 2, Japan surrenders to end World War II 09/02/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Saturday, Sept. 2, the 245th day of 2023. There are 120 days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On Sept. 2, 1945, Japan formally surrendered in ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, ending World War II. On this date: In 1789, the United States Doctors warn that some weight loss drugs could be bad for your health 09/01/2023 05:18pm • Copycat versions of weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are popping up all over the internet, but doctors warn that they could cause more harm than good. For Upper Marlboro, Maryland, resident Kasandra Styles, losing weight was a struggle after the pandemic. "I can certainly understand i Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 09/01/2023 01:02pm • 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 After Maui's wildfires, thousands brace for long process of restoring safe water service 09/01/2023 11:15am • Maggie T. Sutrov showered, drank treated tap water and watered her garden before she learned that she shouldn't be using the water in her home on Maui after wildfires devastated the island. Concerned about others making the same mistake, she quickly created a flier on water contamination from guidan 5 of the Best Stocks to Buy Now 08/31/2023 08:00pm • Stocks are at a crossroads heading into autumn. After a vigorous rally in the first half of the year, the market has been more volatile over the past couple of months. As the Federal Reserve continues its monetary tightening agenda, investors continue to fret about things such as the housing market, Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 08/31/2023 05:52pm • 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 UN-backed panel says Italy can do more to fight racism, discrimination in sports and society 08/31/2023 08:41am • GENEVA (AP) ��� U.N.-backed human rights experts focusing on racial discrimination urged Italy's government to do more to eliminate violence, hate speech, stigmatization and harassment against Africans and people of African descent, and expressed concern that no legal cases have been brought to puni Some in Africa are celebrating the coups. Many are fed up and desperate for change, analysts say 08/31/2023 08:32am • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) ��� After mutinous soldiers in Gabon announced they had deposed the country���s president, many residents danced in the streets and declared themselves free from the presidential family���s 55-year rule. It���s becoming a familiar scene in West and Central Africa, which has recor