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Jeannie Epper, epic stuntwoman behind feats of TV's 'Wonder Woman,' dies at 83 05/06/2024 11:01pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Jeannie Epper, a groundbreaking performer who did stunts for many of the most important women of film and television action of the 1970s and '80s, including star Lynda Carter on TV's ���Wonder Woman,��� has died. She was 83. Epper died of natural causes Sunday at her home in Sim Housing for young mothers is already in short supply in DC and could shrink further 05/06/2024 10:15pm • A safety net for young mothers between the ages of 18 to 24 could be in danger of fraying. Funding for Olaiya's Cradle, a program operated by Sasha Bruce Youthwork, faces a $190,000 gap after the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development denied a request to keep funding the program. The pr How a beach trip in Mexico's Baja California turned deadly for surfers from Australia and the US 05/06/2024 09:58pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Two Australians and an American were doing what they loved on the stunning, largely isolated stretch of Baja California's Pacific coast. Their last images on social media showed them sitting and gazing at the waves, contemplating the breaks. What happened to end their lives may Harper homers, Wheeler strikes out 11 as Phillies complete 4-game sweep of Giants with 6-1 win 05/06/2024 07:43pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Zack Wheeler struck out 11 in seven innings, Bryce Harper hit a three-run homer and Kyle Schwarber added a solo shot to help the Philadelphia Phillies complete a four-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants with a 6-1 win on Monday. Harper went deep off Giants rookie Mason Black Giants rookie Mason Black makes MLB debut in Philadelphia against childhood favorite Phillies 05/06/2024 07:17pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Mason Black and his younger brother woke up the morning of Oct. 7, 2011 and were surprised to find Phillies tickets for a playoff game that night resting on a dresser. Their dad had said he wanted to take his sons ��� Mason Black was not only a die-hard Phillies fan, but his fa After AP investigation, family of missing students enrolls in school 05/06/2024 04:25pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Four months after The Associated Press wrote about an Atlanta family struggling to enroll in school, all of the children ��� in a complete turnaround ��� returned to class last month. The project on Monday was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist. The youngest child, an energetic 8-year- A gene long thought to just raise the risk for Alzheimer's may cause some cases 05/06/2024 03:53pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� For the first time, researchers have identified a genetic form of late-in-life Alzheimer���s disease ��� in people who inherit two copies of a worrisome gene. Scientists have long known a gene called APOE4 is one of many things that can increase people���s risk for Alzheimer's, i Brittney Griner still adjusting after Russian prison ordeal. WNBA star details experience in book 05/06/2024 02:08pm • Brittney Griner continues her efforts to settle into a normal routine following her release from a Russian prison 17 months ago. Life isn't what it once was for the perennial WNBA All-Star. The 6-foot-8 center looks different and has different priorities. Gone are her familiar dreadlocks that could Life's top 5 simple, perfect tools for the job 05/06/2024 10:52am • The proverb "necessity is the mother of invention" can be traced back to Plato, as well as Aesop's Fables "The Crow and the Pitcher." But in 2024, the adage still holds true ��� seemingly difficult tasks can be accomplished more easily when you have the right tool for the job. As someone who lear Book Review: Memoirist Lilly Dancyger���s penetrating essays explore the power of female friendships 05/06/2024 10:51am • Who means more to you ��� your friends or your lovers? In a vivid, thoughtful and nuanced collection of essays, Lilly Dancyger explores the powerful role that female friendships played in her chaotic upbringing marked by her parents��� heroin use and her father���s untimely death when she was only 1 Empty nest coaches help parents in DC and beyond navigate a 'bittersweet' phase 05/06/2024 05:32am • Christine Oakfield wasn���t prepared for the realization that only a few months remained until her teen daughter would leave for college. Her awakening came at a family gathering shortly before graduation. ���It was really easy to ignore it for a while because you have all the ���to-do��� list 'ALLLRIIIIGHHTTT!' George Lopez cracks up Kennedy Center 05/06/2024 04:13am • He's one of the most prolific comedians of the past 30 years. This week, George Lopez performs live at the Kennedy Center on Friday and Saturday with his "ALLLRIIIIGHHTTT!" Comedy Tour. "I started saying 'ALLLRIIIIGHHTTT' in conversation ��� If someone is boring or you want to move on and Boy shot dead after Perth stabbing was in deradicalization program, but no ties seen to Sydney teens 05/06/2024 01:37am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� A 16-year-old boy who was shot dead by police after stabbing a man in the Australian west coast city of Perth had been in a deradicalization program but had no links to an alleged network of teen extremists in the east coast city of Sydney, authorities said. The boy had Want to show teachers appreciation? This top school gives them more freedom 05/06/2024 12:07am • BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) ��� When teachers at A.D. Henderson School, one of the top-performing schools in Florida, are asked how they succeed, one answer is universal: They have autonomy. Nationally, most teachers report feeling stressed and overwhelmed at work, according to a Pew Research Center surv Kim Godwin out as ABC News president after 3 years as first Black woman as network news chief 05/05/2024 11:53pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Kim Godwin is out after three tumultuous years as ABC News president, a move presaged earlier this year when network parent Walt Disney Co. installed one of its executives, Debra O'Connell, to oversee the news division. Godwin, the first Black woman to lead a network news division,