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Charter flights for WNBA road games was an early Mother's Day gift for players with children 05/13/2024 05:45am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Indiana's Katie Lou Samuelson says life as first-time mom got a littler easier with the WNBA���s announcement that players will fly on charter flights for road games. The announcement addressed security concerns among other issues, but was an early Mother���s Day gift for the Fever 'A thing of beauty': 25 years later, Ted Leonsis reflects on Capitals ownership 05/13/2024 04:53am • Owner Ted Leonsis and Alex Ovechkin #8 of the Washington Capitals pose with the Stanley Cup after their team defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 in Game Five of the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Final at T-Mobile Arena on June 7, 2018 in Las Vegas. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) While the pinnac Chinese journalist imprisoned for her Covid reporting due to be released after four years. But will she be free? 05/13/2024 01:37am • Hong Kong (CNN) — A Chinese citizen��journalist who has been behind bars for four years over her reporting on the initial Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan is due to be released Monday after serving her sentence, according to supporters and a court verdict.Zhang Zhan, a former lawyer, was one of the Violence is traumatizing Haitian kids. Now the country's breaking a taboo on mental health services 05/13/2024 12:15am • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) ��� Students often throw up or wet themselves when gunfire erupts outside their school in northern Port-au-Prince. When they do, school director Roseline Ceragui Louis finds there's only one way to try to calm the children and keep them safe: getting them to lie on the cla Are Assisted Living and Other Senior Living Expenses Tax Deductible? 05/12/2024 08:00pm • Tax time is stressful for everyone, but there may be some good news for seniors receiving medical care in their homes, assisted living communities or skilled nursing settings. While not every expenditure is tax deductible, there are some savings to be had. Are Assisted Living and Other Senior Living Fate of Prince William's $140M sports complex is on the agenda this week 05/12/2024 06:31pm • Prince William County is considering developing an over $100 million indoor athletics facility. (Courtesy MEB) The Prince William Board of County Supervisors on Tuesday is expected to make a critical decision that could decide the fate of a proposed multimillion dollar indoor athletics facility. More US parents than ever have paid leave this Mother's Day - but most still don't 05/12/2024 09:00am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� More working U.S. parents than ever are celebrating their first Mother���s Day with hard-fought access to paid time off to care for newborns. But the majority still must forego pay to care for new babies or other loved ones, even as efforts to expand paid parental and family leave From the boardwalk to the altar: T-shirt, shorts, bikinis and boot sellers are now dressing brides 05/12/2024 04:00am • New York (CNN) ��� Wedding dress shopping may never go back to what it used to be. Instead of collecting your entire bridal entourage to spend a few hours at a boutique trying on several dresses for the perfect find at a lofty price of a $1,000 or more, some retailers are offering to make the wed A rural Ugandan community is a hot spot for sickle cell disease. But one patient gives hope 05/12/2024 02:04am • MBALE, Uganda (AP) ��� Barbara Nabulo was one of three girls in her family. But when a sister died, her mother wailed at the funeral that she was left with just one and a half daughters. The half was the ailing Nabulo, who at age 12 grasped her mother���s meaning. "I hated myself so much,��� Nabulo National hotline addressing maternal mental health marks 2 year anniversary 05/12/2024 12:01am • Two years ago, this Mother���s Day weekend, the federal government���s Health Resources and Services Administration launched a national hotline for new moms needing to talk about the pressures of parenthood. So far, more than 33,000 women have called or texted the National Maternal Mental Health Red, yellow, green ... and white? Smarter vehicles could mean big changes for the traffic light 05/11/2024 02:02pm • As cars and trucks get smarter and more connected, the humble lights that have controlled the flow of traffic for more than a century could also be on the cusp of a major transformation. Researchers are exploring ways to use features in modern cars, such as GPS, to make traffic safer and more eff Dutch broadcaster furious, fans bemused after Netherlands' Joost Klein is booted from Eurovision 05/11/2024 12:27pm • MALMO, Sweden (AP) ��� A Dutch public broadcaster reacted angrily after the Netherlands��� contestant in the Eurovision Song Contest was dramatically expelled from the competition hours before Saturday���s final over a backstage altercation that is being investigated by police. The European Broadcas Fast food is expensive. Applebee���s and Chili���s are moving in 05/11/2024 05:00am • New York (CNN) ��� McDonald���s and other fast food chains are charging more. So much so that you may want to consider going for a slightly slower burger. Or at least, that���s what Applebee���s wants you to think about. ���You can get our burger for $9.99,��� John Peyton, CEO of Applebee���s par Poor Kenyans feel devastated by floods and brutalized by the government's response 05/11/2024 03:58am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� Winnie Makinda, 35, says she is facing the worst crisis and lowest moment of her life because of the Kenyan government's response to floods that devastated her poor community in the capital of Nairobi. The floods and mudslides swept away people and inundated homes, killing a Middle school teacher turned bestselling author reflects on appreciation and sharing his stories 05/10/2024 10:13pm • Teacher Appreciation Week is over, and teachers across the country went home with gift cards, thank you notes, mugs and more. But one teacher told WTOP what he really appreciates are the thank-yous from parents who can see that teachers genuinely care for the students in their classes. Mat