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Loudoun Co. schools violated Title IX, retaliated by suspending male students, DOE says 09/17/2025 11:29am • The U.S. Department of Education said Loudoun County Public Schools violated Title IX and retaliated against two male students who reported being filmed in a boys' locker room by a transgender student who identified as a male. The ruling, in the form of a press release, came the day after the Immigrant children at Texas detention facility face unsafe conditions, attorneys say 09/17/2025 10:43am • McALLEN, Texas (AP) ��� New revelations about conditions at a Texas detention facility for immigrant families have stoked ongoing concerns from attorneys representing children. The details are part of a lawsuit where the government is attempting to end protections for children. Declarations from fam Age isn't everything when deciding if a child is ready to be home alone 09/17/2025 09:56am • School is back in session, bringing new routines ��� and new milestones for students. For some, this is the year they are allowed to go home to an empty house instead of an after-school program or day care. It���s a decision faced by many parents whose work or other obligations keep them from coming German suspect in Madeleine McCann disappearance is released after serving time in unrelated case 09/17/2025 07:24am • SEHNDE, Germany (AP) ��� A German national who is under investigation in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann 18 years ago was released from prison Wednesday after serving his sentence in an unrelated case, police said. The man, who has been identified by media as Christian Br��ckne A law enforcement surge has taken a toll on children of immigrants in Washington schools 09/17/2025 07:06am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The last time she saw her husband, the father of her three children, was when he left their Washington apartment a month ago to buy milk and diapers. Before long he called to say he had been pulled over ��� but not to worry, because it was just local police. The next time she hea Timeline in the investigation of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann 09/17/2025 05:01am • SEHNDE, Germany (AP) ��� A German man under investigation as a suspect in the 2007 disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann has been released after serving his sentence in an unrelated case. It's the latest turn in the 18-year mystery over what happened to the 3-year-old, who disappeared whil Suspect left note saying he planned to kill Charlie Kirk, later confessed in texts, prosecutor says 09/16/2025 09:16pm • PROVO, Utah (AP) ��� Prosecutors brought a murder charge Tuesday against the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk and outlined evidence, including a text message confession to his partner and a note left beforehand saying he had the opportunity to kill one of the nation���s leading conservative California judge denies Menendez brothers' petition for new trial 09/16/2025 06:44pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� A California judge has rejected a request for a new trial for Erik and Lyle Menendez, shutting down another possible path to freedom for the brothers who have served decades in prison for killing their parents in 1989 at their Beverly Hills mansion. The ruling Monday by Los A Parents of teens who died by suicide after AI chatbot interactions testify to Congress 09/16/2025 06:39pm • Parents whose teenagers killed themselves after interactions with artificial intelligence chatbots testified to Congress on Tuesday about the dangers of the technology. ���What began as a homework helper gradually turned itself into a confidant and then a suicide coach,��� said Matthew Raine, whose Oklahoma court stops social studies standards with 2020 election misinformation from taking effect 09/16/2025 06:35pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ��� The Oklahoma Supreme Court temporarily put on hold proposed new social studies standards for K-12 public school students that include conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. The state���s high court issued a temporary stay on Monday while a lawsuit filed by a group of pa For some Dobson kids, focusing on the family led to estrangement 09/16/2025 05:24pm • (RNS) ��� Growing up as a child of a Focus on the Family executive in the 1990s, Amber Cantorna-Wylde belonged to a seemingly idyllic family at the epicenter of American evangelicalism. Her household was infused with the teachings of Focus on the Family founder James Dobson, who endorsed strong marr No love for 'no zero' grading policy at Manassas town hall 09/16/2025 04:41pm • The Manassas City Public Schools grading scale was a hot-button issue at the School Board���s community town hall Sept. 11, with parents asking the board to reverse the division���s ���no zero��� policy. The School Board implemented a 50-100 grading scale and a no-zero policy in the 2021-22 school Tesla under investigation after parents say faulty door handles trapped their kids in the back 09/16/2025 04:21pm • Federal auto safety regulators opened an investigation Tuesday into possible defects in Tesla doors that have reportedly left parents with children trapped in the back seat and forced to break windows to get them out. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the preliminary probe is f Trump files $15B defamation lawsuit against The New York Times 09/16/2025 04:17pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� President Donald Trump has added The New York Times to the list of media companies he's challenged in court, filing a $15 billion defamation lawsuit that targets four of its journalists in a book and three articles published within a two-month period before the last election. In a Robert Redford, Oscar-winning director, actor and indie patriarch, dies at 89 09/16/2025 03:57pm • Robert Redford, the Hollywood golden boy who became an Oscar-winning director, liberal activist and godfather for independent cinema under the name of one of his best-loved characters, died Tuesday at 89. Redford died ���at his home at Sundance in the mountains of Utah ��� the place he loved, surrou