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Missouri governor denies clemency for man scheduled for execution on Tuesday 04/08/2024 04:03pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) ��� Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Monday denied clemency for Brian Dorsey one day before the inmate���s scheduled execution for killing his cousin and her husband nearly two decades ago. The governor���s decision is ���devastating,��� said Megan Crane, Dorsey���s attorney, in an email. Virginia's public education accountability system overhaul 04/08/2024 11:46am • When something is not working, change it. The Virginia Board of Education is proposing that kind of transformative change for its new accountability framework, by splitting up the state���s accreditation system into two parts: an accreditation system, to assess whether schools are meeting all req Maia Kobabe's 'Gender Queer' tops list of most criticized library books for third straight year 04/08/2024 06:00am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Maia Kobabe���s graphic memoir ���Gender Queer��� continues its troubled run as the country���s most controversial book, topping the American Library Association���s ���challenged books��� list for a third straight year. Kobabe���s coming-of-age story was published in 2019, and re South Carolina finishes perfect season with NCAA championship, beating Clark and Iowa 87-75 04/07/2024 09:16pm • CLEVELAND (AP) ��� Kamilla Cardoso delivered once again for Dawn Staley and South Carolina. A perfect finish. A dynasty. A team too big for Caitlin Clark and Iowa this time around. Cardoso had 15 points and a career-high 17 rebounds, and South Carolina completed its perfect season with an 87-75 vict New study examines mistreatment during childbirth 04/07/2024 08:23pm • Giving birth can be beautiful, difficult, exciting ��� the list goes on and on. A new study funded by Columbia University found that, for some new moms, the experience can also be frustrating and demoralizing. More than one in eight new mothers (13.4%) told researchers that while giving birth in Smart Ways to Gift Money to Children 04/07/2024 08:00pm • If you're thinking about gifting money to your child, there's no shortage of options. You can simply transfer money into their bank account, or take a more strategic approach. "When gifting money to children, it's important to keep the purpose in mind. Do you want them to have fun with the money, se Group Homes: Pros and Cons for Senior Care 04/07/2024 08:00pm • If you're looking at long-term care options but not loving the hospital or institutional feeling that some of these communities present, you may want to investigate group homes for seniors. Also known as adult family homes or board and care homes, group homes for older adults offer a cozy, family-st Latter-day Saints leader addresses congregants without a word on racial or LGBTQ+ issues 04/07/2024 07:18pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ��� The oldest-ever president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints urged congregants on Sunday to spend more time worshiping in temples. He backed up the invitation by announcing plans to build 15 new places of worship around the globe. Russell M. Nelson announced t UConn's Stephon Castle is an anomaly in this NCAA title game -- a blue-chip, 5-star recruit 04/07/2024 06:17pm • GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) ��� The Purdue vs. UConn matchup in Monday night's NCAA Tournament title game is in many ways an ode to blue-collar, no-frills basketball. Lots of relatively unheralded recruits. A few transfers from mid-major schools. Still, there's nothing quite like elite talent. That's where ���There���s no excuse���: Why experts say this type of screening is crucial for young athletes and their future health 04/07/2024 06:00am • (CNN) ��� Braelen Bridges had finally made it. In 2021, after establishing his college basketball career at two smaller schools, he was set to play his very first game for the University of Georgia ��� the big leagues to many kids who, like Bridges, grow up in the Atlanta area. But before Bridges These Palestinian mothers in Gaza gave birth Oct. 7. Their babies have known only war 04/07/2024 03:45am • NUSEIRAT, Gaza Strip (AP) ��� Rockets streaked through the morning sky in Gaza on Oct. 7 as Amal Al-Taweel hurried to the hospital in the nearby Nuseirat refugee camp, already in labor. After a difficult birth, she and her husband, Mustafa, finally got to hold Ali, the child they spent three years t Joe Brennan, Democratic former governor of Maine and US congressman, dies at 89 04/06/2024 04:37pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) ��� Democrat Joseph E. Brennan, whose hardscrabble childhood shaped his working-class views in a political career that included two terms as Maine's governor and two terms in the U.S. House, died Friday evening at his home in Portland. He was 89. Brennan died with his wife at hi Kids inspect renovated Southeast DC playground ��� and they approve 04/06/2024 03:12pm • Twenty kids grabbed their clipboards, badges, vests and hardhats Saturday to inspect the newly renovated 17th and C Park and Playground. ���I like the fact there's a lot of it packed into one space so you would think it would feel really tight but its designed in a way so its like a lot of stuff As March Madness wraps, players like ZaKiyah Johnson juggle basketball with recruiting calls and NIL 04/06/2024 12:08pm • SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) ��� Recruitment letters have overwhelmed one long shoe box, along with a backpack set aside for the frontrunners. ZaKiyah Johnson will eventually get around to reading them, her mother believes, though it could be a while before the highly prized basketball recruit responds to In a Rwandan reconciliation village, collaborative efforts among women give hope for unity 04/06/2024 11:40am • BUGESERA, Rwanda (AP) ��� Anastasie Nyirabashyitsi and Jeanette Mukabyagaju think of each other as dear friends. The women���s friendship was cemented one day in 2007, when Mukabyagaju, going somewhere, left a child behind for Nyirabashyitsi to look after. This expression of trust stunned Nyirabash