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Proposed cuts could lead to lack of available child care in DC, advocates say at rally 04/05/2024 11:44am • Several hundred child care workers, parents and others worried about D.C. Mayor Muriel Bower’s proposed $300 million in cuts to child care funding spoke out at a rally at a Downtown park Friday. The early education child care workers — many wearing purple sweatshirts and holding signs reading Where to find eclipse glasses and watch parties around the DC area 04/05/2024 07:47am • On Monday, April 8, a majority of the United States will be able to see a total solar eclipse. The eclipse will last all of 4 minutes and some change, but if you miss it, you won't get another chance to see it for 20 more years. If you're still looking to get glasses or figuring out where to view Japanese drivers try to break through in Formula 1 but face linguistic and geographical barriers 04/05/2024 04:25am • SUZUKA, Japan (AP) — About two dozen Japanese drivers have raced in Formula 1 over almost 50 years, and success has been limited. A Japanese driver has never won an F1 race, which means Ayumu Iwasa's goals are unbelievably high. “I want to be in an F1 seat as a regular driver, and also be world Sex, drugs and the Ramones: CNN's Camerota ties up 'loose ends' from high school 04/05/2024 12:05am • NEW YORK (AP) — Wandering the former site of New York's famed CBGB nightclub, pointing to familiar names on band posters spread amid carefully preserved graffiti, is like being transported to a life that CNN's Alisyn Camerota has long since left behind. The high-end apparel store there now has kep Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers have been in each other's orbit for years. The Final Four beckons 04/04/2024 10:23pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — Their memories are blurry. Of AAU tournaments and Team USA practices. Of gold medals and deep 3s. Of the girl with the brown ponytail with the unlimited range who always seemed to know what was coming next and the blonde who never got rattled with the ball in her hands, by oppone Limiting plea agreements, increasing consequences: How DC's mayor wants to handle absenteeism 04/04/2024 09:12pm • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has unveiled a plan to address truancy and absenteeism and put in place more serious consequences for middle schoolers caught with drugs or guns on school grounds. The proposal, called the "Utilizing Partnerships, Local Interventions for Truancy and Safety Amendment Act o Nebraska lawmakers to debate a bill on transgender students' access to bathrooms and sports teams 04/04/2024 08:58pm • Last year objections to a Nebraska bill that sought to ban gender-affirming care for anyone under age 19 ground the work of the Legislature to a near standstill. This year supporters of a companion bill restricting transgender students’ access to bathrooms and sports teams waited until the end of LGBTQ+ foster youths could expect different experiences as Tennessee and Colorado pass opposing laws 04/04/2024 07:02pm • DENVER (AP) — LGBTQ+ children in foster care in Tennessee and Colorado could have vastly different experiences in where they are placed under opposing legislation advanced by state legislatures this week. In Tennessee, the Republican supermajority passed a measure that would allow LGBTQ+ children Tennessee lawmakers pass bill to require anti-abortion group video, or comparable, in public schools 04/04/2024 06:40pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee would become the latest state to require public school students to watch a video on fetal development produced by an anti-abortion group, or something comparable, under legislation that is headed to Republican Gov. Bill Lee's desk. The GOP-dominated Senate passed Free blue checks are back for some accounts on Elon Musk's X. Not everyone is happy about it 04/04/2024 11:18am • NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk's X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has begun restoring complimentary blue checks for some of its users, the latest unexpected shift to cause a lot of confusion on the platform. For years, Twitter’s blue checks mirrored verification badges that are common on s Caring for the whole child — why Make-A-Wish makes a difference 04/04/2024 10:36am • As the mother of a child who was diagnosed with leukemia at age 11, I have personally experienced how a childhood critical illness turns an entire family’s life upside down. It’s a worst nightmare come true. And the ripple effects can be overwhelming. Mounting health care costs. Caring for sibli Maryland Board of Public Works approves $4.1M settlement for UMBC students abused by former coach 04/04/2024 09:33am • The Maryland Board of Public Works approved a $4.1 million settlement Wednesday for the University of Maryland, Baltimore County to pay students abused by the former head coach of the school’s swimming and diving team. UMBC President Valerie Sheares Ashby, who appeared before the three-member b US applications for jobless benefits rise to highest level in two months, but layoffs remain low 04/04/2024 08:47am • The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits rose to their highest level in two months last week, but layoffs remain at historically low levels as the labor market continues to chug along despite elevated interest rates. The Labor Department reported Thursday that filings for unemployment c Matt About Town: Meet the CEO of Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic, and learn about the inspiring story of how she got involved 04/04/2024 05:22am • .in-article-vertical-video {float: right; padding-left: 10px;}@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {.in-article-vertical-video {float: none; padding-left: 20px;}}#tnvbNcaMHUrl {margin-bottom: 10px;padding: 20px 10px;background: #D30000;text-align: center;font-weight: bold;color: #fff;border-r 4th-seeded Kasatkina, No. 10 seed Navarro move into 3rd round at rain-delayed Charleston Open 04/04/2024 12:46am • CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Daria Kasatkina rallied after getting shutout in the second set for a 6-3, 0-6, 6-1 victory over Ashlyn Kruger at the rain-delayed Charleston Open on Wednesday night. Kasatkina, seeded fourth, does not play the season's opening clay-court tournament often — it's just her