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Former state Controller Betty Yee announces campaign for California governor 03/27/2024 03:30pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� California���s former Controller Betty Yee announced Wednesday she will run for governor in 2026, vying to succeed outgoing Gov. Gavin Newsom against other major Democratic contenders in what will be the first open race for the state's top office since 2018. If elected, Y Should college essays touch on race? Some feel the affirmative action ruling leaves them no choice 03/27/2024 02:51pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� When she started writing her college essay, Hillary Amofa told the story she thought admissions offices wanted to hear. About being the daughter of immigrants from Ghana and growing up in a small apartment in Chicago. About hardship and struggle. Then she deleted it all. ���I would TikTok is under investigation by the FTC over data practices and could face a lawsuit 03/27/2024 12:57pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The Federal Trade Commission is investigating TikTok over its data and security practices, a probe that could lead to a settlement or a lawsuit against the company, according to a person familiar with the matter. The investigation is the latest battle in Washington for the social Donald Sutherland writes of a long life in film in his upcoming memoir, 'Made Up, But Still True' 03/27/2024 12:19pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Donald Sutherland has a memoir coming out in November reflecting on his life of nearly 90 years and his 60-year career as one of Hollywood's top actors in films like ���M.A.S.H.,��� ���Klute,��� ���Ordinary People��� and ��� The Hunger Games " saga. Crown announced Wednesday that Should college essays touch on race? Some feel the affirmative action ruling leaves them no choice 03/27/2024 11:13am • CHICAGO (AP) ��� When she started writing her college essay, Hillary Amofa told the story she thought admissions offices wanted to hear. About being the daughter of immigrants from Ghana and growing up in a small apartment in Chicago. About hardship and struggle. Then she deleted it all. ���I would Nigerian parents finally get a chance to see their children who spent more than 2 weeks in captivity 03/27/2024 10:48am • KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) ��� Parents of more than 130 Nigerian schoolchildren who were rescued after more than two weeks in captivity said they saw them on Wednesday and that they couldn���t hold back tears of joy during the long-awaited reunion. The meeting, three days after the children were freed, t Millions in the UK are being urged to get vaccinations during a surge in measles cases 03/27/2024 10:21am • LONDON (AP) ��� U.K. health officials on Monday urged millions of parents to book their children for missed measles, mumps and rubella shots during a sharp increase in the number of measles cases and the lowest vaccination rates in a decade. The National Health Service is launching a publicity campa Retirees: Is it time to downsize, even in this real estate market? 03/27/2024 09:43am • Your home is your sanctuary, but it���s also one of your biggest budget items. And after you retire, it may feel like more house than you need. But in this housing market, when a smaller home with upgraded features may be about as expensive as the one you���re selling, is it still smart to downsize? Youngkin acts on gun bills, vetoing dozens as expected, amending six and signing two pairs 03/27/2024 05:00am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Tuesday he had vetoed 30 pieces of gun-related legislation, including measures that would have halted the sale of certain semi-automatic firearms. Youngkin's vetoes, which drew criticism from Democrats, were not surprising. Creators of Hulu's 'We Were the Lucky Ones' join WTOP to chronicle family of Holocaust survivors 03/27/2024 04:16am • The new miniseries depicting the Holocaust, "We Were the Lucky Ones," premieres on Hulu this Thursday. WTOP caught up with actress Joey King, showrunner Erica Lipez and author Georgia Hunter, who based the eponymous source novel on her grandfather, Addy. "Unlike many kids who come from Hol Children's author Kouri Richins hit with new charges alleging earlier attempt to kill her husband 03/26/2024 09:43pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ��� A Utah woman who authorities say fatally poisoned her husband in 2022, then published a children���s book about grief, now faces another attempted murder charge for allegedly drugging him weeks earlier on Valentine's Day. Kouri Richins, 33, is accused of killing her husband w Book of kids' drawings reflect regular violence shaping their lives in a Rio de Janeiro favela 03/26/2024 08:36pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ��� Dozens of kids and teenagers from Rio de Janeiro's Mare neighborhood gathered for the launch of a book in which they show, with their own words and pictures, how violence in their poor, bayside community weighs on their young lives. The book, titled ���I Was Supposed to be at What to Wear to a Graduation 03/26/2024 08:00pm • When dressing to attend a college or high school graduation ceremony, keep in mind that you're going to see graduates receive degrees or diplomas and other recognition after major investments of time and energy. It's a celebratory but serious occasion, and you want to show up appropriately attired. 9 Best Growth Stocks for the Next 10 Years 03/26/2024 08:00pm • From Russia's invasion of Ukraine to the COVID-19 pandemic, there's plenty of proof that it's quite perilous for investors to presume they know what will work on Wall Street in a year or two. And the longer you look to the future, it becomes even harder to predict what investments will be winners. T Georgia senators again push conservative aims for schools 03/26/2024 06:08pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Georgia's Republican state senators are making another attempt to impose a conservative stamp on the state's public schools, passing a bill Tuesday that would ban transgender girls from playing high school sports with other girls, limit sex education and require a system for notifyi