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Hale cites pragmatism as he switches party affiliation to run for Md. governor 08/21/2025 02:46pm • Ed Hale Sr., a Baltimore businessman, sports team owner and longtime Democrat, ended speculation about his party affiliation and declared Wednesday that he will run for governor as a Republican. Hale described himself as a moderate, but said his party switch was rooted in political pragmatism mor Michigan couple sues resort company after Mexican prison ordeal over timeshare dispute 08/21/2025 02:43pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� A Michigan couple held for 32 days in a maximum-security Mexican prison without trial over a dispute with a luxury timeshare company has filed a lawsuit against the company and its chief executive. Paul and Christy Akeo of Lansing allege defamation, malicious prosecution and intenti Expanded curfew issued for teens on U Street in DC 08/21/2025 12:19pm • The D.C. police department has established a curfew zone for kids and teens in the District's U Street corridor, effective from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. from Thursday to Sunday. Chief of Police Pamela Smith announced the expanded curfew Wednesday. Anyone 17 years old and under within the zone is not all Bones of ancient child suggest humans could have interbred with Neanderthals earlier than thought 08/21/2025 11:45am • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) ��� Modern humans and Neanderthals were interacting 100,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to researchers who used CT scans and 3D mapping to study the bones of a child they believe was the result of interbreeding between the two distinct groups. The child, de Students face new cellphone restrictions in 17 states as school year begins 08/21/2025 11:34am • Jamel Bishop is seeing a big change in his classrooms as he begins his senior year at Doss High School in Louisville, Kentucky, where cellphones are now banned during instructional time. In previous years, students often weren���t paying attention and wasted class time by repeating questions, the te US applications for jobless benefits rise last week, but layoffs remain historically low 08/21/2025 08:52am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� More Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, but U.S. layoffs remain in the same historically healthy range of the past few years. Applications for unemployment benefits for the week ending Aug. 16 rose by 11,000 to 235,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Th In a tough job market for new workers, networking and adaptability can make a difference 08/21/2025 08:37am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Growing up as the daughter of immigrants from Jamaica, Stacey Watson didn���t see herself in the characters of the books she read. Now 28, she wants to be a book editor who helps promote a more diverse range of story protagonists so her nieces and other young people feel represente Puerto Rico's schools are unequipped to cope with ever hotter heat waves 08/21/2025 07:15am • CULEBRA, Puerto Rico (AP) ��� When temperatures soar at a public school on the small Puerto Rican island of Culebra, students scatter in search of relief. During a summer program last month, as outdoor temperatures climbed into the upper 80s, Zedrik, a rising third grader, sat in the schoolyard besi Rhode Island Judge Frank Caprio, whose empathy in court earned him fame online, dies at 88 08/21/2025 01:18am • PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) ��� Frank Caprio, a retired municipal judge in Rhode Island who found online fame as a caring jurist and host of ��� Caught in Providence,��� has died. He was 88. His official social media accounts said Wednesday that he "passed away peacefully" after ���a long and courageous b New school year, new emotions: Helping your kids cope with back-to-school anxiety 08/21/2025 12:07am • After a full summer of vacations and playtime, it's time to hit the books again. While many kids anticipate the first day of school with excitement, for some, that first day can be stressful. "The uncertainty may be greater if they are entering a school that is new to them, such as kindergarte Thousands of Montgomery Co. school staff await updated background checks after IG report 08/20/2025 09:51pm • Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Thomas Taylor said the school system, which is the largest in the state, is still working to clear up the backlog of background checks discovered in a recent inspector general's report. Taylor emphasized to reporters on Wednesday that "MCPS is a saf Alzheimer's Disease: Treatments, Medications and More 08/20/2025 08:00pm • In the spring of 2022, Marla Neise's brother noticed she was experiencing memory issues and confusion at the company where they work. "I couldn't balance a checkbook, put things in an order or stay on one task, and I was having a hard time with numbers," recalls Neise, now 59. She went to her primar Parents of kids swept away in Texas floods beg lawmakers to protect future campers 08/20/2025 06:14pm • When floodwaters rushed through a girl's summer camp nestled in the Texas Hill Country, Michael McCown's 8-year-old daughter was among 27 campers and counselors swept to their deaths. On Wednesday, McCown joined other Camp Mystic parents, some wearing buttons memorializing ���Heaven's 27,��� in dem Managers miffed at offshore sports betting on Little League World Series 08/20/2025 05:22pm • SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) ��� This week, as usual, sports bettors can get action on MLB games from U.S.-based gambling sites. Meanwhile, at least a couple of offshore bookmakers are offering odds on games at the Little League World Series. Team managers, and Little League itself, are not pleased. Tortoise hatchlings born of century-old parents come out of their shells at Philadelphia Zoo 08/20/2025 03:30pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Sixteen critically endangered western Santa Cruz tortoises born to some very old parents got a slow walk and the red carpet treatment Wednesday at a Philadelphia Zoo event to show off the highly prized hatchlings. Animal care specialists who have watched over the 16 since they