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Are You Too Old for Medical School? 03/11/2024 08:00pm • Prospective students who are trying to determine if they are too old for medical school occasionally ask, "What are my chances for getting in? " I will address the ideal candidate, but first I want to consider some factors that have become problematic for some older applicants. Financial Implication Florida teachers can discuss sexual orientation and gender ID under 'Don't Say Gay' bill settlement 03/11/2024 06:23pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ��� Students and teachers can discuss sexual orientation and gender identity in Florida classrooms, provided it���s not part of instruction, under a settlement reached Monday between Florida education officials and civil rights attorneys who had challenged a state law which critic Counselor recalls morning of Michigan school attack when parents declined to take shooter home 03/11/2024 03:52pm • PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) ��� The parents of a Michigan school shooter declined to take their son home hours before the attack, leaving instead with a list of mental health providers after being presented with his violent drawing and disturbing messages, a counselor testified Monday. A security camera ima Most teens report feeling happy or peaceful when they go without smartphones, Pew survey finds 03/11/2024 02:19pm • Nearly three-quarters of U.S. teens say they feel happy or peaceful when they don't have their phones with them, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center. In a survey published Monday, Pew also found that despite the positive associations with going phone-free, most teens have not lim Mother of 5-year-old girl killed by father takes first steps in planned wrongful death lawsuit 03/11/2024 12:22pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) ��� The mother of a 5-year-old girl who was killed in 2019 and whose body has not been found, asked a New Hampshire probate judge on Monday to declare the girl legally dead and to be appointed as administrator of her estate. Crystal Sorey took the first steps in preparation of a p 'Barbie' ballad 'What Was I Made For?' makes Billie Eilish the youngest person to win 2 Oscars 03/11/2024 02:35am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� What were Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell made for? Winning awards, apparently. The sibling duo���s ���Barbie��� blockbuster ballad ���What Was I Made For?��� won the Academy Award for best original song on Sunday night. In doing so, Eilish, 22, has become the youngest pe At US universities, record numbers of Indian students seek brighter prospects ��� and overseas jobs 03/11/2024 12:07am • Pranay Karkale is spending years of savings and $60,000 in student loans to pursue a master���s degree in the United States, yet he considers himself lucky. At home in India, it���s common to hear about families selling off their land to send children to universities overseas. Karkale was willing to 11 Inspirational Quotes for Women Investors 03/10/2024 08:00pm • Investing can feel like a chore, especially for women investors who don't want to play the stock-picking "game." Women don't always care if their apples are riper than all the rest; they just want to know there are enough to feed their family. But to grow enough apples for your family, you need to s 2 National Guard soldiers, 1 Border Patrol agent killed in Texas helicopter crash are identified 03/10/2024 04:25pm • LA GRULLA, Texas (AP) ��� A National Guard soldier from New York who was seriously injured in the crash of a helicopter flying over the U.S.-Mexico border remained hospitalized Sunday while authorities released the names of the two National Guard soldiers and a Border Patrol agent onboard who were k New Jersey infant killed, parents injured in apparent attack by family dog, police say 03/10/2024 04:19pm • WOODBRIDGE, N.J. (AP) ��� An infant was killed and the child's parents injured in an apparent attack by a dog at a New Jersey home over the weekend, authorities said. Middlesex County prosecutors and Woodbridge police said officers responded to the Woodbridge Township home shortly before 6:30 a.m. S Muslims welcome the holy month of Ramadan with a mix of joy and deep concern 03/10/2024 01:00pm • Muslims around the world are welcoming the arrival of Ramadan, a month of dawn-to-dusk fasting, intense prayer, charity and feasts that begins for many Sunday night. But as they savor the traditions of their own diverse communities ��� from holiday treats to evening diversions ��� the tribulations f Gunmen kidnap nearly 300 students in northwest Nigeria. 2 days later, some lose hope of finding them 03/10/2024 08:47am • KURIGA, Nigeria (AP) ��� Rashidat Hamza is in despair. All but one of her six children are among the nearly 300 students abducted from their school in Nigeria���s northwest, riddled with Islamic extremists and armed gangs. It has been more than two days after her children ��� ages 7 to 18 ��� went t Trump blasts Biden over Laken Riley's death after Biden says he regrets using term 'illegal' 03/10/2024 07:35am • ATLANTA (AP) ��� President Joe Biden said Saturday that he regretted using the term ���illegal��� during his State of the Union address to describe the suspected killer of Laken Riley, as his all-but-certain 2024 GOP rival, Donald Trump, blasted the Democrat's immigration policies and blamed them fo Prince George's Co. kids basketball team with 5 deaf players finishes with winning season while inspiring the community 03/10/2024 04:34am • It was a great season for the Cheverly Panthers. The kids basketball team, comprised of 8- and 9-year-olds, is unique in the league that plays at the Cheverly Boys and Girls Club in Prince George's County, Maryland, as five of its players are deaf or hard of hearing. The Panthers reached their hi West Virginia bill letting teachers remove 'threatening' students from class dies at end of session 03/10/2024 01:34am • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) ��� A West Virginia bill that would have provided a framework for public school teachers to remove kindergarten and elementary school students from the classroom for severe misbehavior failed to pass after legislators missed a midnight Sunday deadline. The measure did not reac