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Why you should stop texting your kids at school 03/10/2024 12:11am • Virginia high school teacher Joe Clement keeps track of the text messages parents have sent students sitting in his economics and government classes: ��� ���What did you get on your test?��� ��� ���Did you get the field trip form signed?��� ��� ���Do you want chicken or hamburgers for dinne West Virginia lawmakers OK bill drawing back one of the country's strictest child vaccination laws 03/09/2024 10:33pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) ��� West Virginia's GOP-controlled state Legislature voted Saturday to allow some students who don't attend traditional public schools to be exempt from state vaccination requirements that have long been held up as among the most strict in the country. The bill was approved Rupert Murdoch, 92, plans to marry for 5th time 03/09/2024 04:57pm • Media magnate Rupert Murdoch, who turns 93 next week, has been married four times ��� and is engaged again, his representative said Saturday. He plans to marry Elena Zhukova, 67, a Russian-born retired scientist he met last year. Her ex-husband Alexander Zhukov is a billionaire energy investor and Max Verstappen cruises to victory at Saudi Arabian GP to extend dominant start to F1 title defense 03/09/2024 04:03pm • Max Verstappen stayed firmly on course for another season of dominance in Formula 1 on Saturday by winning the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Even after just two races, and despite turmoil at Red Bull, Verstappen seems in near-total control on the track as he aims for a fourth consecutive title this year Gunmen kidnap 15 children in yet another school abduction in northern Nigeria 03/09/2024 03:37pm • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) ��� Armed men broke into a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria early Saturday and seized 15 children as they slept, police told The Associated Press, about 48 hours after nearly 300 students were taken hostage in the conflict-hit region. School abductions are common in Nigeri Max Verstappen's mentor Helmut Marko staying with Red Bull 03/09/2024 01:53pm • JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) ��� Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen's mentor Helmut Marko said Saturday he is staying with Red Bull, after Verstappen indicated their futures at the team were linked amid the fallout from Red Bull's investigation into team principal Christian Horner. ���I am continuing, y Prince William schools seeing a decrease in chronic absenteeism 03/09/2024 01:22pm • Prince William County Public Schools has experienced an 8% drop in chronic absenteeism from this time last year, school division officials told the School Board in a presentation March 6. Chronic absenteeism sits at 17% for the school division up to this point in the year, down from 25% at the same Biden signs a package of spending bills passed by Congress just hours before a shutdown deadline 03/09/2024 01:05pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a $460 billion package of spending bills approved by the Senate in time to avoid a shutdown of many key federal agencies. The legislation's success gets lawmakers about halfway home in wrapping up their appropriations work for the 2024 budge To avoid strikes at Paris Olympics, French government to pay bonuses to civil servants 03/09/2024 11:20am • NICE, France (AP) ��� The French government will offer bonuses to civil servants deployed across the capital during the Olympic and Paralympic Games in a bid to avoid strikes during the events this summer, the country���s Minister for Transformation and Public Administration, Stanislas Guerini, said Another burst of hiring shows off the resilience of the US job market 03/09/2024 09:25am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� America���s employers delivered another healthy month of hiring in February, adding a surprising 275,000 jobs and again showcasing the U.S. economy���s resilience in the face of high interest rates. Last month���s job growth marked an increase from a revised gain of 229,000 jobs Parents invited to weigh in on Montgomery County's next school superintendent 03/09/2024 06:00am • Next month, there will be a series of three forums where Montgomery County, Maryland, parents and residents can discuss what they want to see from the next school superintendent. On Friday, the county's Board of Education announced that it is beginning the formal "nationwide search" for a success Kenyan activists are on a mission to end gender-based violence as attacks on women surge 03/09/2024 12:24am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� Njeri Migwi���s phone buzzes incessantly. Phone calls and messages keep coming in from women seeking help to escape life-threatening situations. A mother and her remaining child are looking for a place to stay after her partner allegedly raped and killed her two other childre Congress passes first package of spending bills just hours before shutdown deadline for key agencies 03/08/2024 11:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Senate on Friday approved a $460 billion package of spending bills in time to meet a midnight deadline for avoiding a shutdown of many key federal agencies, a vote that gets lawmakers about halfway home in wrapping up their appropriations work for the 2024 budget year. The Virginia governor signs 64 bills into law, vetoes 8 others as legislative session winds down 03/08/2024 10:45pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin took final action late Friday on 84 pieces of legislation, signing 64 bills into law and vetoing eight others, including legislation that would add more restrictions on firearm transfers. Youngkin, a Republican, had a deadline of 11:59 p.m. Frid Iran is responsible for the 'physical violence' that killed Mahsa Amini in 2022, UN probe finds 03/08/2024 10:05pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ��� Iran is responsible for the ���physical violence��� that led to the death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022 and sparked nationwide protests against the country's mandatory headscarf, or hijab, laws and its ruling theocracy, a U.N. fact-finding mission said Friday.