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Officials describe how gunman killed 5 relatives and set Pennsylvania house on fire 02/28/2024 04:17pm • EAST LANSDOWNE, Pa. (AP) ��� Four of the five family members found dead in a house fire near Philadelphia were fatally shot by an adult male relative who also killed himself after setting fire to the home, authorities said Wednesday. The youngest victim, a 10-year-old boy, was not shot but died of s States offer services for disabled kids, then make their families wait 10 years for them 02/28/2024 03:06pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) ��� When Lilly Miller was in elementary school, teachers told her parents they needed to immediately sign up their youngest daughter, who has Down syndrome, for a wait list so the state would pay for a day program when she grew up. The teachers predicted a six-year wait. The Mille Red Bull F1 team boss Christian Horner stays in charge after complaint dismissed 02/28/2024 01:11pm • SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) ��� Red Bull dismissed the allegations of misconduct against team principal Christian Horner on Wednesday, closing an investigation that has overshadowed the start of the Formula 1 season. Horner will remain in charge of the champion F1 team after Red Bull's internal investigati Kids play hockey more skillfully and respectfully than ever, yet rough stuff still exists on the ice 02/28/2024 11:01am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Tension is smoldering between each scrap for the puck and Blayke Nelson can often predict the spark 30 seconds ahead of time as he skates from corner to corner, his eyes fixed on the action and his whistle clenched between his teeth. ���A kid will get tripped up, think it's a 'What NIL stands for: Now it���s legal': Ruling frees booster-backed groups to negotiate with recruits 02/28/2024 10:52am • Forced into yet another courtroom to defend its amateur model of athletics, the NCAA insisted that shelving its rules against name, image and likeness compensation being offered to recruits would make a difficult situation across the country even more chaotic. The NCAA lost that argument last week w $1B donation makes New York medical school tuition free and transforms students' lives 02/28/2024 08:53am • First year student Samuel Woo had been considering a career in cardiology so he would be able to pay off his medical school debt until the announcement this week of a generous donation that will remove tuition fees at his New York City school. Now, without the fear of crippling student debt, the 23- Ned Blackhawk���s 'The Rediscovery of America' is a nominee for $10,000 history prize 02/28/2024 07:56am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Ned Blackhawk's ���The Rediscovery of America,��� winner last fall of a National Book Award, is a finalist for a history honor presented by the J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project. Blackhawk's account of Native Americans over the past five centuries is among five nominees for the Mark L FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyer asks judge to reject 100-year recommended sentence 02/28/2024 02:07am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyer said Tuesday that a suggested 100-year prison sentence for the FTX founder by an arm of the court is ���grotesque��� and ���barbaric��� and at most a term of a few years behind bars is appropriate for cryptocurrency crimes that the California man still di They���re a path to becoming governor, but attorney general jobs are now a destination, too 02/28/2024 01:20am • Instead of trying to keep their seats in Congress, two North Carolina politicians are vying for a high-profile office closer to home: state attorney general. The career path that Republican U.S. Rep. Dan Bishop and Democratic U.S. Rep. Jeff Jackson are trying to follow was once a rarity but has beco Federal court dismisses case against Iowa governor's ban on school mask mandates 02/27/2024 10:09pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) ��� A federal court on Tuesday dismissed a legal challenge to Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds��� policy prohibiting schools from instituting mask requirements, which was brought by families of students with disabilities during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ruling marks the co Japan had the fewest babies it has ever recorded last year. Marriages dropped steeply, too 02/27/2024 09:11pm • TOKYO (AP) ��� The number of babies born in Japan last year fell for an eighth straight year to a new low, government data showed Tuesday, and a top official said it was critical for the country to reverse the trend in the coming half-dozen years. The 758,631 babies born in Japan in 2023 were a 5.1% Ban on gender-affirming care for minors allowed to take effect in Indiana 02/27/2024 09:05pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� A federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed Indiana's ban on gender-affirming care to go into effect, removing a temporary injunction a judge issued last year. The ruling was handed down by a panel of justices on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. It marked the latest Shooting stuns indigenous whaling village on Alaska's desolate North Slope 02/27/2024 08:50pm • ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) ��� A shooting that killed two adults and severely wounded two others has stunned a tiny Alaska Native whaling village above the Arctic Circle, where parents were told they could keep their children home from school Tuesday to hug them. A 16-year-old boy has been charged as an A work stoppage to support a mechanic who found a noose is snarling school bus service in St. Louis 02/27/2024 07:04pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) ��� A Black mechanic for the company that provides school bus services for the St. Louis school district said he found a noose at his workstation, leading at least 100 drivers to stop work in a show of support and NAACP leaders to call for an investigation into whether it was a hate c 10 Costs to Include in Your Retirement Budget 02/27/2024 07:00pm • Budgeting ahead of retirement will help reduce stress later in life. You'll find that some expenses can be reduced or eliminated, while others may even increase as you age. Here are 10 costs to include as you budget for retirement: 1. Housing.2. Health care.3. Daily living.4. Entertainment.5. Taxes.