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Pencils down: What to know about the SATs going digital 02/22/2024 12:45pm • The days of filling in bubbles with a No. 2 pencil are done for high school students taking the College Board's SAT. "The SAT is going all-digital, and will be available to all students in the U.S. beginning on March 9," said Priscilla Rodriguez, senior vice president of College Readiness Assessm Red Bull chief Horner says he wants investigation resolved 'as soon as possible' 02/22/2024 11:32am • SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) ��� Red Bull team principal Christian Horner indicated on Thursday he hopes the ongoing investigation into alleged misconduct by him will be resolved ���as soon as possible��� as the Formula 1 season nears. The Red Bull parent company said on Feb. 5 it was investigating allegati Column: Red Bull's mysterious investigation into Christian Horner overshadowing start of F1 season 02/22/2024 12:01am • Testing for the upcoming Formula 1 season began this week and there was Christian Horner, the head of Red Bull Racing, still leading his team as it begins its bid for a fourth consecutive championship. Horner was also front and center a week ago at Red Bull's launch of its 2024 car ��� a virtual hi Oklahoma police say nonbinary teen's death was not result of injuries from high school fight 02/21/2024 10:08pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ��� A 16-year-old Oklahoma high school student who died a day after an altercation in a school restroom that may have been prompted by bullying over gender identity did not die as a result of injuries sustained in the fight, police said Wednesday. Police in the suburban Tulsa com Dozens of Idaho obstetricians have stopped practicing there since abortions were banned, study says 02/21/2024 09:45pm • BOISE, Idaho. (AP) ��� More than 50 Idaho obstetricians have stopped practicing in the state since a near-total abortion ban took effect in August 2022, according to a newly released report. Data compiled by the Idaho Physician Well-Being Action Collaborative also shows that only two obstetricians m Georgia GOP senators seek to ban sexually explicit books from school libraries, reduce sex education 02/21/2024 09:38pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Republican senators in Georgia want to cull sexually explicit books from schools, ban sex education for younger students, display the Ten Commandments in classrooms and allow religious chaplains to counsel teachers and students. The measures, which passed Senate committees Wednesday Motocross rider, former X-Games competitor Jayden Archer dies in training accident 02/21/2024 09:25pm • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� Freestyle motocross competitor Jayden Archer, the first rider to perform a triple backflip in competition, has died while practicing in Melbourne. He was 27. The accident occurred Wednesday but there were few details released. Victoria state police said Thursday they wo CEOs of OpenAI and Intel cite artificial intelligence's voracious appetite for processing power 02/21/2024 08:23pm • SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) ��� Two tech CEOs scrambling to produce more of the sophisticated chips needed for artificial intelligence met for a brainstorming session Wednesday while the booming market���s early leader reported another quarter of eye-popping growth. The on-stage conversation between Intel A sand hole collapse in Florida killed a child. Such deaths occur several times a year in the US 02/21/2024 08:18pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) ��� The collapse of a sand hole that killed a 7-year-old Indiana girl who was digging with her brother on a Florida beach is an underrecognized danger that kills and injures several children a year around the country. Sloan Mattingly died Tuesday afternoon at Lauderdale-by Police say armed Texas student wounded by officers in school had meant to hurt people 02/21/2024 07:27pm • A student who carried a handgun into school in Texas had meant to harm others before three police officers fired 19 times at him, leaving him with a minor leg wound, police said Wednesday. ���He brought a gun to school to hurt people,��� Mesquite police Lt. Brandon Ricketts said. ���He was there to Brothers resentenced to 60 years to life in 1995 slayings of parents, younger brother 02/21/2024 07:19pm • EASTON, Pa. (AP) ��� Two Pennsylvania brothers sentenced to life in the slayings of their parents and younger brother almost three decades ago have been resentenced to terms that may offer them a chance at parole. A Lehigh County judge on Wednesday sentenced 46-year-old Bryan Freeman and 45-year-old After 2-year-old girl shoots self, man becomes first person charged under Michigan's gun storage law 02/21/2024 06:46pm • FLINT, Mich. (AP) ��� A Michigan man whose 2-year-old daughter shot herself in the head with his revolver last week became the first person charged under the state���s new law requiring safe storage of guns, just days after the new measure took effect as part of a sweeping reform of gun regulations Youngkin, Earle-Sears join annual anti-abortion demonstration in Richmond 02/21/2024 06:10pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, both Republicans, joined thousands of Virginia activists Wednesday for an annual anti-abortion demonstration, where attendees denounced Democratic lawmakers who have blocked proposed restrictions since the Supreme Court ove WTOP News & Washington Wizards Team Ticket Giveaway 2024 02/21/2024 03:23pm • Are you the parent or coach of a student athlete? Have you always wanted to take your child's team to see the professionals play? March 4 through March 15, WTOP News in partnership with the Washington Wizards is giving away 20 tickets for one lucky kids sports team - could your child's sports t WTOP & Washington Wizards Team Ticket Giveaway 02/21/2024 03:21pm • WTOP & Washington Wizards Team Ticket Giveaway Official Rules �� NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. �� BY ENTERING THE SWEEPSTAKES, EACH ENTRANT AGREES TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES. �� Eligibility: The WTO