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Smoking in cars with kids is banned in 11 states, and West Virginia could be next 02/12/2024 05:32pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) ��� Smoking in cars with children is banned in 11 states, and lawmakers are pushing to join them in West Virginia, where more adults use cigarettes than anywhere else in the nation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The state Senate on Monday passed Biden campaign trumpets joining TikTok, despite his own administration's security concerns 02/12/2024 05:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden ���s reelection campaign on Monday defended its new TikTok account as a vital way to boost its appeal with young voters, even as his administration continued to raise security concerns about whether the popular social media app might be sharing user data with A judge has blocked enforcement of an Ohio law limiting kids��� use of social media during litigation 02/12/2024 05:13pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� A federal judge extended a block on enforcement Monday of an Ohio law that would require children under 16 to get parental consent to use social media apps as a legal challenge proceeds. U.S. District Court Judge Algenon Marbley's decision to grant a preliminary injunction pr Schools are trying to get more students therapy. Not all parents are on board 02/12/2024 05:02pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Derry Oliver was in fifth grade when she first talked to her mom about seeing a therapist. She was living in Georgia with her uncle and grandparents while her mom was in New York scoping out jobs and apartments ahead of moving the family. It was a rough year apart. Oliver, now 17, Top Virginia Senate Democrats deal setback to legislation to relocate Washington Capitals, Wizards 02/12/2024 04:51pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� Top Democrats in the Virginia Senate have dealt a blow to legislation to help pave the way for the NBA���s Washington Wizards and NHL���s Washington Capitals to relocate to northern Virginia, refusing to docket the bill for a hearing and expressing serious reservations Monday New gun laws take effect on one-year anniversary of Michigan State University shooting 02/12/2024 04:32pm • EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) ��� Professor Marco D��az-Mu��oz spent the past year trying to suppress the images, seared into his memory, of the gunman who entered his classroom at Michigan State University, killed two of his students and left others with critical wounds. He expects a flood of emotions Post-Roe v. Wade, more patients rely on early prenatal testing as states toughen abortion laws 02/12/2024 12:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, many health care providers say an increasing number of patients are deciding the fate of their pregnancies on whatever information they can gather before state abortion bans kick in. But early ultrasounds show far less about the condition of a f Boy George of iconic band Culture Club returns to Broadway in a musical he calls 'a slap of joy' 02/12/2024 12:23pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Rock stars famously don't get up before noon, and rocks stars in big Broadway shows each night surely stagger awake late in the afternoons. Not Boy George. ���I���m not really rock ���n��� roll," he says, laughing. "I���m more frock ���n��� roll.��� The singer-songwriter and beati Post-Roe v. Wade, more patients rely on early prenatal testing as states toughen abortion laws 02/12/2024 10:57am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� In Utah, more of Dr. Cara Heuser���s maternal-fetal medicine patients are requesting early ultrasounds, hoping to detect serious problems in time to choose whether to continue the pregnancy or have an abortion. In North Carolina, more obstetrics patients of Dr. Clayton Alfonso an Book Review: Richard Roper charms and surprises with ���This Disaster Loves You��� 02/12/2024 10:36am • Richard Roper, whose debut novel ���Something to Live For��� (2020) featured a character seeking the aspiration of the title, is back with ���This Disaster Loves You,��� about another man whose story is not quite what it seems. Brian owns a pub on the English coast, purchased with his wife more than Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 18-24 02/12/2024 10:19am • Celebrity birthdays for the week of Feb. 18-24: Feb. 18: Vocalist Yoko Ono is 91. Singer Herman Santiago of Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers is 84. Singer Irma Thomas is 83. Actor Jess Walton (���The Young and the Restless���) is 78. Singer Dennis DeYoung (Styx) is 77. Actor Cybill Shepherd is 74. Si Cambodia reports a new bird flu case, the brother of a 9-year-old who died of the virus 02/12/2024 08:07am • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) ��� The brother of a boy who died last week from bird flu has tested positive for the virus, Cambodia���s Health Ministry said Monday. The 9-year-old's death in the northeastern province of Kratie was the first from bird flu in Cambodia this year, after four were reported l Republicans work to recruit female and minority candidates even as they criticize diversity programs 02/12/2024 06:53am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� House Republicans are critical of diversity and inclusion programs within the federal government and elsewhere, but they see recruiting women and minority candidates, along with veterans, as key to expanding their slim majority in November. Rep. Richard Hudson, the chairman of th Health Questions to Ask Your Doctor 02/11/2024 07:00pm • What to ask your doctor at your next appointmentWhen you go to the doctor, it's often for a specific problem, such as ongoing sinus congestion or a nagging back or nerve pain that won't let up. But it's also an opportunity to learn more about what's going on in your body, understand why you're recei Nigeria mourns as authorities investigate helicopter crash that killed a major bank CEO 02/11/2024 06:53pm • Nigerian leaders Sunday mourned the death of the CEO of one of the country's largest banks after he and five others were killed Friday in a helicopter crash in Southern California's Mojave Desert. Herbert Wigwe, chief executive of Access Bank, and his wife and son were among the six people on board