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Key moments surrounding the Michigan high school shooting in 2021 02/05/2024 12:55pm • OXFORD, Mich. (AP) ��� Jury deliberations are underway in the involuntary manslaughter trial of the Michigan mother of a teenage boy who killed four classmates and wounded others. It is the latest development in the shooting that occurred Nov. 30, 2021, in Oxford, Michigan, just north of Detroit. He The job market is humming, but layoffs are still happening in a shifting economic environment 02/05/2024 11:43am • The U.S. economy is humming and there are hundreds of thousands of jobs being added every month. In a stunning burst of hiring to start the year, the nation added 353,000 jobs in January, shrugging off the highest interest rates in two decades that have been put in place by the U.S. Federal Reserve Turkey has another new central bank leader. Here's what it means for the battered economy 02/05/2024 10:44am • ISTANBUL (AP) ��� Turkey has seen its fifth central bank leader depart in as many years as Hafize Gaye Erkan, the first woman in the top role, stepped down after just eight months in the job. She announced her resignation late Friday after recent claims of nepotism emerged in local media, allegation The owners of Russia's tech pioneer Yandex are selling ��� at a big, Kremlin-required discount 02/05/2024 09:37am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) ��� The Dutch parent of pioneering Russian tech company Yandex is selling its operations in the country at a steeply discounted price of just over $5 billion to its Russia-based managers and oil company Lukoil, one of the biggest deals for Western-held companies to exit Russi How the DC area celebrates the Lunar New Year 02/05/2024 05:33am • Growing up in Alexandria, Virginia, Dinh Pham said, celebrating the Lunar New Year, or Tet as it's known in Vietnam, was almost like a secret "shared delicacy that we did at home" among family. He didn't get off from school but he remembers his mom making a really nice meal and everyone being Free dental clinic in Northeast DC looks to educate residents on oral health 02/04/2024 03:45pm • For a lot of people, going to the dentist can feel like a chore. But at a free clinic in Northeast D.C. on Sunday, it felt more like a privilege for many. Crest and Oral-B teamed up with Family Dollar and mobile dentistry clinic KARE to provide free dental screenings to children and families acro California agrees to $2 billion settlement over Covid pandemic learning loss for struggling students 02/04/2024 09:00am • (CNN) ��� ���I���m not getting a fat check!��� joked Kelly R as she helped her daughters with homework in the kitchen of their Los Angeles home. ���But I���m hoping that the kids will benefit. That���s the biggest thing that I was worried about. All kids benefitting.��� Kelly is among the parents Keeping children safe on social media: What parents should know to protect their kids 02/04/2024 06:00am • Social media CEOs got grilled by Senate lawmakers this week in an emotional and often heated hearing about the dangers their platforms pose to children ��� sexual predators, videos encouraging suicide and glorifying eating disorders, bullying and addictive features, just to name a few. Republican a WTOP Book Report: 'Diva' retells turbulent life of Maria Callas, aims to set record straight about legendary opera star 02/04/2024 05:58am • This story was written as part of the WTOP Book Report series authored by Terik King.��Read more of that coverage.�� In the high-drama world of opera, where talent clashes with ambition and passion intertwines with scandal, New York Times bestselling author Daisy Goodwin takes readers inside DC earns failing grade at teaching financial literacy; Md., Va. score high 02/04/2024 05:00am • A new report card that ranks states on how well they teach personal finance skills has given D.C. schools a failing grade. The Nation's Report Card of Financial Literacy rates states based on money courses that teach students how to make money, invest cash, save for retirement and give charitable Maryland 6th District fundraising numbers reveal a lot about congressional race 02/04/2024 01:34am • At a most basic level, candidates' campaign finance statements provide a snapshot into the fundraising prowess and financial well-being of a particular campaign. But a deeper dive into these dense and numbers-laden documents can also reveal truths about a candidate's lineage and strategy, the cir Brides, biryani and marriage multiplexes: Pakistan's wedding season heats up in cool weather 02/04/2024 12:06am • KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) ��� There���s a scrum of people trying to get photos with the married couple at the Radiance banquet hall, and you can barely hear someone talk above the din of 400 guests tucking into biryani and chicken tikka, music and the drone whirring around the room. The bejeweled bride For the first time, an Irish nationalist will lead Northern Ireland's government 02/03/2024 04:06pm • LONDON (AP) ��� An Irish nationalist made history Saturday by becoming Northern Ireland���s first minister as the government returned to work after a two-year boycott by unionists. Sinn Fein Vice President Michelle O���Neill was named first minister in the government that under the terms of the 1998 Man gets 12 years in prison in insurance scheme after posing as patients, including NBA player 02/03/2024 03:26pm • CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) ��� A medical biller has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison after being convicted in a massive insurance fraud scheme that involved posing as an NBA player and other patients to harangue the companies for payments that weren't actually due, prosecutors said. U.S. D Boston-area teachers reach tentative contract agreement after 11-day strike 02/03/2024 02:04pm • NEWTON, Mass. (AP) ��� An 11-day strike by teachers in a Boston suburb ended Friday night after their union and the school district tentatively agreed on a new contract. ���We have great news for the students, families, caregivers, residents and educators of Newton. We expect schools to be open Mond