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Witness says fatal shooting of American-Palestinian teen in the occupied West Bank was unprovoked 01/25/2024 02:27am • AL-MAZRA���A ASH-SHARQIYA, West Bank (AP) ��� The fatal shooting of an American-Palestinian teen driving a pickup truck in the occupied West Bank was unprovoked, the sole passenger told The Associated Press, describing apparent Israeli fire hitting the back of the vehicle before it overturned severa Baltimore bars and restaurants prepare for big crowds for AFC Championship game 01/24/2024 10:53pm • When the Baltimore Ravens take on the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship on Sunday, the games are expected to really boost the bottom lines of restaurants and bars in Charm City. ���It's going to be huge,��� said Jessica Fly, manager of Mother's Federal Hill Grille, only a few blocks away Ohio bans gender-affirming care and restricts transgender athletes despite GOP governor's veto 01/24/2024 10:43pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� Ohio has banned gender-affirming care for minors and restricted transgender women���s and girls��� participation on sports teams, a move that has families of transgender children scrambling over how best to care for them. The Republican-dominated Senate voted Wednesday to Japan is rich, but many of its children are poor; a film documents the plight of single mothers 01/24/2024 09:38pm • TOKYO (AP) ��� The women work hard, sleeping only a few hours a night, as they juggle the demands of caring for their children and doing housework ��� all while suffering from poverty. The award-winning independent documentary film ���The Ones Left Behind,��� released last year, tells the story of s West Virginia GOP majority pushes contentious bills arming teachers, restricting bathrooms, books 01/24/2024 09:28pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) ��� West Virginia's Republican-dominated Legislature pushed forward a slate of contentious bills Wednesday that would arm teachers, allow people to sue libraries over books that offend them and restrict where transgender kids can use the bathroom at school. Described by con Costa Rican court allows citizens to choose order of last names, citing gender discrimination 01/24/2024 09:21pm • SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) ��� Costa Rica���s Supreme Court of Justice reported Wednesday that it was no longer obligatory to place the paternal surname before the maternal surname on a person���s identification. In Spanish-speaking nations, people often go by two first and last names given by their Washington state reaches a nearly $150 million settlement with Johnson & Johnson over opioid crisis 01/24/2024 09:11pm • OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) ��� The Washington state attorney general announced a $149.5 million settlement Wednesday with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, more than four years after the state sued the company over its role in the opioid addiction crisis. "They knew what the harm was. They did it anyway," A Williams scores on return from Africa Cup to help Athletic beat Barcelona in Copa 01/24/2024 07:13pm • MADRID (AP) ��� I��aki Williams scored in extra time on the same day he returned from Ghana's early elimination in the Africa Cup to lead Athletic Bilbao to a 4-2 win over Barcelona and to a spot in the Copa del Rey semifinals. Williams came off the bench near the hour mark on Wednesday, two days af Nevada judge approves signature-gathering stage for petition to put abortion rights on 2024 ballot 01/24/2024 07:00pm • RENO, Nev. (AP) ��� A Nevada judge has approved a petition by abortion access advocates as eligible for signature gathering in their long-standing attempt to get abortion rights on the 2024 ballot. Carson City District Judge James T. Russell made the ruling Tuesday, about two months after he struck How to open a Roth IRA 01/24/2024 07:00pm • A Roth IRA is a tax-advantaged individual retirement account where the account holder can contribute after-tax dollars. A significant upside to Roth IRAs is that all contributions and accumulated earnings grow tax-free. After the age of 59 1/2, Roth IRA investors can withdraw those tax-free funds. T Florida House passes a bill to ban social media accounts for children under 16 01/24/2024 06:18pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) ��� Florida children under the age of 16 would be banned from popular social media platforms regardless of parent approval under a bill passed by the House on Wednesday, a measure that is the top priority for the chamber's speaker. The bill doesn't list which platforms would b Missouri's GOP Gov. Parson reflects on past wins in his final State of the State address 01/24/2024 06:14pm • JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) ��� Missouri's Republican Gov. Mike Parson looked back on past wins in his final State of the State address Wednesday, lauding his achievements after assuming leadership in the chaotic absence of his disgraced predecessor, Eric Greitens. Parson, who at the time was serving What to know about changes to this year's FAFSA application for college students 01/24/2024 03:22pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A new version of the federal student aid application known as the FAFSA is now available to all college applicants for the 2024-2025 school year. The new Free Application for Federal Student Aid was designed to make it easier for students and parents to apply and to make more of th Jury seated in trial of Michigan mom whose son killed 4 at school 01/24/2024 03:19pm • PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) ��� A jury was selected Wednesday in the trial of a Michigan woman who faces involuntary manslaughter charges in a school shooting committed by her teenage son. Prosecutors insist Jennifer Crumbley bears some responsibility for the deaths of four students at Oxford High School in New Jersey Supreme Court rules against Ocean casino in COVID business interruption case 01/24/2024 02:30pm • ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) ��� New Jersey's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that an Atlantic City casino is not entitled to payouts from business interruption insurance for losses during the COVID-19 outbreak, determining that the presence of the virus did not constitute the kind of ���direct physical l