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Businessman Bernie Moreno, Trump's Senate pick in Ohio, faced discrimination lawsuits, the AP finds 01/23/2024 03:28pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� Bernie Moreno, a Trump-backed candidate for Ohio's crucial U.S. Senate seat who touts his success in business, faced multiple lawsuits alleging discrimination against employees in the run-up to the sale of his high-end Cleveland car dealership, an Associated Press review has It may be January ��� but some summer camps in Montgomery Co. are already filling up 01/23/2024 03:16pm • The D.C. region is still in the thick of winter ��� but it's time for parents to start planning for summer. Carmen Berrios is the communications and public outreach manager with Montgomery County Recreation, which offers hundreds of summer camp options. The Maryland county opened enrollment on Ja Greek Church blasts proposed same-sex civil marriages, will present its views to congregations 01/23/2024 02:47pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) ��� Greece's influential Orthodox Church on Tuesday voiced strong opposition to the center-right government's plans to legalize same-sex civil marriages, and said it would present its views to lawmakers and congregations nationwide. A statement by the Church's governing body, the Furphy has career highs of 23 points, 11 rebounds as No. 7 Kansas beats Cincinnati 74-69 01/23/2024 02:47pm • LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) ��� Johnny Furphy sent his parents back home to Australia with quite the lasting impression of their son in Allen Fieldhouse. The freshman guard had career highs of 23 points and 11 rebounds, hitting a key 3-pointer down the stretch, and helped No. 7 Kansas overcome a sluggish ni Why are measles cases popping up across the United States? Here���s what to know about the highly contagious virus 01/23/2024 06:32am • (CNN) — Nearly two dozen cases of measles have been reported since December 1, according to an alert from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. International travel, coupled with declining global vaccination rates, is probably behind this spate of cases, experts say.The Philadelph California State University faculty reach tentative contract agreement and will end strike 01/23/2024 01:27am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� California State university faculty members reached a tentative contract agreement Monday, the same day that nearly 30,000 professors, librarians, coaches and other workers struck at the nation's largest public university system, their union announced. Members of the Californi Japanese carmaker that faked safety tests sees long wait to reopen factories 01/22/2024 11:26pm • TOKYO (AP) ��� A Japanese automaker that cheated on safety tests for decades said Monday it doesn't expect to resume shipping cars any time soon. The Japanese government ordered a subsidiary of Toyota to halt production of its entire lineup after reports of faked safety test results emerged last yea Bowie teen ranked No. 1 among girls is also beating boys on the wrestling mat 01/22/2024 09:30pm • A teenager from Bowie, Maryland, has already collected multiple gold medals, including back-to-back wins at the Pan-American games in South America, and is ranked No. 1 in the country among female wrestlers (not the scripted kind you see on TV). Before you know it, she'll be highly ranked among b Dexter Scott King, son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., dies of cancer at 62 01/22/2024 08:02pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Dexter Scott King, who dedicated much of his life to shepherding the civil rights legacy of his parents, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, died Monday after battling prostate cancer. He was 62. The King Center in Atlanta, which Dexter King served as chairman, s Expected Trump testimony in sex abuse defamation trial postponed to Wednesday after juror falls ill 01/22/2024 04:45pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� With former President Donald Trump expected to soon take the witness stand, a juror's illness abruptly forced a two-day delay Monday of a defamation trial over his comments about E. Jean Carroll, the writer he called a liar after she claimed he sexually assaulted her in the 1990s. Pennsylvania woman plans to use insanity defense in slaying and dismemberment of parents 01/22/2024 04:43pm • NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) ��� A suburban Philadelphia woman accused of fatally shooting her parents and dismembering their bodies with a chain saw has notified officials that she intends to use an insanity defense. Defense attorneys say in a recent court filing that Verity Beck, 44, of Abington, ���was l Pilots at Southwest ratify a contract that will boost their pay raises by nearly 50% by 2028 01/22/2024 03:31pm • DALLAS (AP) ��� Pilots at Southwest Airlines have overwhelmingly approved a new contract that will raise their pay rates by nearly 50% by 2028, becoming the last group of pilots at the nation���s four biggest airlines to score huge raises. The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association said Monday that t Aging in place is disrupting the flow of the housing market 01/22/2024 12:30pm • The biggest problem vexing the housing market remains a lack of homes for sale, and boomers deciding to stay put is fueling some of it. Lack of inventory has been blamed in the past two years on so-called "rate lock," or owners who are reluctant to give up their low mortgage rate to buy another h Legislation calls for free school meals for all Virginia students 01/22/2024 11:27am • A bill that would provide free meals for all public school students in Virginia passed the Senate Education and Health Committee Thursday. ���This is about making sure that every kid who goes to school gets fed ��� no questions asked,��� said Sen. Danica Roem, D-Manassas, the patron for��Senate B DC-area police warn against leaving cars running unattended in cold weather 01/22/2024 10:54am • You might think its OK to rush out of your warm car and right back in with the engine still running to navigate around the cold weather. But that could cost you. In Maryland, motorists who leave their car on and unattended could be issued a $70 ticket and one point on their driving record, accord