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Georgia's governor says more clean energy will be needed to fuel electric vehicle manufacturing 01/18/2024 04:29pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Georgia, a capital for electric vehicle production, needs to increase its supply of electricity produced without burning fossil fuels in order to meet industries��� demand for clean energy, Gov. Brian Kemp told world business leaders Thursday. Speaking as part of a panel focused on Melania Trump remembers her mother as 'a ray of light in the darkest days' 01/18/2024 04:09pm • PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) ��� Former First Lady Melania Trump on Thursday remembered her mother as ���a ray of light in the darkest of days��� during a funeral service at a church not far from the family���s Mar-a-Lago estate. The former first lady said she always found peace in the presence of her m NY midwife who gave kids homeopathic pellets instead of vaccines fined $300K for falsifying records 01/18/2024 03:37pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A New York midwife who gave nearly 1,500 children homeopathic pellets instead of required vaccinations has been fined $300,000, the state's health department announced this week. Jeanette Breen, who operates Baldwin Midwifery on Long Island, administered the pellets as an alternati What to know about the Justice Department's report on police failures in the Uvalde school shooting 01/18/2024 02:37pm • A Justice Department report released Thursday details a myriad of failures by police who responded to the shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas, when children waited desperately for over an hour before officers stormed a classroom to take the gunman down. The federal review, which was launched just 'We're very lucky today': 16 children in DC day care safely evacuated before building explodes 01/18/2024 01:50pm • Sixteen young children in a Southeast D.C. day care facility were safely evacuated by firefighters responding to a gas leak Thursday morning ��� just moments before a series of explosions rocked the strip of storefronts in historic Anacostia. None of the children were injured, D.C. Fire Chief Family of American held in Gaza arrives in DC with call for action 01/18/2024 11:02am • The parents of an American who has now been held in Gaza for more than 100 days are still hopeful he will be released. It���s been a hard road for Jonathan Dekel-Chen and Gillian Kaye since their 35-year-old Israeli American son Sagui was taken by Hamas on Oct. 7. "We���re exhausted, sad, Sheryl Sandberg, who helped to turn Facebook into digital advertising empire, to leave company board 01/18/2024 07:34am • Sheryl Sandberg, who helped to transform Facebook from a tech startup into a digital advertising empire, will step down from the board of Meta, Facebook's parent company. ���With a heart filled with gratitude and a mind filled with memories, I let the Meta board know that I will not stand for reele Things to do in the DC area: Ways to get creative locally, karaoke ��� and more! 01/18/2024 06:41am • There's so much to do in the D.C. area in the coming days, and WTOP has you covered with our weekly roundup of area events worth anticipating. Check back every Thursday for a roundup of��Things to do in the D.C. area. Whether you're a writer, visual artist, someone who dabbles in crafts or all Ann Arbor Public Schools approves Mideast cease-fire resolution that had stoked controversy 01/18/2024 01:10am • ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) ��� A public school district in Michigan approved a resolution calling for a bilateral cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war while also encouraging its teachers to discuss the conflict in its classrooms following an emotionally charged meeting Wednesday. The resolution approved by Can kids have too much time in the snow? Actually, yes 01/17/2024 10:50pm • The D.C. area is firmly in the grasp of winter, and after waiting two years for any sign of snow, kids were understandably excited about getting outside and playing in it this week. Odds are they won't want to stop, with the possibility of more snow Friday. And if you're a parent, you might not w Arlington woman accused of impersonating immigration lawyer, defrauding clients of $700K 01/17/2024 10:00pm • An Arlington, Virginia, woman has been charged with falsely posing as an immigration attorney and defrauding clients of about $700,000, according to a federal grand jury indictment. Patricia De Oliveira Souza Lelis Bolin, a 29-year-old Brazilian national, is accused of pretending to be a lawyer t South Carolina House OKs ban on gender-affirming care for minors, Missouri panel sees similar bills 01/17/2024 09:18pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� The Republican-led South Carolina House overwhelmingly approved a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors on Wednesday, while a Missouri legislative committee discussed a slew of like-minded proposals. The measures' consideration in the two GOP strongholds highlig King Charles III will have a prostate operation next week while Kate recovers from abdominal surgery 01/17/2024 08:59pm • LONDON (AP) ��� King Charles III and the Princess of Wales are both dealing with medical issues that will force them to delay previously planned public engagements over the coming weeks. Charles will undergo a ���corrective procedure��� for an enlarged prostate next week, Buckingham Palace said on W A cholera outbreak in Zambia has caused more than 400 deaths and infected 10,000 01/17/2024 08:49pm • LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) ��� Zambia is reeling from a major cholera outbreak that has killed more than 400 people and infected more than 10,000, leading authorities to order schools across the country to remain shut after the end-of-year holidays. A large soccer stadium in the capital city has been conv Court documents underscore Meta's 'historical reluctance' to protect children on Instagram 01/17/2024 08:25pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Newly unredacted documents from New Mexico's lawsuit against Meta underscore the company's ���historical reluctance��� to keep children safe on its platforms, the complaint says. New Mexico's Attorney General Ra��l Torrez sued Facebook and Instagram owner Meta in December, sa