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2 deputies hospitalized after Loudoun County crash 01/11/2024 04:22pm • Two Virginia deputies were hurt after a Thursday morning collision that happened while the pair was responding to an unrelated crash, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office. The two deputies were driving toward a crash on Watson Road near Manbar Lane near Aldie around 8 a.m. when they w Why Md. agency overseeing school safety got more reports to tip line last year 01/11/2024 03:33pm • The Maryland Center for School Safety's annual report found it got a lot more tips and reports to its anonymous tip line during the last school year than it did in the previous school year. But leaders in that small state agency said that's not necessarily indicative of growing problems and safety i Iowa community recalls 11-year-old boy with 'vibrant soul' killed in school shooting 01/11/2024 01:17pm • Hundreds of people said goodbye Thursday to a vibrant 11-year-old boy known as ���Smiley,��� a week after he was shot to death at his Iowa school by an older student who also wounded seven other children and staff members before killing himself. Residents of the small community of Perry packed a Cat Efforts to restrict transgender health care endure in 2024, with more adults targeted 01/11/2024 08:20am • Republican-led state legislatures are considering a new round of bills restricting medical care for transgender youths ��� and in some cases, adults ��� returning to the issue the year after a wave of high-profile bills became law and sparked lawsuits. As legislatures begin their work for the year, Google lays off hundreds in hardware, voice assistant teams amid cost-cutting drive 01/11/2024 05:20am • Google has laid off hundreds of employees working on its hardware, voice assistance and engineering teams as part of cost-cutting measures. The cuts come as Google looks towards ���responsibly investing in our company���s biggest priorities and the significant opportunities ahead,��� the company sai Haley and DeSantis faced off in a GOP debate while Trump held a town hall. Follow live updates 01/10/2024 11:26pm • Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis faced off in the first one-on-one debate of the 2024 election cycle, while former President Donald Trump held a town hall at the same time. The competing Wednesday night events in Iowa come just five days before the state's leadoff pre Stars rout Wild 7-2 to sweep home-and-home set and season series 01/10/2024 11:17pm • DALLAS (AP) ��� Roope Hintz, Joe Pavelski, Tyler Seguin and Jason Robertson ��� Dallas��� four top goal producers ��� scored and the Stars beat the Minnesota Wild 7-2 on Wednesday night to sweep a home-and-home set and the season series. Hintz leads the Stars with 17 goals, followed by Pavelski and Josephine Wright, who resisted development of family's Gullah land on Hilton Head Island, dies at 94 01/10/2024 10:53pm • A woman on South Carolina's Hilton Head Island who drew national attention from stars such as Tyler Perry and Snoop Dogg as she fought off developers in her final years has died, according to a publicist for her family. She was 94. Josephine Wright came to embody the development pressures displacing Gov. Laura Kelly calls for Medicaid expansion, offers tax cut plan that speeds up end of grocery tax 01/10/2024 10:06pm • Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly renewed her call Wednesday to expand Medicaid and countered an anticipated single-rate flat income tax for individuals with a plan that would instead cut taxes by doing things like accelerating the phasing out of the state���s sales tax on groceries. Kelly said in her an Biden meets with Paul Whelan���s sister at White House 01/10/2024 08:37pm • (CNN) ��� President Joe Biden met Wednesday with the sister of Paul Whelan, an American who has been designated as wrongfully detained in Russia, the White House said. Elizabeth Whelan���s meeting with the president and national security adviser Jake Sullivan was held to ���discuss the Administra South Carolina Republicans back trans youth health care ban despite pushback from parents, doctors 01/10/2024 08:28pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� Pleas from transgender children���s pediatricians and parents to keep allowing such kids to receive hormone therapies failed to stop Republican lawmakers from advancing a ban on those treatments to the South Carolina House floor on Wednesday. The GOP-led Medical, Military, Pu Gov. Laura Kelly calls for Medicaid expansion, offers tax cut plan that speeds up end of grocery tax 01/10/2024 08:10pm • Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly renewed her call Wednesday to expand Medicaid and countered an anticipated single-rate flat income tax for individuals with a plan that would instead cut taxes by doing things like accelerating the phasing out of the state���s sales tax on groceries. Kelly said in her an California proposal to ban youth tackle football clears first legislative hurdle 01/10/2024 07:33pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� California lawmakers who want to ban tackle football for kids under 12 to reduce brain injuries gained ground Wednesday in the Legislature but still face a very long field and a clock that is ticking. Though it was a school day, dozens of children wearing football jerseys Ohio House overrides Republican governor's veto of ban on gender affirming care for minors 01/10/2024 07:06pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� The Republican-dominated Ohio House voted Wednesday to override GOP Gov. Mike DeWine's veto of legislation banning gender-affirming care for minors and restricting transgender women's and girls' participation on sports teams, a move LGBTQ+ activists say would severely restric New FAFSA Getting on Your Nerves? Here's Some Advice From an Expert 01/10/2024 07:00pm • The new FAFSA has been a pain point for some families struggling to fill it out as they experience technical glitches and other obstacles. Difficulty completing the FAFSA, or Free Application for Federal Student Aid, can heighten stress for students deciding to pursue higher education, particularly