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Ja Morant lawsuit provides glimpse into his youth, family and a contentious pickup game 12/19/2023 12:08am • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) ��� A pickup basketball game at Ja Morant's parents' home near Memphis two summers ago quickly turned a day of fun, food, family and friends into chaos. Under the hot July sun, the trash-talking escalated between the Memphis Grizzlies star and a local high school player who was f Virginia Tech professor urges parents to be vigilant about 'smart' toys 12/18/2023 08:44pm • It���s toy-buying season, and internet-connected toys are on a lot of kids' lists. But there���s growing concern about how much data those toys are collecting. Donna Wertalik, a professor at Virginia Tech���s department of marketing, told WTOP that smart toys are typically equipped with a camera Montgomery, Prince George's Co. schools detail system operating budget proposals 12/18/2023 08:15pm • Maryland's largest public school systems ��� Montgomery County and Prince George's County Public Schools ��� have proposed multi-billion dollar budgets to keep their systems running. Here's a look at the current budget proposals and how officials plan to use the funds for their students, staff an A group representing TikTok, Meta and X sues Utah over strict new limits on app use for minors 12/18/2023 08:09pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ��� A trade group that represents TikTok and other major tech companies sued Utah on Monday over its first-in-the-nation laws requiring children and teens to obtain parental consent to use social media apps. Two laws signed in March by Republican Gov. Spencer Cox will prohibit mi 10 Best Growth Stocks to Buy 12/18/2023 07:00pm • Economists around the world expect U.S. economic growth to slow in coming quarters, and some are still calling for a mild U.S. recession. It may become increasingly difficult for investors to find reliable growth stocks to buy if interest rates remain at 22-year highs for an extended period. Neverth YouTube mom who gave parenting advice, Ruby Franke, pleads guilty in child abuse case 12/18/2023 05:29pm • A Utah mother of six who gave parenting advice on YouTube pleaded guilty Monday to child abuse charges and will go to prison for trying to convince her two youngest children they were evil, possessed and needed to be punished to repent. Ruby Franke stood shackled in gray and white jail clothing as Florida deputy's legal team says he didn't have an obligation to stop Parkland school shooter 12/18/2023 05:10pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) ��� A former Florida sheriff's deputy is claiming he had no legal duty to confront the gunman who murdered 17 people and wounded 17 others at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School nearly six years ago, his attorney argued Monday. The legal team representing Browa Preaching to polarized congregations: A responsibility and a challenge, clergy say 12/18/2023 04:53pm • (RNS) ��� The Rev. Susan Sparks, a minister and a professional comedian, uses humor in her sermons to help her American Baptist congregation in New York City consider ways to approach those with whom they disagree. Pastor Joel Rainey, who leads a West Virginia evangelical church, hosts a ���special Ruben Gallego is endorsed by Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, his ex-wife, in bid for Arizona Senate seat 12/18/2023 03:09pm • PHOENIX (AP) ��� Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego on Monday endorsed her ex-husband, U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego, in his campaign to move up to the Senate. The mayor's decision to publicly back her former husband, while not surprising, will help him blunt criticism for their divorce, which occurred weeks befo Parenting advice YouTuber Ruby Franke of Utah pleads guilty in child abuse case 12/18/2023 01:32pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ��� Parenting advice YouTuber Ruby Franke of Utah pleads guilty in child abuse case. How to manage holiday spending when you're dealing with student loan debt 12/18/2023 10:56am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� For Nicole Plauch�� and her family, Christmas is the time of the year where they can use their preferred love language: gift giving. This year, however, Plauch�� is worried about how much she can afford to spend on gifts. Her main struggle? Student loan payments. ���It just does Flooding drives millions to move as climate migration patterns emerge 12/18/2023 10:52am • ST. LOUIS (AP) ��� Flooding is driving millions of people to move out of their homes, limiting growth in some prospering communities and accelerating the decline of others, according to a new study that details how climate change and flooding are transforming where Americans live. In the first two Maryland hospice organization helps parents navigate holidays with terminally ill children 12/18/2023 10:06am • Brian Berger is the vice president of care continuum for Hospice of the Chesapeake. (Courtesy Hospice of the Chesapeake) When a family has a child dealing with a terminal illness during the holidays, they also live with the harsh reality that their child may not be around for the next year's fes Book Review: The Velvet Underground's story and afterlife told in the oral history 'Loaded' 12/18/2023 09:45am • Before they became synonymous with downtown cool, the Velvet Underground played a multi-band bill at a suburban New Jersey high school in 1965. Parents and kids in the crowd were repelled by the ���screeching urge of sound��� from Lou Reed and his bandmates, a local reviewer wrote, and retreated in Hundreds of residents on Indonesian island protest the growing arrival of Rohingya refugees by sea 12/18/2023 07:58am • SABANG, Indonesia (AP) ��� More than 200 people protested Monday against the continued arrival of Rohingya refugees by boat on an island in Indonesia. Over 1,500 Rohingya, who fled violent attacks in Myanmar and now are leaving camps in neighboring Bangladesh in search of better lives, have arrived