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Ten Commandments. Multiple variations. Why the Louisiana law raises preferential treatment concerns 06/29/2024 08:38am • Christians and Jews believe in the Ten Commandments ��� just not necessarily the version that will hang in every public school and state-funded college classroom in Louisiana. The required text prescribed in the new law and used on many monuments around the United States is a condensed version of th What to know about water safety before heading to the beach or pool this summer 06/29/2024 06:00am • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) ��� With school out for the summer and temperatures rising across the country, many families will visit the beach, lake or local swimming pool. Now is the time to review safety tips to keep children safe around water. Drowning is the leading cause of death for children How charges against 2 Uvalde school police officers are still leaving some families frustrated 06/29/2024 01:36am • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ��� Two indictments against former Uvalde, Texas, schools police officers are the first charges brought against law enforcement for the botched response that saw hundreds of officers wait more than an hour to confront an 18-year-old gunman who killed 19 fourth-grade students and t 8 homeless moms in San Francisco struggled for help. Now, they're learning to advocate for others 06/29/2024 01:05am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� They know chronic back pain from couch surfing while pregnant. They tuck their children in at bedtime in the backs of cars and under bridges. Once their kids are asleep, and only then, do they let themselves cry. Since January, a group of eight San Francisco mothers have met r Driver convicted in deaths of 8 people struck by SUV outside migrant shelter sentenced to 60 years 06/28/2024 08:38pm • BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) ��� A Texas jury on Friday found a driver guilty of intoxication manslaughter over the deaths of eight people who were struck by an SUV that plowed into a crowded bus stop outside a migrant shelter on the U.S.-Mexico border. George Alvarez, 35, was found guilty of eight count Frank Bensel makes back-to-back holes-in-one at the U.S. Senior Open 06/28/2024 06:29pm • NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) ��� The next round in Newport is on Frank Bensel ��� and make it a double. The 56-year-old club pro from New York made back-to-back holes-in-one at the U.S. Senior Open on Friday ��� a first in the 1,001-tournament history of the USGA and believed to be the only time it���s happen Indictment accuses former Uvalde schools police chief of delays while shooter was 'hunting' children 06/28/2024 06:05pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ��� The police chief for schools in Uvalde, Texas, failed to identify an active shooting, did not follow his training and made critical decisions that slowed the law enforcement response to stop a gunman who was ���hunting��� victims and ultimately killed 21 people at Robb Element The Latest | Polls close in Iran after election to replace a president killed in a helicopter crash 06/28/2024 05:08pm • Iranians voted on Friday to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a May helicopter crash in the country's northwest along with the foreign minister and several other officials. Analysts broadly described the race as a three-way contest. There are two hard-liners, former nuclea The Latest | ���Carry your son and run���: Gaza families describe fleeing Rafah under Israeli fire 06/28/2024 04:56pm • Displaced Palestinian families in Gaza's south have fled what they said was intensifying Israeli fire in northern areas of Rafah to seek shelter elsewhere, describing a chaotic night as the sounds of fighting drew closer and prompted the difficult decision to evacuate. ���Just carry your son and ru Homeless families to be barred from sleeping overnight at Logan International Airport 06/28/2024 04:31pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� Homeless families and individuals will be barred from sleeping overnight at Logan International Airport in Boston beginning July 9, state officials said Friday. The state has made efforts to open more overflow shelter beds for homeless families, including many newly-arrived migrants Texas Supreme Court upholds ban on youth gender transitions. It's the largest state with such a law 06/28/2024 03:26pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ��� The Texas Supreme Court upheld the state���s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youths Friday, rejecting pleas from parents that it violates their right to decide on and seek medical care for their children. The 8-1 ruling from the all-Republican court leaves in plac A teenage beachgoer killed by lightning on a beach in northern Greece 06/28/2024 03:12pm • THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) ��� A 13-year-old beachgoer died after being struck by lightning in northern Greece during a sudden summer rainstorm Friday, authorities said. A local official said the Greek girl had been swimming with her parents at Faros beach, near Poseidi in Halkidiki, a resort area so Pair of giant pandas from China arrive safely at San Diego Zoo 06/28/2024 02:36pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) ��� Two giant pandas from China have safely arrived in Southern California, where they will be cared for as part of an ongoing conservation partnership, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance said Friday. The pandas, Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, will spend the next several weeks acclimating to Karen Read, a 'convenient outsider' accused of killing her Boston police boyfriend 06/28/2024 01:55pm • CANTON, Mass. (AP) ��� The woman accused of ramming her luxury SUV into her boyfriend and callously leaving him on the ground before a snowstorm had dated the future Boston police officer briefly in her 20s. They reconnected during the pandemic. Her father described her as a resilient woman who batt New Hampshire teacher who helped student with abortion gets license restored after filing lawsuit 06/28/2024 12:14pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) ��� The New Hampshire Department of Education has restored a teacher's credentials days after she sued, alleging officials had mispresented her involvement in a student's abortion. The teacher, identified only as Jane Doe in her lawsuit filed Monday, didn���t contest her firing fr