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Judge rules Alex Jones can't use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying Sandy Hook families 10/20/2023 01:41pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� A Texas judge has ruled that Infowars host Alex Jones cannot use bankruptcy protection to avoid paying more than $1.1 billion to families who sued over his conspiracy theories that the Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax. The decision is another significant defeat for Jones in th Survey: What Virginia voters think about these hot-button issues 10/20/2023 01:33pm • Follow WTOP���s coverage of the Virginia Election 2023. With the Virginia election fast approaching on Nov. 7, how are voters feeling on the hot topics before heading to the polls? According to a survey of more than 800 people online and via landline by the Wason Center, 49% of likely voters i New Jersey dad sues state, district over policy keeping schools from outing transgender students 10/20/2023 01:28pm • CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) ��� A New Jersey father filed a federal lawsuit to block a state policy aimed at keeping schools from outing transgender students to their parents. Frederick Short Jr., whose three children attend Cherry Hill High School, filed the suit Oct. 12 in U.S. District court. He argu Mental health crisis costing Northern Virginia over $8 billion a year 10/20/2023 11:28am • The mental health crisis is costing the Northern Virginia region $8 billion a year in unrealized economic output, according to a�� new��report��from the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia. The report from the foundation���s research arm,��Insight Region, found that the economic loss caused So-called toddler milks are unregulated and unnecessary, a major pediatrician group says 10/20/2023 08:40am • Powdered drink mixes that are widely promoted as ���toddler milks��� for older babies and children up to age 3 are unregulated, unnecessary and ���nutritionally incomplete,��� the American Academy of Pediatrics warned Friday. The drinks, which are touted to parents on TikTok, in television ads and o Minjee Lee birdies 18th hole to take a 2-stroke lead into the 3rd round of LPGA South Korea event 10/20/2023 06:32am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� Minjee Lee overcame swirling winds to shoot a 3-under 69 on Friday and take a two-stroke lead after two rounds of the LPGA South Korea tournament. Lee had a two-round total of 11-under 133. American Alison Lee bogeyed her final hole for a 72 and was tied for second with f Player of the Week: Montgomery Blair's Caleb Johnson 10/20/2023 05:53am • Each week, WTOP is picking one student athlete to be featured on air and online as our Player of the Week. This week's WTOP Player of the Week is Caleb Johnson of Montgomery Blair High School in Four Corners, Maryland. Johnson is a junior at Blair and is the starting goalkeeper for the boys' vars Leo Carlsson scores in an impressive NHL debut, but the Anaheim Ducks lose 3-2 to Dallas 10/20/2023 01:29am • ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) ��� Leo Carlsson scored in the third period while making an impressive NHL debut in the Anaheim Ducks' 3-2 loss to the Dallas Stars on Thursday night. Joe Pavelski had a goal and an assist for the Stars, and Mika Heiskanen got credit for the tiebreaking goal with 13:13 to play w French officials suspect pranksters in a rash of fake bomb threats and warn of heavy punishments 10/19/2023 09:27pm • PARIS (AP) ��� The sumptuous Palace of Versailles was forced to evacuate visitors for the fourth time in less than a week for a security check after a bomb alert. Airports and schools around France also fell victim to bomb alerts and forced evacuations after similar warnings a day earlier. Even a nu Movie Review: Netflix's 'Old Dads' is a recycling of PC grievances and a Bill Burr career nadir 10/19/2023 09:00pm • The new Netflix movie ���Old Dads��� has a title problem. It really should be called ���Old Dads Yelling at Clouds��� or ���Old Dads Raging at QR Codes.��� It's designed for people who find it hard to navigate the Netflix scroll and so blame millennials for being woke. Bill Burr, who directs from a 'Danger to the community': Judge orders Maryland teen charged with mowing down officer held 10/19/2023 08:40pm • The 19-year-old Maryland man accused of intentionally striking a Montgomery County police officer on Interstate 270 early Wednesday has an extensive history of trying to "bait" officers into high-speed chases ��� and it appears he doesn't even have a license, prosecutors said. Raphael Mayorga, of Joran van der Sloot's confession in Natalee Holloway case provides long-sought answers, mother says 10/19/2023 08:18pm • BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) ��� Beth Holloway was after one thing for 18 years: answers about what happened to her missing daughter. She said she got them Wednesday when Joran van der Sloot, long considered the chief suspect in her daughter���s 2005 disappearance in Aruba, admitted in submitted court fili 10 Best Growth Stocks to Buy for 2023 10/19/2023 08:00pm • Economists around the world are expecting U.S. economic growth to slow in the second half of 2023 and in 2024, and many are calling for at least a mild U.S. recession. It may become increasingly difficult for investors to find reliable growth stocks to buy. Nevertheless, growth stocks have outperfor Judge blocks California school district policy to notify parents if their child changes pronouns 10/19/2023 07:16pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� Parts of a controversial Southern California school district policy that require school staff to tell parents if their child asks to change their gender identification will remain halted after a judge granted a preliminary injunction Thursday to block them until a final d Reporter wins support after Nebraska governor dismissed story because the journalist is Chinese 10/19/2023 06:23pm • Advocates and Nebraska lawmakers are defending a reporter after Gov. Jim Pillen said her story about environmental concerns at his farms wasn't worth discussing because the reporter was from ���communist China.��� The Asian American Journalists Association, the chair of the Congressional Asian Pacif