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A 'Ring of Fire' solar eclipse will cross the US this weekend. Here's what you need to know 10/12/2023 07:12am • The new moon and the sun will meet Saturday, Oct. 14, in the skies over North America to create a ���Ring of Fire��� annular solar eclipse for some, a partial solar eclipse for others, and a day to watch online for millions more who are not in the path of the Moon���s shadow or are clouded out. T How to talk about war with your kids, according to a local pediatrician 10/12/2023 05:21am • With global attention turned toward the conflict in Israel, many parents might be struggling to answer their kids' questions about war. It's important to check in with your child about these subjects regardless of their age, according to Dr. Anisha Abraham, the chief of the Division of Adolescent Have University of Md. researchers made the perfect apple for our region? 10/11/2023 11:00pm • Chris Walsh, a professor emeritus at the University of Maryland, has spent decades growing apple trees. He grew up in Montgomery County, but worked on apple orchards in the Northeast after college. For more than 30 years, Walsh has worked fields at the school's research farm in Keedysville, Maryl Bills and Sabres COO, Bills legal counsel fired for having romantic relationship, AP source says 10/11/2023 09:37pm • BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) ��� John Roth, the newly appointed chief operating officer of the NFL's Buffalo Bills and NHL's Buffalo Sabres, was fired on Wednesday along with the Bills' general counsel, Kathryn D���Angelo, because the two were in a romantic relationship, a person briefed on the matter told Th Families in Israel and abroad wait in agony for word of their loved ones taken hostage by militants 10/11/2023 08:50pm • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) ��� One of those taken hostage is a grandmother who learned Arabic in hopes of building bridges with her neighbors. Others include 10 members of an extended family, one an elderly man in a wheelchair who requires hospital care. Still another is a nurse who delivered thousands o Mets owner Steve Cohen hopes to build casino adjacent to Citi Field 10/11/2023 08:50pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Mets owner Steve Cohen hopes to construct a casino adjacent to Citi Field as a way to attract people to the area near the ballpark. Cohen, who bought the Mets before the 2021 season, wants to create attractions near the stadium in Queens in the manner of other teams. ���There���s n How to Turn Your Home Into a��Duplex 10/11/2023 08:00pm • For some homeowners, the thought of turning one's house into a duplex seems outlandish. Why would you do that to a perfectly good home? But for other homeowners, perhaps those seeking extra income or who like the idea of renting space out, it's an idea that might make sense. Duplexes can be a first 10 Questions to Ask Financial Advisors 10/11/2023 08:00pm • Imagine hiring a person who will have intimate details about your life, your health, your family and your financial situation. You'd want to ask that person a lot of questions, right?Your financial advisor is that person. Unfortunately, many would-be clients fail to ask enough questions to establish How to Make Money as a Teen 10/11/2023 08:00pm • The Pew Research Center's latest data found that approximately 37% of Americans between the ages of 16 and 19 participated in the U.S. workforce in the summer of 2022, the highest rate of employment for that age group since 2008. As long as your older children are eager to earn their own money, oppo As Israeli military retaliates, Palestinians say civilians are paying the price in strikes on Gaza 10/11/2023 07:47pm • GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) ��� Hallways filled with screaming voices. A terrible stench in the air. Wounded people streaming through the doors. Lifeless bodies and bags of body parts arriving in bedsheets. The scene at Shifa Hospital was a grisly reflection of the chaos around it. Even as workers m USC's Jamil Muhammad is grateful he finally put aside QB dreams to become a star pass rusher 10/11/2023 07:19pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Jamil Muhammad started college 4 1/2 years ago as an aspiring quarterback at Vanderbilt. Two schools and one major position change later, the Alabama native has a bachelor's degree and a promising career path as one of the nation's top pass rushers at Southern California. Throug Caroline Ellison, saying Sam Bankman-Fried corrupted her values, found relief when truth came out 10/11/2023 07:18pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Sam Bankman-Fried's former top executive, testifying in Manhattan federal court Wednesday, blamed the FTX founder for corrupting her values so she could lie and steal and got emotional when describing the cryptocurrency empire's final days, saying the collapse of his businesses res Transgender residents in North Carolina, Montana file lawsuits challenging new state restrictions 10/11/2023 06:53pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) ��� Transgender residents of North Carolina and Montana added Wednesday to a growing list of lawsuits challenging the recent onslaught of Republican state laws aimed at transgender individuals. The family of a transgender boy in North Carolina is suing state health officials to bl 'Addictive' social media feeds that keep children online targeted by New York lawmakers 10/11/2023 06:38pm • New York would restrict the way online platforms like Instagram and YouTube can collect and share children���s personal information and let parents keep their kids from being bombarded by ���addictive��� feeds from accounts they don���t follow, under legislation proposed Wednesday. The bills offere U.S. confirms 22 Americans dead during the Hamas attacks on Israel 10/11/2023 05:11pm • ▶ Watch Video: Israel continues to pummel Gaza with airstrikes At least 22 U.S. citizens have been killed during the Hamas attacks on Israel, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said at a news conference Wednesday. Kirby couldn't confirm deta