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Sex education classes often don't include LGBTQ+ students. New restrictions could make it worse 10/07/2023 12:02am • PHOENIX (AP) ��� In fifth grade, Stella Gage's class watched a video about puberty. In ninth grade, a few sessions of her health class were dedicated to the risks of sexual behaviors. That was the extent of her sex education in school. At no point was there any content that felt especially relevant Prince George���s Co. schools lifts Suitland High's football team suspension 10/06/2023 11:01pm • School officials from Prince George's County, Maryland, have lifted its suspension on Suitland High School's varsity football team following an incident between players and a coach from Bladensburg High School. In a letter obtained by WTOP to school Principal Ronald Hollis, Coordinating Superviso Iran unlawfully detaining human rights activists, including new Nobel peace laureate, UN expert says 10/06/2023 11:01pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� Iran is cracking down on protesters, unlawfully detaining human rights activists, including new Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, and carrying out an ���alarming��� number of executions, the U.N. independent investigator on human rights in the Islamic Republic said Here's how the DC region's birthrate looks compared to the nation 10/06/2023 08:20pm • The birthrate across the United States has been dropping for a while. According to new figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, between 2007 and 2022, the nationwide rate��went down from 14.3 births per 1,000 people to 11.1 births That is a 22.9% decrease. "In the wake o Migrating Venezuelans undeterred by US plan to resume deportation flights 10/06/2023 08:17pm • LAJAS BLANCAS, Panama (AP) ��� At the edge of Panama���s Darien jungle Friday, Venezuelans made up the majority of migrants waiting for buses to speed them across the country to Costa Rica, where they planned to continue moving north. Annie Carrillo, a 38-year-old Venezuelan traveling with her Colom Federal judge in Oklahoma clears the way for a ban on medical care for transgender young people 10/06/2023 07:24pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ��� A federal judge in Tulsa declined to stop a new law from taking effect that makes it a felony crime for health care workers in Oklahoma to provide gender-affirming medical care to young transgender people. U.S. District Court Judge John Heil III issued his order late Thursday Virginia family sues school system for $30 million over student's sexual assault in bathroom 10/06/2023 07:21pm • ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) ��� A teenager and her parents have filed a $30 million lawsuit against a northern Virginia school system, saying the district failed to adequately investigate and tried to cover up her sexual assault by a male student in a high school bathroom. The details of the 2021 assault Simone Biles wins 6th all-around title at worlds to become most decorated gymnast in history 10/06/2023 05:59pm • ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) ��� Not even a slight stumble near the end could stop Simone Biles. Less than three months after returning to competition, the American superstar is back at the top of world gymnastics once again. Biles overcame a late blip in her floor routine after an otherwise dominant perf Pennsylvania's Democratic governor, a rising political star, crosses partisan school choice divide 10/06/2023 05:41pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ��� In the partisan politics of education funding, the school choice movement has pressed states for decades to send taxpayer money to private and religious schools and long had to concentrate its efforts on states where a Republican governor was an ally. That suddenly changed o Caretaker of Dominican cemetery where bodies of six newborns were found turns himself in 10/06/2023 03:49pm • SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) ��� A cemetery caretaker who was wanted for questioning about the bodies of six newborn babies found discarded near the cemetery in the Dominican Republic's capital turned himself into authorities Friday, police said. The man, identified as Hilario Pascual, spo Financial literacy: Why students should learn this skill 10/06/2023 03:04pm • This content is sponsored by PenFed Credit Union, federally insured by NCUA. As a student, the start of the Fall semester often brings excitement and anticipation for the school year ahead. However, for many it may also bring financial stress and uncertainty.�� Developing strong financial literacy Palestinians march at youth's funeral procession after settler rampage in flashpoint West Bank town 10/06/2023 12:18pm • RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) ��� Palestinians on Friday marched in anger to bury a 19-year-old killed by Israeli fire after Jewish settlers rampaged through a flashpoint town in the occupied West Bank the night before. The youth's death, coming as tensions escalate during the Jewish holiday season, mark Sexual assault victim files $30M lawsuit against Loudoun Co. school board 10/06/2023 10:37am • The family of a teenage girl who was sexually assaulted in a Loudoun County high school bathroom in 2021 ��� which set off a firestorm of political controversy ��� has now filed a $30 million civil rights lawsuit against the county school board for allegedly not following Title IX protocol. On Ma NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 10/06/2023 10:31am • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ No, migrants do not receive $2,200 each month fro 3 bears are captured after sneaking into a tatami factory as northern Japan faces a growing problem 10/06/2023 10:04am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Three bears that snuck into a tatami mat factory in northern Japan and were holed up inside for nearly a day have been captured and killed, according to town officials and media reports. A patrolling official spotted the bears, believed to be a parent and two cubs, as they walked into