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What it's like to be a Fairfax Co. librarian in an era of banned books 10/04/2023 09:50pm • When a fourth grade class visited Patrick Henry Library in Vienna, Virginia, a conversation about a digital resource transitioned into one about how the library handles challenges to its materials. Andr��a Fernandes, the library's youth services manager, showed the students a website that started What International Students Should Know About EducationUSA 10/04/2023 08:00pm • Tashna Nair from Mumbai knew she wanted to study in the U.S. but wasn't sure how to go about it. She began searching online for organizations that support prospective international students and came across EducationUSA, a Department of State-supported network of advising centers that helps students How to Complete the CSS Profile 10/04/2023 08:00pm • The CSS Profile is an application for institutional financial aid required by more than 300 colleges, universities and scholarship organizations. Completing the CSS Profile, formally known as the College Scholarship Service Profile, can be cumbersome. "For some students, any kind of form can be a ch Judge orders central Indiana school shooter's release into custody of parents 10/04/2023 06:58pm • NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) ��� A judge Wednesday approved the release of a teenager who opened fire at a central Indiana middle school in 2018, wounding another student and a teacher, a prosecutor said. The judge approved the 18-year-old's release from juvenile detention into the custody of his parents First leopard cubs born in captivity in Peru climb trees and greet visitors at a Lima zoo 10/04/2023 06:27pm • LIMA, Peru (AP) ��� The first two leopard cubs born in captivity in Peru began climbing trees inside their cages at a Lima zoo Wednesday in their first appearance before the public. The cubs ��� a male and a female ��� walked in circles and showed their small fangs as a zookeeper grabbed them by the Jury sees FTX ads with Tom Brady, Larry David, as fraud case is rolled out against Sam Bankman-Fried 10/04/2023 06:10pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Splashy advertisements featuring football star Tom Brady and comedian Larry David were among the first evidence seen by jurors Wednesday as prosecutors launched a historic fraud case against cryptocurrency maven Sam Bankman-Fried, depicting him as a villain who portrayed himself as Nebraska lawmaker says some report pharmacists are refusing to fill gender-confirming prescriptions 10/04/2023 05:21pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) ��� A Nebraska lawmaker says her office has been contacted by families who have reported some pharmacists are wrongly refusing to fill prescriptions for gender-affirming medications for their transgender children, citing a new state law limiting the ability of anyone under 19 to get 11-year-old accused of shooting, injuring 2 teens at football practice is denied home detention 10/04/2023 04:22pm • APOPKA, Fla. (AP) ��� An 11-year-old who is accused of taking a gun from his mother's vehicle and shooting two teens following an argument at football practice will remain in custody for three more weeks, a judge in Florida ruled Wednesday. The child began sobbing after the judge ruled against a req NASCAR moves Atlanta and Watkins Glen into the playoffs on 2024 schedule 10/04/2023 03:49pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� NASCAR added Atlanta Motor Speedway and the road course at Watkins Glen International in upstate New York to the playoffs as part of the 2024 Cup Series schedule released Wednesday. Many of the celebrated changes to the schedule had already been announced: Bristol Motor Spe The US is forgiving more federal student loans in a bid to tackle 'unsustainable debt' for borrowers 10/04/2023 03:43pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden outlined a new round of federal student loan forgiveness on Wednesday to address the ���unsustainable debt��� that borrowers accumulate to complete their college education. The announcement comes as borrowers brace for payments to restart after a three-year pa Movie Review: 'The Exorcist: Believer' doesn't desecrate the original but it won't compel you 10/04/2023 03:28pm • There may be no holier ground in horror than ���The Exorcist." As endlessly as William Friedkin's 1973 film has been ripped off and resurrected, its power remains unalloyed, its place in movie history consecrated. Why is it that, after we've seen seen so many heads twist around, ���The Exorcist��� c Virginia Del. Roem faces off against newcomer Woolf in 30th Senate District race 10/04/2023 03:04pm • Del. Danica Roem faced off against first-time candidate Bill Woolf Sept. 28 at an election forum for the state Senate���s 30th District, where Roem touted numerous legislative accomplishments as a three-term delegate against critiques of her record. The 30th Senate District, which comprises western Child care programs just lost thousands of federal dollars. Families and providers scramble to cope 10/04/2023 03:01pm • WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (AP) ��� Kaitlyn Adkins is studying law to help families in her community impacted by the opioid epidemic at the heart of West Virginia coal country. But to do that, she needs someone to help look after her three toddlers. The first-generation college graduate said she wouldn���t b Mavs and Timberwolves play in Abu Dhabi as Gulf region���s influence with the NBA grows 10/04/2023 02:54pm • LONDON (AP) ��� The NBA returns to Abu Dhabi this week as Arabian Gulf countries increasingly use their wealth to establish a foothold with the league. The Dallas Mavericks and Minnesota Timberwolves play Thursday in the first of two preseason games in the United Arab Emirates capital, but most of t The Philippines aims at a younger generation of Filipino American travelers 10/04/2023 02:10pm • As the head of her own marketing agency in Los Angeles, Shaina Renee Manlangit has made it a mission to elevate Filipino American talent and culture. But, it occurred to her last year, she still had never actually been to the Philippines. Knowing there were other young Filipino Americans who felt th