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Pain and pleasure: BMX racers weigh the risks and rewards playing the Olympics' most dangerous game 06/26/2024 06:00am • Alise Willoughby remembers where she was when the phone rang. She had just returned home to Minnesota to take part in a charity event, and the best BMX racer of her generation was on her way to Target Field, where she was supposed to throw out the ceremonial first pitch before a Twins game. Her husb 'An already sparse calendar': Some Fairfax Co. parents frustrated with extra elementary early release days 06/26/2024 04:54am • During a community meeting Tuesday, about a dozen Fairfax County parents and community members told the leader of Virginia���s largest school district that the decision to add extra elementary school early release days next year is disruptive and will impact their students��� learning. The meetin 5 Best Closed-End Funds for 2024 06/25/2024 08:00pm • Exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, are popular these days, but closed-end funds, or CEFs, can be a great option for investors seeking income as well. Like stocks, CEFs debut via an initial public offering, or IPO, where the fund manager issues a fixed quantity of shares. These shares can track a variet First-Year Tips for International Students at U.S. Colleges 06/25/2024 08:00pm • Being a first-year international student at a U.S. college or university can be a little scary and at times overwhelming -- there's so much to do and remember. But a little prep can go a long way in setting an international student up for success their freshman year. Misha Bilokur from Ukraine says Strome scores in OT, Hershey beats Coachella Valley 5-4 for a record-extending 13th Calder Cup title 06/25/2024 06:49pm • HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) ��� Matt Strome scored 1:06 into overtime as the Hershey Bears beat the Coachella Valley Firebirds 5-4 in Game 6 on Monday night to win their record-extending 13th Calder Cup title. Strome grabbed a loose puck in the high slot and beat Firebirds goalie Chris Driedger low on the The Latest | UN tells Israel it will pause aid work in Gaza without better safety, UN officials say 06/25/2024 05:39pm • Senior U.N. officials have told Israel they will suspend aid operations across Gaza unless urgent steps are taken to better protect humanitarian workers from Israeli strikes and to curb growing lawlessness hindering aid efforts, two U.N. officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity to discus Town in Washington state to pay $15 million to parents of 13-year-old who drowned at summer camp 06/25/2024 04:22pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� A town in Washington state will pay the parents of a teenage boy $15 million to settle a wrongful-death lawsuit they filed after he drowned during a town summer camp outing. Darrell ���DJ��� McCutcheon, Jr., disappeared under water in Florence Lake on Anderson Island southwest of S California governor defends progressive values, says they're an 'antidote' to populism on the right 06/25/2024 03:37pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� Gov. Gavin Newsom used his State of the State address on Tuesday to boost President Joe Biden ahead of Thursday's pivotal presidential debate, comparing Donald Trump's version of the Republican Party to the rise of fascism prior to World War II and offering Democrats' ide Public funds for religious charter school would be unconstitutional, Oklahoma high court says 06/25/2024 02:33pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ��� The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday stopped what would have been the first publicly funded religious charter school in the U.S., turning back conservatives and the state's GOP governor who have welcomed religious groups into public education. The high court determined the S On heartland roads, and a riverboat, devout Catholics press on with two-month nationwide pilgrimage 06/25/2024 07:59am • STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) ��� ���Bye bye, Jesus!��� a child called out as the riverboat chugged away from shore into the Ohio River, a solemn bell tolling amid the thrumming of an old-fashioned sternwheel. Two Catholic bishops on board, representing dioceses on each side of the river, took turns holdi Vietnam's VinFast looks to tiny EV, priced at less than $10,000, to change its fortunes 06/25/2024 07:06am • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) ��� Vietnamese automaker VinFast, for a short time the third-most valuable car company in the world, has a big problem: It just can���t sell enough cars. Idle factories bleed money and the company���s financial health is at stake. After finding the U.S. market a tough nut to crac Bowie couple dies during extreme heat on Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia 06/25/2024 04:59am • BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) -- A Maryland couple was among the more than 1,300 people who died during extreme heat at the Hajj pilgrimage in the Middle East. U.S. Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks confirmed in a post on X, formerly Twitter, that Alhaji Alieu Dausy and Haja Isatu Wurie died during Conn Smythe Trophy Winners 06/25/2024 01:03am • The most valuable players in the Stanley Cup playoffs 2024_Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers 2023_Jonathan Marchessault, Vegas Golden Knights 2022_Cale Makar, Colorado Avalanche 2021_Andrei Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay Lightning 2020_Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning 2019_Ryan O'Reilly, St. Louis Blues 201 Lawsuit challenges new Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display the Ten Commandments 06/25/2024 12:45am • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) ��� Civil liberties groups filed a lawsuit Monday to block Louisiana���s new law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom, a measure they contend is unconstitutional. Plaintiffs in the suit include parents of Louisiana public school c Did the recent heat wave take a toll on your AC? Here's what technicians are dealing with 06/24/2024 09:35pm • D.C.'s blistering heat wave last week took a high toll on home air conditioning systems. Service technicians worked through the weekend and are putting in extra hours this week to restore service to homes that have lost cooling. "We're not as large as some of the other companies in the area. But