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Child Care at a Crossroads: Is there a solution? 09/29/2023 04:59am • This is the final part of a special three-part series, ���Child Care at a Crossroads,�����where WTOP looks at the state of child care now and what the future holds once billions of dollars in aid expire. The child care industry is struggling ��� and fewer and fewer people are getting into the fie Player of the Week: Bishop Ireton's Kate Gomez 09/29/2023 04:57am • 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 Kate Gomez of Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria, Virginia. Gomez is a junior at Bishop Ireton and a captain on the varsity tennis team, playing 'There's a huge failure here': Montgomery Co. Council on handling of principal's misconduct complaints 09/28/2023 10:15pm • Montgomery County Council members are calling on the county���s schools superintendent and Board of Education president to release more information on how allegations of misconduct are handled. Specifically, the council members said they want a report on allegations of bullying and sexual harassm Why Young Adults Don't Think They'll Be Able to Retire 09/28/2023 08:00pm • Adventures and relaxation, spending time with friends and relatives and an overall sense of financial freedom is a pipe dream for many of today's younger workers. According to a survey conducted by Georgetown University in partnership with Bank of America, young adults are not just struggling with t How to Retire in Canada 09/28/2023 08:00pm • If you're interested in heading north of the border for retirement, it's important to think about life there and consider your goals and budget. Canada is a popular destination for those looking for a new start. It aims to welcome 485,000 individuals as permanent residents in 2024, and 500,000 in 20 Judge sentences a woman who investigators say burned a Wyoming abortion clinic to 5 years in prison 09/28/2023 07:10pm • CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) ��� Emotional and physical abuse by parents who expected her to someday play a ���supporting role��� in her own life in deference to a future husband featured in the childhood of a woman who burned what was to be Wyoming���s first full-service abortion clinic in at least a decade Cardin eyes changes on Egypt, Turkey and around the world as he takes powerful Senate foreign post 09/28/2023 06:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The new chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee pointed Thursday to possible policy shifts affecting Egypt, Turkey, the war in Ukraine and other issues around the globe as he took over the powerful leadership of the panel, replacing indicted Sen. Bob Menendez. Sen. Ben Texas death row inmate with 40-year mental illness history ruled not competent to be executed 09/28/2023 04:09pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� A Texas death row inmate with a long history of mental illness, and who tried to call Jesus Christ and John F. Kennedy as trial witnesses, is not competent to be executed, a federal judge ruled. Scott Panetti, 65, who has been on death row for nearly 30 years for fatally shooting hi Girl Scout cookies are coming back, and prices are going up 09/28/2023 03:09pm • New York (CNN) — Girl Scout cookies are getting more expensive. In some places, at least.At least one New York State chapter, the Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson, told troop parents and other members of the community in an email this week that all cookies will be sold for $6 per box this comin Judge tosses Nebraska state lawmaker's defamation suit against PAC that labeled her a sexual abuser 09/28/2023 02:58pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) ��� A judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by a Nebraska lawmaker against a conservative political action committee that labeled her a child ���groomer��� and sexual abuser in online posts, citing the constitutional right to free speech. State Sen. Megan Hunt sued the Nebraska Hundreds attend funeral for high school band director who died in bus crash 09/28/2023 02:11pm • MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (AP) ��� A high school band director who died when a bus crashed while carrying students from New York to a band camp in Pennsylvania last week was remembered Thursday as a dedicated teacher with a zest for life. Gina Pellettiere, who led Farmingdale High School���s marching ba Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 09/28/2023 01:50pm • Here���s a look at how AP���s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP���s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov The CEO of Allegiant Air's parent company is out after barely a year, replaced by the former boss 09/28/2023 11:33am • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� The parent company of Allegiant Air says its chief executive has resigned and that chairman and former CEO Maurice Gallagher will return to lead the budget airline. Allegiant said Thursday that John Redmond resigned as CEO and a director of the Las Vegas-based company, effective i Christie calls Trump 'Donald Duck,' DeSantis knocks former president and other debate takeaways 09/28/2023 10:15am • Seven Republican presidential hopefuls gathered at the Reagan Library in California on Wednesday for the second of the party���s primary debates. The contest's dominant front-runner ��� former President Donald Trump ��� skipped the event again. With less than four months until the Iowa caucuses offi The centuries-old card game of bridge offers a sharp contrast to esports at the Asian Games 09/28/2023 08:40am • HANGZHOU, China (AP) ��� If you're looking for another kind of esport to follow from the Asian Games, try the centuries-old card game of bridge. Here the ���e��� would stand for ���elderly��� to represent the game's aging demographic ��� not for ���electronic��� as in the youth-driven online gaming