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Inspired by llamas, the desert and Mother Earth, these craftswomen weave sacred textiles 09/28/2023 08:18am • COLCHANE, Chile (AP) ��� In northern Chile, Te��fila Challapa learned to weave surrounded by the hills and sandy roads of the Atacama Desert. ���Spin the threads, girl,��� her grandmother told her a half a century ago. Aymara women like Challapa, now 59, become acquainted with wool threads under blu Child Care at a Crossroads: COVID pandemic exacerbated decline in DC-area child care facilities 09/28/2023 05:03am • The number of child care providers, especially in-home child care providers, was on a steady decline before the pandemic. But the pandemic only exacerbated the problem, driving some out of business while dissuading others from starting new child care businesses, since no one wanted extra people insi Long a city that embraced cars, Paris is seeing a new kind of road rage: Bike-lane traffic jams 09/28/2023 01:46am • PARIS (AP) ��� Ring, ring! It's rush hour on Paris' S��bastopol Boulevard, and the congestion is severe ��� not just gas-guzzling, pollution-spewing, horn-honking snarls but also quieter and greener bottlenecks of cyclists jockeying for space. Until four years ago, motorists largely had the Paris th The candidates went after Biden ��� and Trump ��� at the second GOP debate. Follow live updates 09/27/2023 11:38pm • The seven candidates on stage for Wednesday night's second presidential debate went after President Joe Biden, one another and the absent GOP front-runner. The at-times chaotic event featured staple questions about immigration, economics and abortion but also spawned a new nickname for Donald Trump, Tech CEO killed in Baltimore remembered as dedicated, compassionate entrepreneur 09/27/2023 10:15pm • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� While Pava LaPere built a successful tech startup that earned her national recognition and local political clout, she remained laser focused on what motivated her from the beginning: forging connections, building community and using entrepreneurship to create meaningful social cha Can You Use a Personal Loan to Pay for College? 09/27/2023 08:00pm • You may be able to use a personal loan to pay for all or some college-related expenses, but it's likely not your best option. Borrowers can typically use personal loans for any purpose, and some lenders may not ask what the funds will be used for. However, some lenders may refuse to provide a person Real Madrid back to winning ways in Spanish league. Girona is top after its 6th straight victory 09/27/2023 06:16pm • MADRID (AP) ��� Real Madrid got back to winning ways by beating Las Palmas 2-0 on Wednesday while Girona is top of the Spanish league after its sixth straight victory. Brahim D��az and Joselu scored for Madrid, which was coming off a 3-1 loss at city rival Atletico Madrid after opening the season wi New rules aim to make foster care with family easier, provide protection for LGBTQ+ children 09/27/2023 05:11pm • The Biden administration is moving to make it easier for caregivers to take in family members in the foster care system, requiring states to provide them with the same financial support that any other foster home would receive. It also proposed a new regulation aimed at ensuring that LGBTQ+ child France's government promises to root out school bullies, reacting to wide anger over child suicides 09/27/2023 04:26pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Block school bullies from social networks. Give all children weekly empathy classes. Put anti-bullying experts in schools and courts. These are among promises the French government made Wednesday in response to growing nationwide concern about bullying, triggered by recent suicides of Florida school district orders removal of all books with gay characters before slightly backing off 09/27/2023 04:14pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) ��� Top officials at a Florida school district ordered the removal of all books and material containing LBGTQ+ characters and themes from classrooms and campus libraries, saying that was needed to conform to a state law backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that critics have dubbed MillerKnoll, Peloton rise; Progress Software, NextEra Energy fall, Wednesday, 9/27/2023 09/27/2023 04:13pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Wednesday: Jabil Inc., up 18 cents to $105.18. The electronics manufacturer is selling its Mobility business to BYD Electronic for $2.2 billion. AutoNation Inc., up $2.02 to $152.66. The auto retailer reportedly offered Man serving sentence for attacking parents fails to return to halfway house and considered escapee 09/27/2023 03:25pm • MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (AP) ��� A man who served a prison sentence for attacking and seriously injuring his parents more than two decades ago remained missing on Wednesday, days after he failed to return to the halfway house where he was living. Edward Berbon, 54, was assigned to a halfway house in Camd New York bans facial recognition in schools after report finds risks outweigh potential benefits 09/27/2023 03:10pm • New York state banned the use of facial recognition technology in schools Wednesday, following a report that concluded the risks to student privacy and civil rights outweigh potential security benefits. Education Commissioner Betty Rosa's order leaves decisions on digital fingerprinting and other bi Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 09/27/2023 03:08pm • 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 Soccer player Paulinho won't let intolerance of his Afro-Brazilian religion stop his faith 09/27/2023 03:04pm • LAGOA SANTA, Brazil (AP) ��� When Brazilian soccer player Paulinho scored a goal at the Tokyo Olympics, he celebrated by pointing an imaginary arrow at the flashing cameras as homage to a deity in his persecuted Afro-Brazilian faith ��� and taking aim at religious intolerance. Shortly after, he lost