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Player of the Week: Chantilly's Avery Chow 09/22/2023 05:01am • 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 Avery Chow of Chantilly High School in Chantilly, Virginia. Chow is a senior at Chantilly and has played football for the school since his freshman y MILAN FASHION PHOTOS: Tom Ford relaunches under Peter Hawkings and Moschino celebrates 40 years 09/22/2023 12:49am • MILAN (AP) — Milan Fashion Week continued Thursday for the second day with mostly womenswear previews for next spring and summer under a steady rain. Here are some scenes as Milan designers try to keep the focus on warm weather: TOM FORD RETURNS TO MILAN ROOTS Peter Hawkings has come full circle, Ole Miss's Dart thriving after fighting off challenges, next test is Alabama 09/22/2023 12:29am • Jaxson Dart didn’t back down. Mississippi’s starting quarterback suddenly faced a challenge for the job during the spring after coach Lane Kiffin brought in two transfers, including four-year Oklahoma State starter Spencer Sanders. Dart, who leads the 15th-ranked Rebels against No. 13 Alabama Sa Prince William Co. reports rise in students using e-cigarettes, marijuana 09/21/2023 11:22pm • The number of Prince William County, Virginia, students with a documented behavior violation for use of a prohibited substance more than doubled last year compared to before the pandemic, county officials told the school board this week. In the 2022-23 school year, there were 1,800 students with After a lull, asylum-seekers adapt to US immigration changes and again overwhelm border agents 09/21/2023 08:47pm • JACUMBA HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — A group of migrants from China surrendered to a Border Patrol agent in remote Southern California as gusts of wind drowned the hum of high-voltage power lines, joining others from Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia and elsewhere in a desert campsite with shelters made fro How to Save $15 a Day 09/21/2023 08:00pm • Saving $15 a day might be easier than you think. It's a good idea, too, since having a savings account to fall back on if times get tough can give you peace of mind. Too many Americans don't have this safety net, however. A 2023 YouGov poll found that one in 10 U.S. consumers don't have any money in Departure of Murdoch as Fox leader comes as conservative media landscape is increasingly fractured 09/21/2023 07:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The departure of Rupert Murdoch as the leader of Fox’s parent company and his News Corp. media holdings after decades at the helm is unlikely to have as much of an impact on conservative media overall as it would have a decade ago. That's because the landscape in general is incre Who are Rupert Murdoch's children? What to know about the media magnate's successor and family 09/21/2023 07:08pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Media magnate Rupert Murdoch on Monday announced that he would be stepping down as the leader of both Fox News' parent company and his News Corp media holdings — with his son, Lachlan, set to take his place. Through his decades-long career, Murdoch, 92, built an empire — beginn Rupert Murdoch's surprise exit from Fox leaves son Lachlan in line of succession at media empire 09/21/2023 06:57pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Magnate Rupert Murdoch's surprise announcement Thursday that he's stepping down as leader of his two companies leaves his son Lachlan firmly in line of succession at Fox and the rest of the media empire. The 92-year-old Australian billionaire's creation of Fox News Channel has made DuckDuckGo founder says Google's phone and manufacturing partnerships thwart competition 09/21/2023 06:08pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Appearing in the biggest antitrust trial in a quarter century, DuckDuckGo founder Gabriel Weinberg testified Thursday that it was hard for his small search engine company to compete with Google because the powerhouse has deals with phone companies and equipment manufacturers to m Police suggested charging a child for her explicit photos. Experts say the practice is common 09/21/2023 06:01pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — When an Ohio father learned that his 11-year-old daughter had been manipulated into sending explicit photos to an adult, he turned to the police for help. But instead of treating the girl as a crime victim, an officer seemingly threatened to charge her under a law most people Medicaid coverage restored to about a half-million people after computer errors in many states 09/21/2023 05:55pm • JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — About 500,000 people who recently lost Medicaid coverage are regaining their health insurance while states scramble fix computer systems that didn't properly evaluate people's eligibility after the end of the coronavirus pandemic, federal officials said Thursday. The co Sophie Turner sues to force estranged husband Joe Jonas to turn over children's passports 09/21/2023 05:35pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Sophie Turner sued her estranged pop star husband Joe Jonas on Thursday to force him to turn over the passports of the couple's two young daughters so she can take them to England. Turner, who was served with divorce papers this month after four years of marriage to Jonas, sa Business Highlights: Murdoch stepping down from CEO role at News Corp; S&P has worst day since March 09/21/2023 05:34pm • ___ Rupert Murdoch, whose creation of Fox News made him a force in American politics, is stepping down NEW YORK (AP) — Rupert Murdoch is stepping down as leader of both Fox’s parent company and his News Corp. media holdings. Fox says he will become chairman emeritus of both corporations. His son Connor Bedard takes the ice for his first NHL training camp with the Chicago Blackhawks 09/21/2023 05:01pm • CHICAGO (AP) — After years of hype, highlights and piles of points — so many points at every level — Connor Bedard has arrived at his first NHL training camp with the Chicago Blackhawks. Even Bedard, used to the hockey spotlight and incredibly composed at just 18 years old, knew it was a momen