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Player of the Week: Gainesville's Cassie Sengul 09/15/2023 12:04am • 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 Cassandra Sengul of Gainesville High School in Gainesville, Virginia. Sengul is entering her fourth year of varsity golf for the Cardinals and is com On 60th anniversary of church bombing, victim's sister, suspect's daughter urge people to stop hate 09/14/2023 08:49pm • BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) ��� Sixty years ago, a bomb planted by Ku Klux Klan members ripped through a Birmingham church, killing four little girls as they prepared for Sunday services. Lisa McNair's sister Denise was one of the girls who lost their lives. Tammie Fields��� father was questioned as a po Report: Where Loudoun Co. schools fell short in handling of sexual assaults by same student 09/14/2023 08:16pm • Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia took an "overly narrow view" of its Title IX responsibilities, according to the findings of a review of how the school system handled two in-school sexual assaults by the same student in 2021. A judge ruled that the report was to be made public Thursday, When to Move From Assisted Living to Memory Care 09/14/2023 08:00pm • While an overwhelming majority of older Americans want to remain living in their home, nearly half of those 65 and older report that they either need or receive help with routine daily activities. Even the best plans for independent living can be disrupted by physical and mental challenges and requi Alabama Public Library Service to create list of controversial books 09/14/2023 07:47pm • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) ��� The Alabama Public Library Service has voted to create a list of books that parents might consider inappropriate for children and teenagers. The list will be compiled from submissions from the public and posted to the Library Service website and distributed to libraries, n In a court filing, a Tennessee couple fights allegations that they got rich off Michael Oher 09/14/2023 07:15pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) ��� A Memphis couple who took in former NFL offensive lineman Michael Oher when he was in high school denied in court documents filed Thursday that they used a legal agreement between them to get rich at his expense and lied about intending to adopt him. Lawyers for Sean and L Families challenge North Dakota's ban on gender-affirming care for children 09/14/2023 06:28pm • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) ��� Families and a pediatrician are challenging North Dakota's law criminalizing gender-affirming care for minors, the latest lawsuit in many states with similar bans. Gender Justice on Thursday announced the state district court lawsuit in a news conference at the state Capitol College professor who questioned views toward adult-child sex wants back on campus 09/14/2023 06:04pm • BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) ��� A college philosophy professor is fighting to be allowed back on campus more than a year and a half after he was banished in the uproar over a podcast in which he questioned the immorality of adult-child sex. Stephen Kershnar, a tenured professor at the State University of Ne GOP senators who boycotted Oregon Legislature file for reelection despite being disqualified 09/14/2023 05:50pm • SALEM, Ore. (AP) ��� Oregon state senators with at least 10 absences during a record-setting Republican walkout are supposed to be disqualified from running for reelection, but several on Thursday filed candidacy papers with election authorities. Following GOP walkouts in the Legislature in 2019, 20 Woman who killed 3-year-old daughter and left her on ballfield is sentenced to 30 years 09/14/2023 03:24pm • DOVER, Del. (AP) ��� A Delaware woman who pleaded guilty to killing her 3-year-old daughter and leaving her burned remains on a softball field was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in prison. Kristie Haas, 31, pleaded guilty earlier this year to murder by abuse or neglect and abuse of a corpse in the Drew Barrymore stalking suspect trespasses at fashion show looking for Emma Watson, police say 09/14/2023 02:04pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A man accused of repeatedly stalking celebrities has been arrested for barging into a dressing room at a New York City fashion show and screaming that he wanted to marry actor Emma Watson, authorities said. Chad Michael Busto, who was arrested last month after a run-in with Drew Ba Yellen details tighter scrutiny of investment plans of foreign-owned companies operating in the US 09/14/2023 01:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Biden administration plans to increase scrutiny of the investment plans of foreign-owned companies operating in the United States. ���National security is a foremost priority, and we deploy a wide range of tools to safeguard it,��� Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursd Taylor Swift and her 'Anti-Hero' top MTV VMAs in a show dominated by hip-hop, K-pop and Latin jams 09/14/2023 01:29pm • Taylor Swift took home the top prize at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards for her ���Anti-Hero��� music video on a night full of surprises. ���This is unbelievable. The fact that this is a fan-voted award means so much to me,��� Swift said in her acceptance speech. ���I can't believe it was a year ago JJ McCarthy leading on and off field for No. 2 Michigan, which hosts Bowling Green under the lights 09/14/2023 01:10pm • ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) ��� J.J. McCarthy jogged from the sideline, where he was watching No. 2 Michigan wrap up its latest rout, and was the first teammate to welcome Jack Tuttle back onto the field after a late hit left the backup quarterback crumpled up under a table and up against a brick wall. On Police detain 233 people for alleged drug dealing at schools in Albania 09/14/2023 12:41pm • TIRANA, Albania (AP) ��� Police in Albania reported the detention of 233 people Thursday as part of a nationwide operation to to stop drug dealing at schools. Interior Minister Taulant Balla said some 3,000 officers took part in the crackdown aimed at some 23 criminal groups that allegedly distribu