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Opponents of COVID restrictions took over a Michigan county. They want deep cuts to health funding 09/14/2023 12:01pm • HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) ��� The fastest growing county in Michigan has seen its local government transformed in the wake of backlash to pandemic restrictions, and the new commissioners ��� claiming COVID is over ��� are threatening to cut millions of dollars from the county���s health department. Local Whole families drowned in Libya's flood. Many didn't realize the danger until they heard dams burst 09/14/2023 10:54am • DERNA, Libya (AP) ��� The wall of water several stories high smashed into apartment buildings, drowning entire families in minutes. One man lost at least 13 members of his extended family. Fadellalah has yet to hear about the fate of another 20, several days after two dams burst above the Libyan co Young people honored at DC award ceremony for overcoming adversity 09/14/2023 10:32am • In the Old Council Chambers at Judiciary Square, friends and loved ones cheered each award recipient as they stepped forward ��� honored by D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb who presided at the eighth annual Right Direction Awards. Thirty young people were saluted for overcoming significant cha Movie Review: A charming Haley Lu Richardson anchors sappy but sweet rom-com ���Love at First Sight��� 09/14/2023 09:27am • The last time we saw Haley Lu Richardson ��� at least, the ���White Lotus��� version of Haley Lu Richardson ��� her Portia was in an airport, leaving the murderous mayhem of Sicily (and one dead boss) behind and exchanging contacts on her phone with nice young Albie. Now, in an amusing bit of symmet At the University of North Carolina, two shootings 30 years apart show how much has changed 09/14/2023 08:31am • Three decades ago, as a University of North Carolina student, he covered a deadly shooting for the school newspaper. Last month, as a journalism professor at the same school, Ryan Thornburg kept his students safe during a lockdown ��� after another shooting. In some ways, the era of campus shooting When will all Prince George's Co. high schools have metal detectors in place? 09/14/2023 03:54am • In Prince George's County, Maryland, work has been underway to enhance security at all high schools ��� and that includes the addition of metal detectors. This week, the devices were installed at DuVal High School in Lanham after the killing of 16-year-old student Jayda Medrano-Moore not far fro Sweden's figurehead king celebrates 50 years on the throne 09/14/2023 02:06am • STOCKHOLM (AP) ��� Sweden this week marks the 50th anniversary of King Carl XVI Gustaf���s accession to the throne with four days of celebrations that culminate with a military parade through the capital. The scale of the golden jubilee may not reach the levels of royal anniversaries in Britain, but Bryan Kohberger, charged in the slayings of 4 Idaho college students, wants cameras out of courtroom 09/13/2023 10:47pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) ��� Attorneys for a man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death late last year want cameras banned from the courtroom, contending that news coverage of the criminal proceedings has violated a judge's orders and threatens his right to a fair trial. Bryan Ko Federal judge again declares that DACA is illegal with issue likely to be decided by Supreme Court 09/13/2023 10:43pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� While a federal judge on Wednesday declared illegal a revised version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, he declined to order an immediate end to the program and the protections it offers to recip Afghan soldier who was arrested at US-Mexico border after fleeing Taliban is granted asylum 09/13/2023 10:13pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� An Afghan soldier who fled the Taliban and traveled through nearly a dozen countries before being arrested at the Texas-Mexico border and detained for months has been granted asylum, allowing him to remain in the United States, his brother said Wednesday. Abdul Wasi Safi, 27, is one California lawmakers vote to let legislative employees join a labor union 09/13/2023 10:04pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� Legislative workers at the California Capitol are close to forming their first labor union after state lawmakers approved a bill Wednesday that allows them to organize. The Democrats in charge of California's Legislature have historically been friendly with labor unions. Loudspeaker message outside NYC migrant shelter warns new arrivals they are 'not safe here' 09/13/2023 07:31pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A New Yorker upset that the city has been housing homeless migrants on his block has set up a loudspeaker to deliver an unwelcoming message to his new neighbors: "Immigrants are not safe here.��� The message, recorded in six languages, blares all day from a loudspeaker on Scott Her Leaving Google's search engine isn't easy, government witness says in antitrust case 09/13/2023 06:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The U.S. Justice Department pressed ahead with its antitrust case against Google Wednesday, questioning a former employee of the search engine giant about deals he helped negotiate with phone companies in the 2000s. Chris Barton, who worked for Google from 2004 to 2011, testified Mother of Baltimore mass shooting victim condemns faulty police response: 'That's not right' 09/13/2023 05:58pm • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� Until she graduated from high school in June, Aaliyah Gonzalez had a strict 11 p.m. curfew. But her parents decided to loosen the rules after proudly watching her walk across the graduation stage to collect her diploma. With college on the horizon, she took advantage of her newfo Warring motions before fired Loudoun Co. superintendent���s trial: Prosecutor says claims of misconduct ���frivolous��� 09/13/2023 05:10pm • The lawyer for fired Loudoun County School Superintendent Scott Ziegler claims prosecutors in Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares' office resorted to "extensive abuse of the special grand jury process," and will ask a judge next week to dismiss Ziegler's three misdemeanor indictments. In a mo