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Google exploited exclusive search engine deals to maintain its advantage over rivals, DOJ argues 09/12/2023 06:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Google has exploited its dominance of the internet search market to lock out competitors and smother innovation, the Department of Justice said Tuesday at the opening of the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century. ���This case is about the future of the internet and wh Mississippi school district named in desegregation lawsuit is allowed to shed federal supervision 09/12/2023 05:30pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) ��� A majority-Black Mississippi school district received a judge's approval Tuesday to shed federal supervision in a decades-old desegregation lawsuit that included a 2013 order to move away from harsh discipline that disproportionately affected Black students. U.S. District Jud FACT FOCUS: Critics twist California bill that would weigh gender-identity support in custody cases 09/12/2023 05:17pm • Democratic California lawmakers have approved a bill that would instruct courts to consider, among many other factors, whether a parent affirms a child���s gender identity when making custody and visitation decisions. But critics online are claiming that the measure goes much further, and means any How a new Fairfax Co. police unit is working to keep guns out of the hands of people experiencing a crisis 09/12/2023 05:00pm • In Virginia, a new Fairfax County police unit will specialize in investigating bomb threats, active violence threats and red flag cases, police Chief Kevin Davis said at a news conference Tuesday. The group, called the Threat Assessment and Management Unit, which launched on Aug. 28, was formed a Movie Review: Kenneth Branagh crafts a sumptuously spooky ���A Haunting in Venice��� 09/12/2023 04:33pm • Kenneth Branagh indulges in the kind of macabre theatricality that only a crumbling Venetian palazzo on a stormy Halloween night can provide in ��� A Haunting in Venice. ��� Moviegoers probably long ago made up their mind one way or another about Branagh���s stately and flawed Hercule Poirot franchi WestRock, Exxon Mobil and GoDaddy rise; Oracle falls, Tuesday, 9/12/2023 09/12/2023 04:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks that are trading heavily or have substantial price changes on Tuesday: Oracle Corp. (ORCL), down $17.10 to $109.61. The business software giant reported revenue that fell short of forecasts. WestRock Co. (WRK), up 94 cents to $35. The company is combining with Smurfit Kappa Families ask full appellate court to reconsider Alabama transgender care ban 09/12/2023 04:09pm • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) ��� Alabama families with transgender children asked a full appellate court Monday to review a decision that will let the state enforce a ban on treating minors with gender-affirming hormones and puberty blockers. The families asked all of the judges of the 11th U.S. Circuit Co Virginia library faces potential shutdown over funding after children's books are challenged 09/12/2023 03:22pm • FRONT ROYAL, Va. (AP) ��� A Virginia library that traces its roots to the 18th century could soon be shuttered over a dispute about children���s books that expose readers to gay, lesbian and transgender characters. Like many libraries across the country, the Samuels Public Library in Warren Count For HBCUs, the bands are about much more than the show to the Black community: 'This is family' 09/12/2023 12:07pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� It���s almost 10 p.m. and still a sweltering, sticky 95 degrees when Texas Southern���s Ocean of Soul band marches onto the top of a parking garage a stone���s throw from downtown Houston. The glittering skyline is close enough to provide some illumination to the dimly lit structure Washington Spirit���s Paige Metayer's journey from undrafted rookie to pro starter 09/12/2023 11:24am • Paige Metayer recalls her professional soccer debut as ���certainly surreal.��� In late March, with over 11,000 spectators at D.C.'s Audi Field, the 22-year-old midfielder walked out on the field as a starter for the Washington Spirit in its season opener against OL Reign. Looking at the oppos Millennial Money: Food service workers prepped for success in other jobs 09/12/2023 07:58am • My first time bartending I was left alone at the bar on a busy summer night with zero training. I cried in the back for a few minutes, then started pouring drinks. I mean, I didn���t have a lot of options. At one point, I was so stressed I asked a customer how to make a gin and tonic. That night tau Is it time to revisit and bolster a decades-old law aimed at managing pest control in Maryland schools? 09/12/2023 07:17am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters�����free email subscription��today. Amid fretting and high hopes that their children will succeed in the academic year, concerns that students could be exposed to toxic pesti Michelle Branch kicks off Annapolis Songwriters Fest with Blondie, K. Michelle, LeAnn Rimes, Patty Griffin 09/12/2023 03:57am • Hear our full chat on my podcast ���Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley.��� The Annapolis Songwriters Festival returns to the Maryland capital this Thursday through Sunday. The festival kicks off with Michelle Branch live at Maryland Hall in Annapolis on Thursday, followed by Blondie at Anna American researcher has been rescued from deep Turkish cave more than a week after he fell ill 09/12/2023 02:47am • TASELI PLATEAU, Turkey (AP) ��� Rescuers pulled an American researcher out of a Turkish cave early Tuesday, more than a week after he became seriously ill 1,000 meters (more than 3,000 feet) below its entrance, officials said. Teams from across Europe had rushed to Morca cave in southern Turkey�� California lawmakers vote to end travel ban to states with anti-LGBTQ+ laws 09/11/2023 10:39pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� California may soon lift a ban on state-funded travel to states with anti-LGBTQ+ laws and instead focus on an advertising campaign to bring anti-discrimination messages to red states. California started banning official travel to states with laws it deemed discriminato