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Virginia governor pardons man whose arrest at a school board meeting galvanized conservatives 09/10/2023 09:10pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� The father of a Virginia student sexually assaulted in her high school bathroom has been pardoned after his arrest two years ago protesting a school board meeting became a flashpoint in the conservative push to increase parental involvement in public education. Virginia Rep Sweden brings more books and handwriting practice back to its tech-heavy schools 09/10/2023 08:42pm • STOCKHOLM (AP) ��� As young children went back to school across Sweden last month, many of their teachers were putting a new emphasis on printed books, quiet reading time and handwriting practice and devoting less time to tablets, independent online research and keyboarding skills. The return to mor A Guide to Federal Student Direct Loan Consolidation 09/10/2023 08:00pm • Borrowers with multiple federal student loans may find it difficult to keep track of making several payments a month. To streamline the process, borrowers have the option to consolidate some or all of their federal student loans into one. Rather than multiple loans with differing interest rates, bor Analysis: US Open champ Coco Gauff wants to get better and win more major titles. Don't doubt her 09/10/2023 02:56pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Now that Coco Gauff is a Grand Slam champion, she���s ready for stardom. ���100%,��� she said, without a hint of hesitation. ���That was the dream since I started this sport.��� She���s also eager. ���I know that this feeling is incredible and I want to experience it again,��� the Ralph Lauren, a son of the Bronx, takes over Brooklyn in lavish return to NY Fashion Week 09/10/2023 12:21pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� He may have been born in the Bronx, but designer Ralph Lauren took over a different New York city borough ��� Brooklyn ��� with a sumptuous event that marked his return to NY Fashion Week after four years and brought out stars like Jennifer Lopez, Julianne Moore, Diane Keaton, Mind Presidents Biden, Obama, Clinton congratulate Coco Gauff on her US Open tennis title 09/10/2023 09:10am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Former President Barack Obama congratulated Coco Gauff on her U.S. Open title Saturday, less than two weeks after attending her first comeback of the tournament. After Gauff rallied to beat Aryna Sabalenka 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, messages quickly poured onto the social media platform former Moroccan villagers mourn after earthquake brings destruction to their rural mountain home 09/10/2023 04:44am • MOULAY BRAHIM, Morocco (AP) ��� The ground shook with a force few had ever felt, thundering through the remote Moroccan village in the dark of night. When the earthquake was over late Friday, the town carved into the Atlas Mountains lay in devastation, with possibly dozens dead, scores of homes cru Coco Gauff wins the US Open for her first Grand Slam title at age 19 by defeating Aryna Sabalenka 09/10/2023 12:39am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Coco Gauff is still a teenager, after all, and so it should surprise no one that she was on her phone in the locker room, scrolling through social media, right up until 10 minutes before heading out on court for the U.S. Open final. What the 19-year-old from Florida was reading, sh Hook 'em Horns! No. 11 Texas, Ewers pull off 34-24 victory at No. 3 Alabama 09/09/2023 11:57pm • TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) ��� Quinn Ewers and the Texas Longhorns gave themselves an early welcome to the Southeastern Conference. And perhaps a welcome back to national title contention. Ewers finished what he started last season, passing for 349 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 11 Texas to a 34- Repurposed pay phone entertains kids and grownups with jokes in DC 09/09/2023 09:30pm • Coin-operated pay telephones, once ubiquitous, in places ranging from gas stations to drug stores to street corners, have vanished from the landscape. But someone has figured a way to repurpose an old pay phone to dial up some smiles. Near Lafayette Elementary School in D.C.'s Chevy Chase neighbo Md. Rep. Jamie Raskin urges social media companies, WMATA to address deadly 'subway surfing' 09/09/2023 08:23pm • Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin is asking social media companies and WMATA for help in controlling the "subway surfing" trend that led to the death of a teenager in D.C. in June. "This online trend has deadly consequences," wrote Rep. Raskin to Meta and TikTok. "This summer, my constituent, Jay Teen's death leads to outpouring of concern over spicy chip challenge as sales are halted 09/09/2023 05:04pm • WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) ��� The death of a Massachusetts teenager after his family said he ate an extremely spicy tortilla chip has led to an outpouring of concern about the social media challenge and prompted retailers to pull the product from their shelves at the manufacturer's request. The family o Prominent activist's son convicted of storming Capitol and invading Senate floor in Jan. 6 riot 09/09/2023 12:02pm • The son of a prominent conservative activist has been convicted of charges that he stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, bashed in a window, chased a police officer, invaded the Senate floor and helped a mob disrupt the certification of Democrat Joe Biden's presidential election victory. Leo Updated COVID shots are coming. They're part of a trio of vaccines to block fall viruses 09/09/2023 10:48am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Updated COVID-19 vaccines are coming soon, just in time to pair them with flu shots. And this fall, the first vaccines for another scary virus called RSV are rolling out to older adults and pregnant women. Doctors hope enough people get vaccinated to help avert another ���tripled States step in to pay for school meals for all kids 09/09/2023 10:01am • (CNN) — As soon as Tracy Area Schools in Minnesota resumed charging for breakfast and lunch last year, students started dropping out of the program. Many of their families simply couldn���t shell out up to $2.65 for a meal each day.���We have some kids who didn���t eat because Mom and Dad can�