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How parents can discern between real numbers and anecdotal stories of COVID in classrooms 09/09/2023 04:49am • Kids are back in the classroom ��� but across the D.C. region, some classrooms are already seeing empty desks due to students with COVID-19. But for all the stories you might hear from parents and teachers, the true numbers are harder to track than they used to be. That's because the dashboard Magic Johnson, Josh Harris and other new Commanders owners introduce themselves to Washington fans 09/08/2023 08:44pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Magic Johnson handed Kanga Gwanyama $5,000 in cash, telling the 13-year-old he could only hold on to the money for five minutes and that most of it would go into savings. Johnson brought cheers and a few tears to Gwanyama and hundreds of kids and parents at the Boys & Girl Teacher shortage closes Vegas schools and forces combined classes during union contract battle 09/08/2023 07:18pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� Staffing issues in Las Vegas-area schools reached a critical point this month, with classes being canceled or combined across the nation's fifth-largest school district during bitter contract negotiations. The Clark County School District and the teachers union, which represents Indianapolis officer gets 1 year in prison for kicking a handcuffed man in the face during an arrest 09/08/2023 07:03pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� An Indianapolis police officer who pleaded guilty to kicking a handcuffed man in the face during a 2021 arrest was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison Friday by a judge who said the attack ���shocked the conscience.��� The sentence is less than the 1 1/2 to 2 years Missouri constitutional amendment would ban local gun laws, limit minors' access to firearms 09/08/2023 06:57pm • COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) ��� The Democratic stronghold of St. Louis and other cities in the Republican-leaning state of Missouri would be blocked from cracking down on guns under a newly proposed constitutional amendment. A petition for a November 2024 vote on the proposal, filed this week, also would re Parenting advice YouTuber Ruby Franke and business partner to remain jailed on child abuse charges 09/08/2023 06:46pm • A Utah mother of six who gave parenting advice via a once-popular YouTube channel called ���8 Passengers��� made her initial court appearance Friday on charges that she and the owner of a relationship counseling business abused and starved her two young children. The proceedings were delayed by abo Fourth man charged in connection with threats and vandalism targeting two New Hampshire journalists 09/08/2023 04:30pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) ��� A fourth man has been charged in connection with threats and vandalism targeting public radio journalists in New Hampshire. Eric Labarge, 46, of Nashua, was arrested Friday, according to the U.S. attorney's office in Massachusetts. He and three others who were previously arres Child victims are the forgotten voices of Chile during the Pinochet dictatorship from 1973 to 1990 09/08/2023 04:03pm • SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) ��� Yelena Monroy was 3 years old when she was imprisoned for more than a year along with her younger sister and her mother, a socialist activist targeted by the regime of Gen. Augusto Pinochet after he came to power in Chile in a military coup in September 1973. ���We were scar What's streaming now: Olivia Rodrigo, LaKeith Stanfield, NBA 2K24 and 'The Little Mermaid' 09/08/2023 03:51pm • Olivia Rodrigo���s much-anticipated sophomore album and LaKeith Stanfield starring in the eight-part horror fantasy series ���The Changeling��� are among the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you Among the offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press��� Cash App and Square down? Payment services are 'steadily' recovering after hours-long outages 09/08/2023 02:41pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Thousands Cash App and Square customers were unable to access their accounts or send money Thursday and early Friday due to system outages impacting both payment services. Outage reports for both platforms picked up around the same time Thursday afternoon, according to data from ou 5 teens charged with robbery, assault following Montgomery Co. football game brawl 09/08/2023 01:30pm • Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, have arrested and charged five teens with assault and robbery following a post-football game brawl outside of the Bethesda Metro station last week. The incident took place after the Bethesda-Chevy Chase and Walter Johnson football game on Sept. 1. The teens Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 09/08/2023 01:21pm • Here���s a look at how AP���s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP���s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Player of the Week: Hayfield Secondary School's Ethan Osburn 09/08/2023 07:04am • 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 Ethan Osburn of Hayfield Secondary School in Alexandria, Virginia. Osburn is a two-way player for the Hawks varsity football team, playing as a defen Solo trips or 'gramping?' How older adults travel is changing 09/08/2023 06:17am • Many tour companies are creating experiences for the solo traveler. (Courtesy Road Scholar/Alyssa Bichunsky) This summer, WTOP took you on a tour and explored how adults 50 and older are spending their travels. This fall, Sally Matts is going to Spain. Since her retirement as a human resource As more children die from fentanyl, some prosecutors are charging their parents with murder 09/08/2023 12:09am • SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) ��� Madison Bernard climbed into bed before dawn with her toddler, Charlotte, who was asleep next to a nightstand strewn with straws, burned tinfoil and a white powder. Hours later, the mother woke and found her daughter struggling to breathe, according to investigators who d