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Vivek Ramaswamy takes center stage, plus other key moments from the first Republican debate 08/24/2023 01:18pm • Former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have dominated the Republican presidential nomination fight for much of the year. Neither dominated the debate stage Wednesday night. Trump, of course, decided to skip the GOP���s opening presidential primary debate given his overwhelming l It's back to school for Loudoun County students 08/24/2023 12:00pm • Students in Loudoun County, Virginia, schools started slogging their backpacks Thursday, returning to school for two days before the weekend. The Loudoun County schools' account posted the following video welcoming students back to school Thursday morning on social media. Welcome back to schoo Sandwich chain Subway will be sold to fast-food investor Roark Capital 08/24/2023 11:28am • Subway said Thursday it will be sold to Roark Capital, a private equity firm with expertise in restaurant management that could help the sandwich chain expand and improve its stores. Terms of the deal weren���t disclosed. Earlier this week, The Wall Street Journal reported that Atlanta-based Roark w Bans on diverse picture books? Young kids need to see their families represented, experts say 08/24/2023 08:16am • When Wes Brown sought out children's books for his two young sons, he made sure to seek titles that reflected the family he and his husband were building. He found that in one called ���The Family Book,��� a 2003 picture book by Todd Parr. It depicts families of all kinds: the traditional nuclear f The first 2024 Republican presidential debate is in the books. Here's what happened 08/24/2023 12:19am • MILWAUKEE (AP) ��� Follow along for live updates on the first 2024 Republican presidential debate. The field's early front-runner, Donald Trump, skipped the event and conducted an interview with Tucker Carlson instead. What to know ��� GOP candidates tangle in Milwaukee as they vie to be the l Pakistani children rescued from a broken cable car say they repeatedly feared they would die 08/23/2023 11:50pm • PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) ��� Schoolchildren who were rescued from a broken cable car dangling high above a valley in Pakistan said Wednesday they repeatedly feared they were about to die during the 16-hour ordeal despite attempts by their parents to reassure them over cellphones. Several of the chil Signs return to Tennessee statehouse grounds after judge blocks new House GOP rule 08/23/2023 10:49pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� A judge ruled to let people bring signs back into the Tennessee House's hearings on Wednesday, followed hours later by more disarray during a committee debate on allowing more guns into schools in a special session in reaction to a deadly Nashville school shooting in March. From Europe to Canada to Hawaii, photos capture destructive power of wildfires 08/23/2023 09:12pm • The destructive power of wildfire has been a defining feature of a summer of climate extremes. Dozens of people on multiple continents have died. Blazes have reduced homes and businesses to rubble. Thick smoke has darkened skies and carried fine-particle pollution thousands of miles from its source How to Save Money for Your Kids 08/23/2023 08:00pm • Starting a family almost always means parents will need to make adjustments to their finances. From buying birthday presents to paying fees for extracurricular activities, raising kids can be costly. "If you look at the cost of college, that number is pretty staggering," says Kara Duckworth, certifi Nvidia's rising star gets even brighter with another stellar quarter propelled by sales of AI chips 08/23/2023 06:33pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Computer chip maker Nvidia has rocketed into the constellation of Big Tech���s brightest stars while riding the artificial intelligence craze that���s fueling red-hot demand for its technology. The latest evidence of Nvidia���s ascendance emerged with Wednesday���s release of How buying secondhand or used items can help save the environment 08/23/2023 06:30pm • Whether you're looking for back to school clothes for the kids, electronics or even some appliances, buying used items may be the way to go. "If you buy something that's used, it means a company doesn't need to manufacture something new for you and ship it out. And also, it keeps that used item o Mom gets life for stabbing newborn and throwing the baby in a river in 1992. DNA cracked the case 08/23/2023 06:15pm • YORK, S.C. (AP) ��� A 50-year-old woman was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for killing her newborn daughter, whose stabbed body was found in a plastic bag in a South Carolina river in 1992. A York County jury convicted Stacy Michelle Rabon of homicide by child abuse earlier this month. She wa Supporters of silenced Montana transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr won't face trespassing charges 08/23/2023 05:34pm • HELENA, Mont. (AP) ��� Montana prosecutors are declining to pursue misdemeanor trespassing charges against seven people who were arrested in the state House gallery for protesting after Republicans denied transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr the right to debate bills near the end of the 2023 legislativ How Ron DeSantis used Florida schools to become a culture warrior 08/23/2023 05:30pm • Ron DeSantis ��� path to national prominence started in Florida���s classrooms, where he harnessed culture war passions and deployed them in education policies. In the name of ���parental rights,��� the Republican governor has banned instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity and limited Driver of minivan facing charge in Ohio school bus crash that killed 1 student, hurt 23 08/23/2023 04:50pm • LAWRENCEVILLE, Ohio (AP) ��� The driver of a minivan involved in a crash with an Ohio school bus that left one student dead and more than a score of others injured is now facing a criminal charge. According to Clark County Municipal Court records, 35-year-old Hermanio Joseph of Springfield is charge