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Movie Review: Filmmakers behind biopic 'Golda,' starring Helen Mirren, get lost in a swirl of smoke 08/23/2023 04:08pm • Golda Meir was many things ��� modern Israel���s first and only female head of government and a wartime prime minister. And she now she's provided the vehicle for Helen Mirren to try to earn some more acting awards. The great English actor dons prosthetics and an air of sourness in ���Golda��� to po Prince William Co. teacher's union: 'Sexually explicit' book list leaves staff 'overwhelmed and underappreciated' 08/23/2023 02:15pm • In response to a controversial Virginia state law, Prince William County's school division was one of two districts to recently release a list of books deemed "sexually explicit." Under new guidelines, parents would be allowed to opt their children out of learning about these texts ��� should tea Mexican border city struggles to find space for migrants even with a new shelter 08/23/2023 01:57pm • MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) ��� At a massive encampment near an international bridge along the U.S.-Mexico border, migrants from Honduras, Haiti, Venezuela and elsewhere have turned scraps of plastic, poster board and rope into makeshift homes. Mexico���s immigration agency and a Catholic aid group are o Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 08/23/2023 01:14pm • 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 Children's advocates ask FTC to investigate Google for targeting ads to kids 08/23/2023 12:00pm • Children���s advocacy groups including Fairplay and Common Sense Media are asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google, saying the tech giant serves personalized ads to kids on YouTube despite federal law prohibiting the practice. The letter follows a report from The New York Times la Texas elementary school students escape injuries after a boy fires a gun on a school bus 08/23/2023 11:10am • SEGUIN, Texas (AP) ��� Authorities say no one was injured after a Texas elementary school student fired a gun while on a crowded school bus. The bullet struck the back of a bus seat and was stopped by steel inside the seat as the bus arrived Tuesday morning at Jefferson Elementary School in Segui Editorial Roundup: United States 08/23/2023 11:04am • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Aug. 20 The Washington Post on corporal punishment in schools While the use of corporal punishment in schools is a widely condemned practice, officials in more than 15 states can still strike a child for misbehavior. In 2021, a 4-year- Bear attacks 7-year-old boy in his suburban New York backyard 08/23/2023 09:19am • BEDFORD, N.Y. (AP) ��� A black bear attacked a 7-year-old boy outside his family's home in suburban New York, sending the child to a hospital with injuries that were not life threatening, officials said. The attack happened shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday outside a home in Bedford, about 45 miles nort Germany is moving forward with a plan to ease its citizenship rules as it seeks to attract workers 08/23/2023 09:00am • BERLIN (AP) ��� Germany plans to ease citizenship rules under legislation approved Wednesday by the Cabinet, a project that the government contends will bolster the integration of immigrants and help an economy that is struggling with a shortage of skilled workers. The legislation passed by Chancell I was surprised when some of my student loans were canceled. Yours might be, too 08/23/2023 08:42am • In 2022, I left the teaching profession, convinced that the public service loan forgiveness (PSLF) I had been pursuing for the past 14 years was no longer a possibility. When I changed careers, I had nearly $50,000 in student loan debt. But in 2023, my loan servicer informed me that almost $40,000 o Facebook���s parent company Meta and moderators suing it for $1.6 billion in Kenya agree to mediation 08/23/2023 08:23am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� Meta, Facebook���s parent company, and 184 of its content moderators who were based in Kenya agreed Wednesday on a mediation attempt to settle out of court. Last year, the moderators ��� from several African countries ��� filed a lawsuit against the social media giant and its In session reacting to school shooting, Tennessee GOP lawmaker orders removal of public from hearing 08/23/2023 07:21am • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� Families close to a Nashville fatal school shooting broke down in tears Tuesday after a Tennessee Republican leader ordered state troopers to remove them and others from a legislative hearing room while they waited to testify in favor of gun control measures. The emotional The German Cabinet has approved a plan to make it easier for people to legally change name, gender 08/23/2023 06:49am • BERLIN (AP) ��� Germany���s Cabinet on Wednesday approved a plan to make it easier for transgender, intersex and nonbinary people to change their name and gender in official documents, legislation that the justice minister said aims to make life easier for ���a small group for which it has great sig Edmunds: These cars will be gone after 2023 08/23/2023 06:12am • Just as TV shows get canceled due to poor performance or changing customer tastes, the same happens for cars and trucks. Sluggish sales have often been the deciding factor in ending a model���s life cycle, but the industry���s shift toward electric vehicles is also becoming a major driving force. Th Arlington Co. police step up back-to-school traffic enforcement 08/23/2023 04:25am • Students in Arlington County, Virginia, will be returning to their classrooms Monday for the start of the 2023-24 school year, and county police say they will be out in strong numbers to enforce the traffic safety laws around school zones and bus stops. The county's approximately 28,000 public sc