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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 Put your records on! Corinne Bailey Rae plays new album 'Black Rainbows' at DC's Lincoln Theatre 08/23/2023 03:52am • Hear our full chat on my podcast ���Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley.��� Corinne Bailey Rae is no stranger to the nation's capital, having performed at the White House for Paul McCartney in 2010, followed by DAR Constitution Hall for Smokey Robinson's Gershwin Prize in 2016. "I absolutely 1-year-old dies in hot day care van as scorching weather hits central US 08/22/2023 09:42pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) ��� Scorching weather hitting nearly 100 million people across a huge swath of the U.S. forced schools and outdoor workers to scramble to adjust Tuesday ��� and claimed the life of a 1-year-old girl left in a Nebraska day care center���s van on one of the hottest days of the year. O Important Financial Goals for Teens 08/22/2023 08:00pm • Developing smart financial habits is not second nature. It takes time and practice to reach financial security, and the sooner you start, the better. To increase your chances of becoming a financially literate adult, starting to make smart money decisions as a teenager is crucial. For most teens, th Royal Caribbean vs. Carnival: Food, Cost & More 08/22/2023 08:00pm • Royal Caribbean International and Carnival Cruise Line are two of the largest cruise providers operating in the United States. Both cruise operators are known for their well-rounded cruises from ports in North America as well as overseas, and both have frequent sales that let cruisers score hefty di Georgia school district is banning books, citing sexual content, after firing a teacher 08/22/2023 07:32pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Georgia's second-largest school district says that it has removed two books from 20 school libraries, saying the books had ���highly inappropriate, sexually explicit content.��� The announcement, sent in an electronic message to parents in some Cobb County schools on Monday, comes d An Ohio school bus overturns after crash with minivan, leaving 1 child dead and 23 injured 08/22/2023 04:52pm • LAWRENCEVILLE, Ohio (AP) ��� A school bus full of children overturned after a crash with a minivan in Ohio, killing one child and injuring 23 others, one seriously, authorities said. Trooper Tyler Ross of the Ohio State Highway Patrol said there were 52 children from Northwestern Local Schools and a Fruit grower who opposes same-sex marriage wins ruling over access to public market 08/22/2023 04:38pm • The rights of a Michigan fruit grower were violated when a city barred him from a seasonal market because of his opposition to same-sex weddings at his orchard, a judge said. East Lansing's decision to exclude Steve Tennes and Country Mill Farms in 2017 ���constituted a burden on plaintiffs��� relig Packing a school lunch for a picky eater is tough. Here are some tips 08/22/2023 02:58pm • Kids are heading back to school and if you have a picky eater in your house, packing up a nutritious lunch can be hard. Here are some tips from a pediatrician and mother of a picky child. "School lunches should not be where we're kind of reaching for the stars to introduce a lot of new foods," sa Jailed Sam Bankman-Fried can't prepare for trial without vegan diet and adequate meds, lawyers say 08/22/2023 11:05am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried can���t adequately prepare for trial in six weeks while in jail without proper access to computers, necessary medications to help him concentrate, and a better diet than bread, water and peanut butter, his lawyers told a magistrate judge Tuesday. The l Knicks sue Raptors, accusing rival of using ex-Knicks employee as 'mole' to steal scouting secrets 08/22/2023 09:31am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The New York Knicks sued the Toronto Raptors, their new head coach and a former Knicks scouting employee on Monday, saying the defendants conspired to steal thousands of videos and other scouting secrets over the past few weeks. The lawsuit in Manhattan federal court seeks unspecif Prince George's Co. launches back-to-school vaccine clinic 08/22/2023 08:14am • The Prince George's County Health Department launched its back-to-school immunization clinic initiative Monday, offering routine childhood vaccinations plus flu and COVID-19 shots for students with no or limited health insurance. Children and teens between the ages of two months and 18 years old Can South Carolina���s Haley and Scott woo the GOP���s white evangelical base away from Trump? 08/22/2023 07:59am • CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) ��� In 2015, Nikki Haley and Tim Scott attended the funerals of those slain by a racist gunman at Mother Emanuel AME Church. Scott would later tear up on the Senate floor recounting the faith of the fallen and their families. Haley would go on to write that she leaned on God an Thailand threatening to shut down Facebook, alleging it doesn't screen ads well enough 08/22/2023 07:09am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� A Thai Cabinet minister is threatening to try to shut down Facebook in the country, saying the social media platform does not do enough to screen the advertisements it runs, leaving people vulnerable to costly scams. Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn, Thailand's minister of Digital Economy a Cambodian Parliament approves longtime leader's son as prime minister as part of generational change 08/22/2023 06:39am • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) ��� The son of longtime autocratic Cambodian leader Hun Sen was sworn in Tuesday as the country's new prime minister, part of a generational change in top positions in the Southeast Asian nation. Hun Manet, 45, won his first seat in the National Assembly in July elections