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Vote count in Ecuador points to likely runoff between ally of ex-president and banana tycoon���s son 08/21/2023 12:55am • GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) ��� Ecuadorians put aside fears of leaving their homes amid unprecedented violence and voted for a new president Sunday in a special election that was heavily guarded by police and soldiers in part due to the assassination of a presidential candidate this month. No candidate 'Children are known to spread diseases:' COVID and keeping your family healthy as kids go back to school 08/20/2023 08:24pm • Kids are filing back into classrooms, gymnasiums and cafeterias at public schools across Fairfax and Prince William counties Monday. And with them, students are bringing in and sharing pens, spiral notebooks and ��� yes, unfortunately ��� viruses. "I don't have to tell any parent that their kids 9 Best Cheap Stocks to Buy Under $10 08/20/2023 08:00pm • Stocks trading under $10 can be attractive for investors looking to scoop up some cheap shares. Unfortunately, quality stocks trading for less than $10 are few and far between. Stocks priced at this level can be a red flag for investors that something is wrong with a company. Many of these securitie Hope is hard to let go after Maui fire, as odds wane over reuniting with still-missing loved ones 08/20/2023 02:08pm • LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) ��� The days of waiting have become harder and harder as the odds grow longer and longer, but Kevin Baclig remains undeterred in his search for his wife and her parents, missing since Aug. 8 when a wildfire engulfed and flattened the Hawaiian town of Lahaina. He has gone looking A waffle you can drink: Eggo releases sippable version of popular breakfast dish 08/20/2023 03:02am • Ever want to drink your waffles? Now���s your chance ��� but only if you���re 21 and older. Kellogg���s Eggo and Sugarlands Distilling Company partnered to launch a sippable boozy waffle beverage called Eggo Brunch in a Jar Sippin��� Cream, according to a news release Tuesday. Inspired by the Georgia made it easier for parents to challenge school library books. Almost no one has done so 08/20/2023 12:03am • CUMMING, Ga. (AP) ��� When Allison Strickland urged a suburban Atlanta school board in June to remove four books from school libraries, she was following a path cleared by Georgia���s Republican lawmakers. But after the bitterly debated Georgia law took effect Jan. 1, The Associated Press found few 1 dead, 185 structures destroyed in eastern Washington wildfire 08/19/2023 08:28pm • MEDICAL LAKE, Wash. (AP) ��� A wind-driven wildfire in eastern Washington state has destroyed at least 185 structures, closed a major highway and left one person dead, authorities said Saturday. The blaze began shortly after midday Friday on the west side of Medical Lake, about 15 miles (24 kilomete Leader of Niger's junta says it will restore civilian rule within 3 years, but gives no details 08/19/2023 06:06pm • NIAMEY, Niger (AP) ��� The leader of mutinous soldiers who ousted Niger's democratically elected president said Saturday night that they will return the country to civilian rule within three years. Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani gave no details on the plan, saying on state television only that the princ Record-setting temperatures forecast in Dallas as scorching heat wave continues to bake the US 08/19/2023 04:55pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ��� The summer of 2023 may be drawing to a close ��� but the extreme heat is not: More record-shattering temperatures ��� this time across Texas ��� are expected Saturday and Sunday as the U.S. continues to bake. Highs of 109 degrees Fahrenheit (42.8 degrees Celsius) forecast for Georgia Medicaid program with work requirement off to slow start even as thousands lose coverage 08/19/2023 01:17am • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed paperwork creating a new state health plan for low-income residents to much fanfare at the state Capitol three years ago. But public health experts and advocates say since it launched on July 1, state officials appear to be doing little to promote or Michael Jackson sexual abuse lawsuits revived by appeals court 08/18/2023 10:33pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� A California appeals court on Friday revived lawsuits from two men who allege Michael Jackson sexually abused them for years when they were boys. A three-judge panel from California���s 2nd District Court of Appeal found that the lawsuits of Wade Robson and James Safechuck sh Snags persist, but overall improvement for Kentucky district restarting classes after busing fiasco 08/18/2023 10:06pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) ��� Despite some snags, Kentucky's largest school district finished its bus drop-offs much earlier on Friday than it did a week earlier when a busing debacle on the first day of school delayed some students by hours. Friday marked the first day back for elementary and middle s A neonatal nurse in a British hospital has been found guilty of killing 7 babies 08/18/2023 08:31pm • LONDON (AP) ��� A neonatal nurse in a British hospital was found guilty Friday of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six others during a yearlong campaign of deception that saw her prey on the vulnerabilities of sick newborns and their anxious parents. Following 22 days of deliberation, the j Prosecutor urges life sentence for Michigan shooter who killed 4 students 08/18/2023 06:17pm • PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) ��� A prosecutor urged a judge Friday to impose a life sentence on the teenager who killed four students at his Michigan school, arguing that his methodical planning and ���appetite for violence��� should keep him locked up forever. ���He only stopped because there was no one lef Canada wildfire evacuees can't get news media on Facebook and Instagram. Some find workarounds 08/18/2023 05:27pm • Before fleeing about 900 miles (1,500 kilometers) south of Yellowknife by car, Agnes Grandejambe looked to social media to find out almost everything she needed to know about escaping the encroaching wildfires. Some from official government accounts. Mostly from friends and family, including an offe