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DC plans to beef up police force, crack down on curfew violators 08/18/2023 12:01am • The Metropolitan Police Department announced Thursday that it would be handing out more money as part of its ongoing effort to beef up the District's police force. Department employees who attract new officers can now receive a referral bonus, according to Pamela Smith, the city's acting police c Today in History: August 18, 19th Amendment is ratified, guaranteeing women right to vote 08/18/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Friday, Aug. 18, the 230th day of 2023. There are 135 days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On Aug. 18, 1587, Virginia Dare became the first child of English parents to be born in present-day America, on what is now Roanoke Island in North Carolina. On thi Georgia school board fires teacher for reading a book to students about gender identity 08/17/2023 09:34pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� A Georgia school board voted along party lines Thursday to fire a teacher after officials said she improperly read a book on gender fluidity to her fifth grade class. The Cobb County School Board in suburban Atlanta voted 4-3 to fire Katie Rinderle, overriding the recommendation of Incoming students take precautions after recent violence near Howard University's campus 08/17/2023 08:59pm • There���s nothing new about Howard University���s Safety Fair ��� the event is done every year as freshmen move into the campus in Northwest D.C. But this year, the event with music, a drumline and a chance for new students to connect with each other, followed a violent attack on several Howard U What Is Private Student Loan Consolidation? 08/17/2023 08:00pm • Private student loan consolidation, sometimes referred to as student loan refinancing, allows you to combine multiple student loans into a single loan through a private lender. Consolidating your student loans may reduce your monthly payments or help you get out of debt faster, especially if you qua What��to��Do��if��You��Fall��Behind��on Bills 08/17/2023 08:00pm • Falling behind on paying your bills is one of the more stressful situations anyone can find themselves in -- and it's a circumstance many consumers can relate to. According to a study released in March 2023 from PYMNTS.com and LendingClub, 62% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. If that's DEI Bans at Colleges: What Students Should Know 08/17/2023 08:00pm • Many colleges around the country that have spent decades building up their diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives are now having to rethink -- and in some cases completely dismantle -- those efforts. Conservative policymakers have been pushing back hard on higher education programs that use rac A list of mass killings in the United States since January 08/17/2023 05:26pm • The latest mass killing in the United States happened Wednesday in Oklahoma City at a family's home that officers visited following a report of a domestic disturbance. Police said a 28-year-old man fatally shot his three young children ��� ages 9, 5 and 2 ��� and his estranged wife before taking his Bengals RB Joe Mixon found not guilty of aggravated menacing during traffic dispute 08/17/2023 05:23pm • CINCINNATI (AP) ��� Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon was found not guilty Thursday of aggravated menacing in a January traffic dispute. Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge Gwen Bender acquitted Mixon of the misdemeanor charge after a four-day bench trial. A woman had accused the 27-year-o Police search for person who killed 11-year-old girl, left body in her suburban Houston home 08/17/2023 04:54pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� Police continued to search Thursday for the person who sexually assaulted and killed an 11-year-old girl before placing her body underneath her bed in her family���s suburban Houston apartment. Police in the Houston suburb of Pasadena said Maria Gonzalez had been home alone at aroun Is your kid ready for kindergarten? This study helps parents put the 'PECES' together 08/17/2023 03:54pm • It's an exciting time for a lot of parents around the region as they get ready to send their kids off to kindergarten. But some parents might be a little nervous, since not all kids that enter kindergarten are ready to start school. A new study is giving parents, and future parents, clues about w Canadian woman sentenced to nearly 22 years for 2020 ricin letter sent to Trump in White House 08/17/2023 02:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A Canadian woman was sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison in Washington Thursday in the mailing of a threatening letter containing the poison ricin to then-President Donald Trump at the White House. Pascale Ferrier, 56, had pleaded guilty to violating biological weapons prohib NYC bans use of TikTok on city-owned phones, joining federal government, majority of states 08/17/2023 12:21pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� New York City has directed its employees to delete TikTok from their city-issued phones, joining the federal government and more than half of U.S. states in banning the use of the Chinese-owned social media app on government-owned devices. ���While social media is great at connecti Review: 'Blue Beetle' is a little more than a bug in the superhero system 08/17/2023 11:19am • Franz Kafka never realized how close he came to kickstarting a superhero franchise. Ever since Gregor Samsa awoke in his bed to find himself transformed into a monstrous dung beetle in ���The Metamorphosis," we've had spider-men, wasps, ant-men, crime-fighting ticks and mighty mantises ��� such a s First on CNN: Taylor Swift���s Eras tour could become the highest grossing tour of all time 08/17/2023 10:57am • New York (CNN Business) — Taylor Swift���s era-defining ���Eras��� tour is flying like a jet stream, high above the music scene ��� by billions of dollars.The tour could gross $2.2 billion in North American ticket sales alone, according to August survey data from research firm QuestionPro prov