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Comedian Kathleen Madigan visits West Virginia, come find out why Ron White says 'nobody better' 06/19/2024 04:48pm • Comedian Ron White heaped praise on her, saying, "There's nobody better than Maddy. She's smart and just crushes it every time. She's not just one of the best 'female' comics, she's one of the best comics, period." See for yourself as Kathleen Madigan cracks up the Hollywood Casino at Charles Survivors of New Hampshire motorcycle crash that killed 7 urge a judge to keep trucker off the road 06/19/2024 04:00pm • Days before the five-year anniversary of a crash that killed seven motorcyclists, relatives and friends urged New Hampshire officials Wednesday not to allow the trucker involved back on the state's roadways. A jury in 2022 found Volodymyr Zhukovskyy not guilty of multiple manslaughter and negligent Balancing act: Swimmers Harting and Fink hold full-time jobs while chasing their Olympic dreams 06/19/2024 02:59pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� Zach Harting had a practical reason for getting a job away from the pool. He was approaching his 26th birthday. He needed health insurance. ���I'm not on my parents' (plan) anymore,��� Harting said. An Olympian at the Tokyo Games, Harting is attempting to make the team for Pari 2 French boys are accused of raping a 12-year-old Jewish girl in an act of antisemitism 06/19/2024 01:52pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Two adolescent boys in a Paris suburb have been given preliminary charges of raping a 12-year-old girl and religion-motivated violence, French authorities said Wednesday. A Jewish leader said the girl is Jewish. The attack elicited widespread shock and concern, notably after a surge New York requiring paid break time for moms who need to pump breast milk at work, under new law 06/19/2024 12:13pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) ��� New York moms returning to work after giving birth will now get paid break time when they need to pump breast milk at their jobs, under a new law that took effect Wednesday. Gov. Kathy Hochul said the law requires employers in the state to provide a half hour of paid break tim Immigrant families rejoice over Biden's expansive move toward citizenship, while some are left out 06/19/2024 10:11am • HOUSTON (AP) ��� Hundreds of thousands of immigrants had reason to rejoice when President Joe Biden unveiled a highly expansive plan to extend legal status to spouses of U.S. citizens but, inevitably, some were left out. Claudia Z��niga, 35, married in 2017, or 10 years after her husband came to the In 'Janet Planet,' playwright Annie Baker explores a new dramatic world 06/19/2024 09:56am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker has been hailed as one of the preeminent voices of her generation, but the movies have long lingered in her mind and in her work. In her play, ���The Flick,��� a trio of workers clean up between showings at a smalltown arthouse thea With pardons in Maryland, 2.5 million Americans will have marijuana convictions cleared or forgiven 06/19/2024 08:59am • Maryland this week became the latest state to announce mass pardons for people convicted of marijuana-related crimes as the nation wrestles with how to make amends for the lives disrupted in the decadeslong war on drugs. Under Gov. Wes Moore's plan, more than 175,000 convictions for possession of Norway tightens controls over adoptions from abroad but won't ban practice as investigation unfolds 06/19/2024 08:23am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) ��� Norway has tightened controls over adoptions from abroad but will allow them to continue as it conducts an investigation into the legality and ethics of past adoptions, the government said Wednesday. The move to keep allowing international adoptions for now contradicted Ben Rice has the scoop for his major league debut with Yankees 06/19/2024 12:52am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Ben Rice was ready with the scoop for his major league debut. After running to first base Tuesday night, the 25-year-old turned to the Bleacher Creatures during his first Yankee Stadium Roll Call. He rotated his right hand a half-dozen times over his glove as if eating, well, ri Half a million immigrants could eventually get US citizenship under a sweeping new plan from Biden 06/18/2024 09:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden ordered expansive election-year action Tuesday to offer potential citizenship to hundreds of thousands of immigrants without legal status in the U.S., aiming to balance his recent aggressive crackdown on the southern border that enraged advocates and many Demo 'We need to do everything and anything that we can': Bill proposed in Montgomery Co. would give kids $1,800 at birth 06/18/2024 09:15pm • A so-called "baby bonds" bill is being considered in Montgomery County, in which $1,800 would be invested for every child born in the Maryland county. The Child Investment Fund would be overseen by an 13-member committee, and the funds would be available for applicants once they reach age 18. California man charged with killing gay college student takes the stand 06/18/2024 08:43pm • SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) ��� A California man charged with killing a gay University of Pennsylvania student in an alleged hate crime six years ago testified Tuesday about how the two men connected on social media and went to a park. It was the last time the victim was seen. Samuel Woodward, 26, took t New York's 'equal rights' constitutional amendment restored to ballot by appeals court 06/18/2024 08:16pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) ��� A proposed amendment to New York���s constitution barring discrimination based on ���gender identity��� and ���pregnancy outcomes��� was restored to the November election ballot Tuesday by a state appeals court. The court decision clears the way for a statewide referendum this Federal Trade Commission refers complaint about TikTok's adherence to child privacy law to the DOJ 06/18/2024 06:56pm • The Federal Trade Commission has referred a complaint against TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, to the Department of Justice. The FTC said in a statement Tuesday that it investigated the two companies and ���uncovered reason to believe��� they are ���violating or are about to violate��� the