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Breaking down the Blueprint: Board approves updates to statewide reform plan, offers feedback to local school systems 08/03/2023 05:55pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. The Blueprint for Maryland���s Future Accountability and Implementation Board has approved updates to the statewide comprehensive educat Muted celebrations in Colombia as team advances at Women's World Cup 08/03/2023 04:51pm • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) ��� Colombian fans kept their celebrations in check despite their team making some history at the Women���s World Cup on Thursday. Colombia advanced to the knockout round but a 1-0 loss to Morocco in the final group-stage match made it bittersweet for the only fans in South Ame Facebook owner Meta carries out threat to block news in Canada. Google plans to do the same 08/03/2023 03:38pm • MENLO PARK, California (AP) ��� Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta is keeping its promise to block news content in Canada on its platforms in response to a new law that requires tech giants to pay publishers for linking to or otherwise repurposing their content online. Google's owner Alphabe Morocco's historic Women's World Cup performance inspires girls even if some in Arab world ignore it 08/03/2023 12:04pm • RABAT, Morocco (AP) ��� The game was sparsely attended; it was midweek and the outcome wasn���t much in doubt: the Association Sportive des Forces Armees Royales, a powerhouse in women���s soccer here, ended up crushing its Moroccan women���s national professional league opponent 7-0. Regardless, on A one-minute video reduced kids��� unsafe behavior around guns, study finds 08/03/2023 11:55am • (CNN) ��� Sixty seconds might be all it takes to keep some kids safer around guns, a new study suggests. The new report, published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics on Monday, explored how short safety videos can cause children to behave around firearms. Among more than 220 kids who participated in Bud Light parent says US market share stabilizing after transgender promotion cost sales 08/03/2023 11:38am • Bud Light's parent company expressed confidence Thursday that its U.S. market share has stabilized after a promotion with a transgender influencer cost it sales. Anheuser-Busch Inbev said Thursday that its U.S. revenue fell 10.5% in the second quarter. Bud Light sales plunged amid a conservative bac Drexel men's basketball player Terrence Butler found dead in his apartment 08/03/2023 11:29am • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Drexel men's basketball player Terrence Butler was found dead in his on-campus apartment on Wednesday, the school said. No other details were provided. Butler, a rising junior from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was a reserve on the team and appeared in eight games in two seasons Big Tech backs stock gains with solid results, growth prospects 08/03/2023 08:10am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Big technology companies provided the energy for most of broader market's sharp ascent in 2023 and their latest financial reports so far justify that confidence from investors. Microsoft and Google���s parent company Alphabet reported strong profit growth that beat analysts��� fore Dine Brands: Q2 Earnings Snapshot 08/03/2023 07:37am • PASADENA, Calif. (AP) ��� PASADENA, Calif. (AP) ��� Dine Brands Global Inc. (DIN) on Thursday reported second-quarter profit of $18.2 million. On a per-share basis, the Pasadena, California-based company said it had profit of $1.16. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $1.82 per sha Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife separating after 18 years of marriage 08/03/2023 06:50am • TORONTO (AP) ��� Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie, are separating after 18 years of marriage. The two said in statements posted on Instagram that they made the decision after ���many meaningful and difficult conversations.��� A statement from the prime minister's office sa Many stars at Women's World Cup juggle parenthood while playing on the world stage 08/03/2023 06:44am • Alex Morgan was speaking to reporters at the Women's World Cup when she had to excuse herself to Facetime her young daughter before the toddler's bedtime back home in the United States. Just another day for a working mom. Forget about orange slices, players such as Morgan, Katrina Gorry of Austral Woman killed, toddler son among 3 others shot standing on sidewalk on Chicago's South Side 08/02/2023 09:34pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� A 23-year-old woman was killed and three other people ��� including her 2-year-old son ��� also were shot Wednesday on Chicago's South Side, police said. The toddler was hospitalized in good condition after being shot in a foot, as were his 29-year-old father, who also was shot in a Survey: Student Loan Borrowers Brace for Financial Uncertainty in Repayment 08/02/2023 08:00pm • Federal student loan payments will resume in just two months after more than three years of zero-interest forbearance. But reentering student loan repayment will be a significant financial shift for borrowers -- and most of them don't even know basic details of repayment, like their payment amount o How to Recover From Surgery 08/02/2023 08:00pm • Undergoing surgery? You're not alone. As the population ages, so do the number of surgeries. In fact, an estimated 40 to 50 million surgeries are done every year in the United States, according to the statistics, with hip replacement, knee replacement and heart bypass surgeries among the most freque A Latino player says his Northwestern teammates hazed him by shaving 'Cinco de Mayo' onto his head 08/02/2023 05:27pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Ramon Diaz says he was just 17 years old when Northwestern University upperclassmen shaved ���Cinco de Mayo��� onto the back of his head as the entire football team watched. ���The holiday itself has a significant meaning to me and my family and then the Latino community at large,��