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Alabama health care providers sue over threat of prosecution for abortion help 07/31/2023 07:57pm • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) ��� Abortion rights advocates in Alabama ��� where abortion is almost entirely illegal ��� filed lawsuits Monday against the state���s attorney general seeking to prevent him from prosecuting people who help patients travel outside the state to end pregnancies. The groups say Prince George's Co. middle school receives new look before school year begins 07/31/2023 07:56pm • Drew-Freeman Middle School in Prince George's County, Maryland, looks a lot different these days: Students will have a new attitude when they see the new building this fall. County Executive Angela Alsobrooks and Prince George's County Public Schools Superintendent Millard House II toured the new Appeals court lets Kentucky enforce ban on transgender care for minors 07/31/2023 07:33pm • A federal appeals court is allowing Kentucky to enforce a recently enacted ban on gender-affirming care for young transgender people while the issue is being litigated. The 2-1 decision Monday from the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati is not unexpected. The same three-judge panel ru Pee-wee Herman actor and creator Paul Reubens dies from cancer at 70 07/31/2023 06:59pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Paul Reubens, the actor and comedian whose Pee-wee Herman character ��� an overgrown child with a tight gray suit and an unforgettable laugh ��� became a 1980s pop cultural phenomenon, has died at 70. Reubens, who���s character delighted fans in the film ���Pee-wee���s Big Adven Nigerian state relaxes curfew after warehouses and shops are looted 07/31/2023 06:55pm • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) ��� Authorities in northeastern Nigeria���s Adamawa state have relaxed a curfew announced in response to what they said was widespread looting of shops and warehouses. The 24-hour curfew has been eased to last only from dusk to dawn, Adamawa Gov. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri said, accor Idaho mom Lori Vallow Daybell sentenced in deaths of 2 children and her romantic rival 07/31/2023 06:55pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) ��� Idaho mother Lori Vallow Daybell has been sentenced to life in prison without parole Monday in the murders of her two youngest children and a woman she saw as a romantic rival in a case that included bizarre claims that her son and daughter were zombies and that she was a godde Virginia Daybook 07/31/2023 04:28pm • Associated Press Virginia Daybook for Monday, Jul. 31. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. To see your Daybooks and events for Virginia and other Stat NLADA empowers 'equal justice community' by forming a captive insurance company in DC 07/31/2023 11:16am • The National Legal Aid & Defender Association, America���s oldest and largest nonprofit devoted to delivering legal services to those who can���t afford counsel, has given new and improved powers to the equal justice community by establishing a captive insurance company in Washington, D.C. The stars of Broadway's 'Back to the Future' musical happily speed into the past every night 07/31/2023 10:42am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� When actor Casey Likes watched ���Back to the Future��� growing up, his mom would always say he reminded her a lot of the film���s star, Michael J. Fox. Something in the universe agrees: He���s taken on Fox���s classic movie role on Broadway. The rising stage star plays Marty McFly As ���captive insurance��� leader, DC empowers companies and saves them money 07/31/2023 09:46am • The nation's capital has become a leader in the ���captive insurance��� industry, giving companies more control over their insurance programs and helping them save money. It was in 2001 that the District licensed its first ever captive insurer. Since then, the city has earned a reputation Do you believe in angels? About 7 in 10 U.S. adults do, a new AP-NORC poll shows 07/31/2023 09:46am • Compared with the devil, angels carry more credence in America. Angels even get more credence than, well, hell. More than astrology, reincarnation, and the belief that physical things can have spiritual energies. In fact, about 7 in 10 U.S. adults say they believe in angels, according to a new Georgetown researchers examine how Black girls are treated in the classroom 07/31/2023 08:00am • This is part of WTOP���s continuing coverage of people making a difference from our community authored by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant.��Read more of that coverage. It's the summer of Barbie where "Girl Power" reigns supreme. But, if you are the parent of a girl of color heading back to school in the SJW: Q2 Earnings Snapshot 07/31/2023 06:10am • SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) ��� SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) ��� SJW Corp. (SJW) on Monday reported earnings of $18.3 million in its second quarter. The San Jose, California-based company said it had net income of 58 cents per share. The parent of San Jose Water Co. posted revenue of $156.9 million in the period Skepticism prevails as Chinese leaders promise to back private businesses to spur slowing economy 07/30/2023 11:29pm • BEIJING (AP) ��� The Fangbiaogan Real Estate Agency in the southern city of Nanning is still waiting for China���s post-COVID rebound. Home sales are 30-40% below last year's depressed level after the economy barely grew in the latest quarter, according to the owner, who would give only his surname, What to Know About Diversity and Inclusion at Law Firms 07/30/2023 08:00pm • While representation for women and people of color at law firms has grown, experts say the legal industry as a whole has more room for improvement when it comes to diversity, equity and inclusion. In fact, women will likely soon comprise the majority of associates at law firms, according to the 202