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Free laptops heading to low-income homes in Montgomery Co. 07/15/2023 11:08am • Thousands of low-income families in Montgomery County will be getting free laptops from a state grant that hopes to bridge the digital divide. The $7 million grant from the Maryland Connected Devices Program will put 34,000 free Chromebook laptops into the hands of disadvantaged families. "Acc Kentucky's ban on gender-affirming care takes effect as federal judge lifts injunction 07/14/2023 06:27pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) ��� Kentucky's ban on gender-affirming care for young transgender people was restored Friday when a federal judge lifted an injunction he issued last month that had temporarily blocked the restrictions. The latest ruling by U.S. District Judge David Hale means the Kentucky prohi Adams hired as assistant at East Carolina less than a year after resigning at Texas Tech 07/14/2023 03:55pm • GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) ��� Mark Adams is returning to the sideline as an assistant at East Carolina, less than a year after resigning as Texas Tech's head coach for making racially insensitive comments toward one of his players. ���We feel very fortunate about the addition of Mark Adams to our progra Trial date set for father of suspect in mass shooting at July 4 parade in suburban Chicago 07/14/2023 02:55pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� An Illinois judge on Friday set a Nov. 6 trial date for a father charged with helping his son obtain a gun license three years before the son allegedly shot dead seven people at a Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago last year. The father, Robert Crimo Jr., told Judge George S AP Was There: NY suburb deals with latest notorious murder case 07/14/2023 02:26pm • OAK BEACH, N.Y. (AP) ��� EDITOR���S NOTE ��� Authorities in New York have arrested a man in connection with some of the killings on Long Island known as the Gilgo Beach murders. Rex Heuermann, an architect who lives across the bay from where the bodies were found, was charged on Friday with murder i Mississippi, under judge's order, starts allowing religious exemptions for childhood vaccinations 07/14/2023 01:18pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) ��� Mississippi is starting the court-ordered process of letting people cite religious beliefs to seek exemptions from state-mandated vaccinations that children must receive before attending day care or school. Mississippi is one of the poorest states and has high rates of health A list of mass killings in the United States since January 07/14/2023 12:22pm • The latest mass killing in the United States happened on July 4 in Shreveport, Louisiana, at an annual Independence Day block party just before midnight. It's believed that multiple males exchanged gunfire, leaving at least four people dead and at least seven others injured, the local police chief s What to stream this weekend: 'Asteroid City,' Lukas Nelson, 'Quarterback' and 'Secrets of Playboy' 07/14/2023 12:11pm • Albums from Lukas Nelson and Kool & The Gang plus a Spanish-language spin-off of ���Bird Box��� are among the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you. Among the offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press��� entertainment journalists are the dinosaur FTC investigating ChatGPT creator OpenAI over consumer protection issues 07/14/2023 10:27am • The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation into ChatGPT creator OpenAI and whether the artificial intelligence company violated consumer protection laws by scraping public data and publishing false information through its chatbot. The agency sent OpenAI a 20-page letter requesti Online, 'unalive' means death or suicide. Experts say it might help kids discuss those things 07/14/2023 09:56am • When Emily Litman was in middle school, kids whose parents grounded them would blithely lament: ���I just want to die." Now she's a middle school teacher in New Jersey, and when her students' phones and TikTok access are taken away, their out-loud whining has a 21st-century digital twist: ���I feel Argentina turns its attention to youth divisions in search of a Messi-like player in women's soccer 07/14/2023 09:53am • AREQUITO, Argentina (AP) ��� In a tiny dressing room, the sound of soccer boots hitting the floor gets more intense as kick off time approaches. Socks are pulled up and shirts are tucked in as the coach gives the order to go out and play. Many families watch and applaud from wooden stands as 12-yea Why some Virginia students' next report cards may be a better indication of what they know 07/14/2023 06:11am • In a video shared on YouTube, leaders at James Madison High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, said a student's previous test grade will be changed if their score on the next test is higher, effective in the 2023-24 school year. The school will also use a rolling a gradebook, according to the vi A mother-daughter duo from Ohio is a rare example of a woman coaching a woman at Wimbledon 07/14/2023 06:00am • WIMBLEDON, England (AP) ��� Caty McNally was one of the few female entrants at Wimbledon with a female coach: Her mother, Lynn Nabors McNally. Mom does not travel full-time on tour with Caty ��� someone else she���s worked with for six years, Kevin O���Neill, does ��� but they use a two-coach setup Russian lawmakers pass a bill outlawing gender-affirming procedures to protect 'traditional values' 07/14/2023 05:20am • MOSCOW (AP) ��� Russian lawmakers on Friday adopted a bill outlawing gender-affirming procedures amid the Kremlin���s crusade to protect what it views as the country���s ���traditional values.��� The toughened version of the bill was passed unanimously in its third and final reading in Russia���s l US sets a grim milestone with new record for the deadliest six months of mass killings 07/14/2023 04:11am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Slain at the hands of strangers or gunned down by loved ones. Massacred in small towns, in big cities, inside their own homes or outside in broad daylight. This year's unrelenting bloodshed across the U.S. has led to the grimmest of milestones: The deadliest six months of mass kill