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Chicago business executive and philanthropist Jim Crown killed in Colorado racetrack crash 06/26/2023 09:04pm • WOODY CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Jim Crown, an executive and philanthropist who recently announced an effort to rally other business leaders to help fight violent crime in Chicago, died Sunday in a car crash on a racing track in Colorado. He was 70. Crown, a grandson of industrialist Henry Crown and the Prosecutors seek the death penalty against man accused of slaying of 4 University of Idaho students 06/26/2023 08:23pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Prosecutors say they are seeking the death penalty against a man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death late last year. Bryan Kohberger, 28, is charged with four counts of murder in connection with the deaths at a rental house near the Moscow, Idaho, un Man accused of stabbing parents at their Bethesda home identified 06/26/2023 08:00pm • A man has been arrested after allegedly stabbing his parents with a knife in Bethesda, Maryland, Sunday night, according to Montgomery County police. Officers responded to reports of a domestic-related assault in the 6500 block of Greentree Road at approximately 11:50 p.m. The man, later ident What Is the Best Age to Retire? 06/26/2023 08:00pm • Retirement is the ultimate goal for many workers. It's a time to check out of the daily grind and focus energy on what you want to do rather than what your boss tells you to do. Traditionally, 65 has been considered the retirement age, but when and how people retire seems to be changing. "This is no Consider a Degree in Special Education 06/26/2023 08:00pm • With school districts around the country reporting shortages of special education teachers, opportunities abound for those hoping to pursue a career teaching students who need additional support. Special education teachers typically work in K-12 public schools serving students diagnosed with a wide Ohio mom charged in death of toddler left alone for 10 days, prosecutors say 06/26/2023 07:53pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — Prosecutors in Ohio have announced murder charges against a woman in the death of her 16-month-old daughter, who authorities say was left alone for 10 days while the woman went on vacation. The Cuyahoga County prosecutor’s office said Monday that Kristel A. Candelario, 31, was i Prosecutor: Deputy fled during Parkland school massacre, putting own life ahead of students' 06/26/2023 06:10pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff’s deputy fled to safety during the 2018 Parkland school massacre, putting his own life ahead of the children he was charged with protecting and giving the gunman time to fatally shoot several victims, prosecutors told jurors Monday during the closin Dolphin moms use baby talk to call to their young, recordings show 06/26/2023 04:22pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — You know instantly when someone is speaking to an infant or small child. It turns out that dolphin mothers also use a kind of high-pitched baby talk. A study published Monday found that female bottlenose dolphins change their tone when addressing their calves. Researchers recorde In some states with laws on transgender bathrooms, officials may not know how they will be enforced 06/26/2023 03:54pm • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — When North Dakota restricted which bathrooms transgender students can use in public schools and universities this year, the school district in the state's largest city promised to ignore the new rules. A Republican legislator then called for confiscating its state funding, bu Montgomery Co. aims for security camera incentives by September 06/26/2023 02:21pm • Leaders in Montgomery County, Maryland, plan to have a security camera incentive program up and running by September, according to law enforcement officials who spoke during a county council meeting on Monday. Under the program, an individual, business or nonprofit will be able to apply with the Maine House votes to ensure teens can receive gender-affirming health care 06/26/2023 01:51pm • AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine House voted Monday in favor of a bill to ensure 16- and 17-year-olds can receive gender-affirming hormone therapy without parental consent if certain conditions are met. The bill, approved 73-60, allows those teens to undergo treatment without parental consent if th Tenants say a 3-year ban on evictions kept them housed. Landlords say they're drowning in debt 06/26/2023 09:39am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Retiree Pamela Haile has paid property taxes, insurance and other bills on a house she lets out in Oakland, but for more than three years her tenants have paid no rent thanks to one of the longest-lasting eviction bans in the country. The eviction moratorium in the San Franci Liz Weston: Safer ways to raid your retirement, if you have to 06/26/2023 09:34am • Raiding your retirement accounts can be expensive. Withdrawing money before age 59½ typically triggers income taxes, a 10% federal penalty and — worst of all — the loss of future tax-deferred compounded returns. A 30-year-old who withdraws $1,000 from an individual retirement account or 401(k) Prince William County School Board passes revised code of behavior 06/26/2023 07:40am • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. The Prince William County School Board approved the school system’s revised code of behavior, including new restorative disciplinar Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds among new investors backing F1 team Alpine in $218 million deal 06/26/2023 06:35am • BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, France (AP) — After soccer, Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are setting their sights on Formula One. F1 team Alpine has secured a 200 million euro ($218 million) investment from a group of investors that includes the actors. French automotive company Re