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Dispatcher testifies that failing radios hampered deputies' response to Parkland school massacre 06/23/2023 03:53pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) ��� The Florida deputy on trial for allegedly failing to act during the Parkland school massacre and his colleagues were severely hampered by radios widely known to work poorly in that region, the dispatcher who coordinated the response testified Friday before the defense How a Prince William Co. woman's nonprofit is helping cover school meal debt 06/23/2023 03:34pm • In 2017, Prince William County, Virginia, resident Adelle Settle heard a radio story about a boy in New Mexico who had gone through his school's lunch line. When the boy approached the cashier, as Settle said the story went, the cashier told him there was no money in his account. So, the cashier Georgia congressman wants to block US agency from slowing boats to protect endangered whales 06/23/2023 03:08pm • SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) ��� A Georgia congressman moved Friday to stop a federal agency from imposing new speed restrictions on boats and ships in order to protect critically endangered whales. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration proposed a year ago to broaden the geographical area of its NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 06/23/2023 01:20pm • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ Hunter Biden���s gun charge isn���t the same as t Supreme Court upholds federal law used to prosecute people who encourage illegal immigration 06/23/2023 11:42am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a section of federal law used to prosecute people who encourage illegal immigration, ruling against a California man who offered adult adoptions he falsely claimed would lead to U.S. citizenship. The court by a 7-2 vote rejected arguments that t After a historic wave of anti-LGBTQ laws, focus now shifts to legal fights 06/23/2023 11:32am • LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) ��� A judge's ruling that struck down Arkansas' first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming care for minors is offering hope to transgender people, families and providers after a historic wave of restrictions on trans people���s lives sailed through Republican statehouses this In its push for more Black US players, MLB hopes results are on the horizon from grassroots efforts 06/23/2023 10:52am • PHOENIX (AP) ��� Zion Rose is well aware that the percentage of Black U.S. players in Major League Baseball has been on the decline for decades. But the 18-year-old catcher from Chicago, still sweaty from a workout during MLB's Draft Combine this week at Chase Field in Phoenix, said he's got some ne Qatar sovereign wealth fund buys stake in Washington's NBA, NHL and WNBA teams, AP source says 06/23/2023 10:43am • Qatar's sovereign wealth fund is buying a roughly 5% stake in the parent company of the NBA���s Washington Wizards, NHL���s Washington Capitals and WNBA���s Washington Mystics as part of a $4.05 billion deal, a person with knowledge of the sale said Thursday. The person spoke to The Associated Press Why some doctors stay in US states with restrictive abortion laws and others leave 06/23/2023 07:55am • Dr. Kylie Cooper chokes up thinking about the patients she left behind in Idaho. One who often comes to mind is Kayla Smith. Smith said she chose to end a desperately wanted pregnancy last year after discovering her fetus had potentially deadly heart defects and other problems. But Idaho banned near Chased from their homes by gangs, thousands of Haitians languish in shelters with lives in limbo 06/23/2023 05:47am • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) ��� A gang rampaged through the Cite Soleil slum, killing and raping and setting fire to hundreds of wood-and-tin homes. Forced out of the neighborhood, one family of four lived on the streets of Port-au-Prince until they were struck by a truck as they slept. Two brothers, Jason Mraz won't hesitate to drop new album before coming home to Wolf Trap 06/23/2023 03:06am • Hear our full chat on my podcast ���Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley.��� Jason Mraz is celebrating his birthday the only way that he knows how ��� by dropping a catchy new album. His new album, ���Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride," arrives on Friday, including the toe-tapping Moscow court rules US journalist Evan Gershkovich must stay in jail until late August 06/23/2023 01:51am • MOSCOW (AP) ��� A Moscow court on Thursday ruled that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich must remain in jail on espionage charges until at least late August, rejecting the American journalist���s appeal to be released. The 31-year-old U.S. citizen was arrested in late March while on a rep Malaysia says it will take legal action against Meta over harmful content on Facebook 06/23/2023 01:24am • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) ��� Malaysia's government said Friday it will take legal action against Facebook's parent company, Meta Platforms, for failing to remove undesirable and harmful content from its social media platform. The Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission said Facebook has Chelsea's American owners agree to buy stake in French top-tier soccer club Strasbourg 06/22/2023 08:28pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Chelsea ownership group BlueCo has agreed to buy a stake in French top-tier club Strasbourg in a significant step forward in its plans for multi-club ownership. The consortium, which purchased the Premier League club in May last year, are to become new shareholders ���subject to a co Where abortion laws stand in every state a year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe 06/22/2023 08:13pm • In the year since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization that ended nearly a half-century of a nationwide right to abortion, states have enacted contrasting policies on the issue. The Dobbs decision overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that protect