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Pakistan declares day of mourning for citizens who died in migrant boat sinking off Greek coast 06/18/2023 09:01pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday declared a national day of mourning for citizens who died when a fishing trawler packed with migrants sank off the Greek coast. As many as 750 men, women and children from Syria, Egypt, the Palestinian territories and Pakistan were Son of the late Tim Russert says he's found a 'place of peace' this Father's Day after years of grief 06/18/2023 03:15pm • Father's Day was the late-Tim Russert's favorite holiday. The TV-news legend and former host of NBC's "Meet the Press" wrote books about fatherhood and loved being a dad, according to his son Luke. In 2008, he died just days before the holiday at the age of 58. "I used to be very fearful of Fa The woman who founded Father's Day was a renegade, great-granddaughter says 06/18/2023 08:02am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — You could call her the mother of Father’s Day. The late Sonora Smart Dodd launched the celebration of dads in 1910 in her hometown of Spokane, Washington. As a result, she is the one responsible for those annual gifts that run the gamut from embarrassingly silly-looking neckt Today in History: June 18, first U.S. woman in space 06/18/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Sunday, June 18, the 169th day of 2023. There are 196 days left in the year. This is Father's Day. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 18, 1983, astronaut Sally K. Ride became America’s first woman in space as she and four colleagues blasted off aboard the space sh United Through Reading helping military families stay ahead this summer 06/17/2023 09:53pm • 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. An organization dedicated to connecting military families through reading is keeping students from falling behind over the summer. Hay padres peores que tú... en el reino animal 06/17/2023 01:14pm • (CNN) -- Si eres padre, probablemente has experimentado un sinfín de ansiedades y te has preguntado si estás haciendo lo suficiente por tus hijos. ¿Qué pasa si tus hijos heredan tus malos hábitos? ¿Qué pasa si dejas que vean demasiada televisión o les das los alimentos equivocados?Preocupart Retired DC police lieutenant pleads guilty after fatally shooting library officer during training 06/17/2023 08:00am • Retired D.C. police Lt. Jesse Porter Jr. pleaded guilty in D.C. Superior Court on Friday to killing a woman during an Aug. 4, 2022, training exercise for library officers at Anacostia Library. Porter was charged with second-degree murder while armed, unlawful discharge and possession of a firearm How a former Prince William County student's service project turned into a nonprofit 06/17/2023 02:41am • When Samantha Boateng's mom came back from a trip to Ghana in 2014 and said the students there wanted books, she sprang into action. A student at Gar-Field High School in Prince William County, Virginia at the time, Boateng contacted the school's student council to see if they would help coordina Supermajorities in state capitols push controversial policies to the edge 06/17/2023 12:15am • JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Lawmakers in state capitols this year have been flexing their superpowers. In North Carolina, a new supermajority of Republicans enacted abortion restrictions. In Vermont, a new supermajority of Democrats imposed a climate-sensitive home heating law. And in Montana, a GO Today in History: June 17, South Carolina church shooting 06/17/2023 12:01am • Today in History Today is Saturday, June 17, the 168th day of 2023. There are 197 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 17, 2015, nine people were shot to death in a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina; suspect Dylann Roof was arrested the follo Protesters in Senegal accuse police of using armed civilians to quell unrest 06/16/2023 08:11pm • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — As gunfire rang out at a protest in Senegal’s capital, a man wearing khaki pants and a T-shirt shot Cheikh's childhood friend in the chest. The bleeding 21-year-old slumped against a wall, displaying his wound in disbelief. “We thought tear gas and grenades would be used Republicans tout conservative credentials in lieutenant governor primary 06/16/2023 08:03pm • FLOWOOD, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann and state Sen. Chris McDaniel, the fellow Republican trying to unseat him in a primary challenge, each sought to burnish their conservative credentials in speeches at the Mississippi Press Association convention on Friday. Hosemann, of Ja Men charged with vandalizing homes of New Hampshire journalists 06/16/2023 07:45pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Three men face federal charges alleging they vandalized multiple homes associated with New Hampshire journalists in retaliation for a report detailing sexual misconduct allegations against a prominent businessman. Tucker Cockerline, 32, of Salem; Michael Waselchuck, 35, of Sea Facebook owner wants preteens to step into virtual reality with its Quest headset 06/16/2023 07:30pm • The corporate parent of Facebook and Instagram plans to open a digital gateway for kids as young as 10 years old to enter virtual reality through the Meta Quest headset, despite rising concerns about children spending too much time on social media. Meta Platforms, which oversees a social media em Federal judge blocks much of Indiana's ban on gender-affirming care for minors 06/16/2023 07:30pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge issued an order Friday stopping an Indiana ban on puberty blockers and hormones for transgender minors from taking effect as scheduled July 1. The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana sought the temporary injunction in its legal challenge of the Republican-