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Moore joins Democratic governors in call to fight textbook censorship 06/03/2023 05:25pm • As lawmakers nationwide push to limit the types of books that can be found in schools, Gov. Wes Moore (D) joined nine other governors to fight censorship of textbooks in a��letter��released Friday. Moore, along with other Democratic governors, called on textbook publishers to ���hold the line��� Buffalo safety Damar Hamlin launches CPR Tour to raise awareness at Bills stadium 06/03/2023 03:35pm • ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) ��� Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin kicked off a multicity tour at his home stadium on Saturday to distribute medical equipment and promote techniques that helped save his life in January. Hamlin handed out automated external defibrillators for close to 50 youth sports and DeSantis wraps up 1st early states tour as candidate with more personal touch in South Carolina 06/03/2023 01:38am • GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) ��� Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was wrapping up his first tour of early voting states as a presidential candidate on Friday, showcasing his personal side in South Carolina with a lighthearted sit-down with his wife and an emotional moment with a military spouse. DeSantis, whose w Protests erupted outside Los Angeles elementary school's Pride month assembly 06/03/2023 01:36am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Police officers separated groups of protesters and counterprotesters Friday outside a Los Angeles elementary school that has become a flashpoint for Pride month events across California. People protesting a planned Pride assembly outside the Los Angeles Unified School District's Gunnar Henderson's go-ahead homer in seventh sends Orioles past Giants 3-2 06/03/2023 12:48am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Gunnar Henderson hit a go-ahead solo homer in the seventh, Dean Kremer struck out six over six innings and the Baltimore Orioles beat the San Francisco Giants 3-2 on Friday night. Kremer (6-2) allowed two runs on five hits and walked two while pitching a couple of hours fro Family's Alaska fishing trip becomes nightmare with 3 dead and search over for 2 more 06/02/2023 09:17pm • JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) ��� An Alaska fishing adventure became a nightmare for a family of eight when disaster struck one of the two boats they chartered over the Memorial Day weekend, leaving three people dead and two more missing despite a desperate search over hundreds of square miles of ocean. The t 911 transcripts point to chaos, fast-evolving situation in April shootings in Maine 06/02/2023 08:15pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) ��� A frantic 911 call to report at least one person had been fatally shot led law enforcement to discover four bodies at a home in Maine and eventually to arrest a man who fired at vehicles on a nearby highway before confessing to police that he was behind the killings. Accordi 'Stuck in limbo': Lawsuit says Md. foster children held in hospitals, psychiatric facilities for no medical reason 06/02/2023 06:55pm • Children in the Maryland foster care system are being held in hospital and psychiatric facilities when it was not "medically necessary," according to a lawsuit filed in federal court Tuesday. Attorneys with Disability Rights Maryland and Venable LLP stated in the suit that Maryland state agencies Virginia Beach schools superintendent chosen to lead Loudoun Co. schools 06/02/2023 06:39pm • Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia has hired Aaron Spence, superintendent of Virginia Beach Public Schools, to be the school system's next superintendent. The school board voted 6-2, with at-large board member Denise Corbo absent for the vote, to approve Spence's candidacy. Spence takes Utah district bans Bible in elementary and middle schools 'due to vulgarity or violence' 06/02/2023 06:26pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ��� The Good Book is being treated like a bad book in Utah after a parent frustrated by efforts to ban materials from schools convinced a suburban district that some Bible verses were too vulgar or violent for younger children. And the Book of Mormon could be next. The 72,000-stu As end of session nears, Louisiana lawmakers advance controversial LGBTQ+-related bills 06/02/2023 06:26pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) ��� As Louisiana���s legislative session nears adjournment, lawmakers in the Republican-dominated legislature pushed forward controversial LGBTQ+-related bills, including advancing a resurrected ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender youths Friday. Despite the sta Novak Djokovic laments fans who 'boo every single thing' after lengthy French Open win 06/02/2023 05:41pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Novak Djokovic makes no secret of the way he loves to feed off negativity during a tennis match. Doesn���t really matter whether he���s ahead or behind on the scoreboard. The guy simply finds motivation and inspiration from all manner of slights, real and perceived. Maybe it���s how a Bolivian Catholics unfazed by sex scandals as they gear up for massive festival 06/02/2023 05:21pm • LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) ��� Catholic devotees in Bolivia prepared for one of the country���s biggest religious celebrations this weekend at a time when the church in this Andean country has been rocked by an increasing number of sex abuse scandals. The faithful who were gearing up for the Jesus of the Rights upheld, lawsuit revived against teacher accused of cutting Native American student's hair 06/02/2023 05:12pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) ��� An appeals court ruling has revived an anti-discrimination lawsuit accusing an Albuquerque teacher of cutting off one Native American girl's hair and asking another if she was dressed as a ���bloody Indian��� during class on Halloween. Outrage over the girls' treatment propel Connecticut lawmakers vote to bar anyone under 18 from getting married 06/02/2023 04:57pm • HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) ��� Connecticut lawmakers voted Friday to tighten the state's marriage laws, prohibiting anyone under age 18 from being issued a marriage license under any circumstance. The legislation cleared the Senate unanimously, following a 98-45 bipartisan vote last month in the House of