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Japan birth rate hits record low amid concerns over shrinking and aging population 06/02/2023 08:05am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Japan���s birth rate declined for a seventh consecutive year in 2022 to a record low of 1.26, the Health Ministry said Friday, adding to a sense of urgency in a country where the government is seen as too slow to take measures to address its rapidly shrinking and aging population. The Money stored in Venmo and other payment apps could be vulnerable, financial watchdog warns 06/02/2023 04:54am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Customers of Venmo, PayPal and CashApp should not store their money with those apps for the long term because the funds might not be safe during a crisis, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau warned Thursday. The alert comes several weeks after the failure of Silicon Valley Rosslyn Cinema returns with free outdoor movies 06/02/2023 04:06am • An outdoor summer movie favorite returns to Northern Virginia on Friday with Rosslyn Cinema. Free screenings will be held at Gateway Park starting at 5 p.m. with films starting at sunset around 8:45 p.m. "It's a long-standing tradition," senior events manager Allison Doherty told WTOP. Jordan's crown prince weds scion of Saudi family in ceremony packed with stars and symbolism 06/01/2023 09:54pm • AMMAN, Jordan (AP) ��� Jordan's crown prince married the scion of a prominent Saudi family on Thursday in a palace ceremony attended by royals and other VIPs from around the world, as massive crowds gathered across the kingdom to celebrate the region's newest power couple. The marriage of Crown Prin Bill to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youths in Louisiana resurrected 06/01/2023 08:29pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) ��� Amid mounting pressure from Republicans, a bill banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youths in Louisiana that was narrowly killed by a legislative committee last week has been resurrected. In a rare occurrence, the Senate voted to recommit the controversial AP Calculus: What to Know 06/01/2023 08:00pm • For decades, high school students hoping to attend the most selective colleges in the country have received the same recommendation: Take the most rigorous courses possible. And over that time, Advanced Placement calculus courses have become synonymous with the height of academic achievement. Yet ta 13 Best Places to Celebrate Juneteenth in 2023 06/01/2023 08:00pm • Emancipation Day. Freedom Day. Jubilee Day. Juneteenth is known by many names. On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger delivered General Order No. 3 to the enslaved people and residents of Galveston, Texas, ending slavery in the state. This order came more than two years after President Abraham L What to Know as a Commuter Student 06/01/2023 08:00pm • Whether due to financial reasons, health concerns, family obligations or job responsibilities, students who live a few minutes or even a couple of hours away from their college may consider commuting rather than living in on-campus housing or renting a place nearby. Some colleges require freshmen to 7 Best Contrarian Stocks to Buy 06/01/2023 08:00pm • Historically, investors tend to be most bullish at or near a market top and most bearish at or near a bottom. Rather than chasing the highest-flying stocks, sometimes the best stocks to buy are the ones everyone else is selling. Wall Street legend Warren Buffett once said wise investors are "fearful Peregrine falcons protecting chicks and dive-bombing Chicago pedestrians 06/01/2023 07:38pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� A pair of peregrine falcon parents are raising three chicks along Chicago's busy Wacker Drive, and beware to any pedestrian who ventures too closely to their nest. Just ask Chuck Valauskas, who was struck by one of the falcons. The patent attorney was leaving work one day last week, Louisiana 'Don't Say Gay' bill for public school classrooms advances in the legislature 06/01/2023 07:30pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) ��� A bill that would broadly ban K-12 public school employees in Louisiana from discussing sexual orientation or gender identity in the classroom is nearing final passage after securing the endorsement of a key Senate committee Thursday. Louisiana���s legislation, which alread Revised DACA program again debated before Texas judge who previously ruled against it 06/01/2023 07:19pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� A federal judge did not make an immediate decision Thursday on the fate of a revised version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. During a court hearing, attorneys representing the nine states that Movie review: ���Past Lives��� is a gorgeous meditation on love, chance ��� and the choices we make 06/01/2023 06:40pm • Two minutes away, the Uber app promises at one point in ���Past Lives.��� And if you���re like me, you may find yourself ��� perhaps for the first time in your Uber-riding life ��� hoping that promise is a bald-faced lie. Because you'll want more minutes, many more, for the couple presumably about t DePasquale to run for Pennsylvania attorney general in 2024 06/01/2023 05:10pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ��� Eugene DePasquale, Pennsylvania's former two-term auditor general, said Thursday that he will run for state attorney general, an office that played a critical role in rebuffing Republican attempts to overturn President Joe Biden's win over Donald Trump in the 2020 election. Families sue to block Idaho law barring gender-affirming care for minors 06/01/2023 04:42pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) ��� The families of two transgender teenagers filed a lawsuit Thursday to block enforcement of Idaho's ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors. The ban, which was signed into law in April and scheduled to take effect in January 2024, violates the federal constitutional guar