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Even from a distance, mass shootings take toll on mental health 05/24/2023 10:00am • ▶ Watch Video: Survey finds more than half of U.S. adults have experienced gun-related incident When mass shootings make headlines, you may feel a range of emotions, from anxiety to fear or even a sense of numbness over yet another tragedy. You're not alone.  German prosecutor says clues to McCann child disappearance possible at Portuguese dam site 05/24/2023 06:06am • ARADE DAM, Portugal (AP) ��� Police searching for clues regarding the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, the British child who went missing in 2007 in Portugal, were concentrating operations Wednesday in several areas around a dam, including one where media reports say a lead suspect in the case oft Vin��cius J��nior soccer racism dispute ignites heated off-field debate in Spain 05/24/2023 03:17am • MADRID (AP) ��� Repeated racist insults against Brazilian soccer star Vin��cius J��nior have unleashed a heated debate in Spain about tolerance for racism in a society that is becoming rapidly more diverse on and off the field. Since the season began in August, the Real Madrid winger has suffered ra Russia extends arrest of US journalist Evan Gershkovich by 3 months 05/24/2023 12:32am • MOSCOW (AP) ��� A Russian court on Tuesday extended the arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich by three months in a closed-door hearing emblematic of the secrecy that has marked the case against the first United States correspondent since the Cold War to be detained in Russia on spy Family of Colorado man killed by police during mental health crisis gets $19 million settlement 05/23/2023 11:26pm • DENVER (AP) ��� The parents of a 22-year-old Colorado man killed by a sheriff���s deputy while suffering a mental health crisis won a $19 million settlement, the largest in state history, in a deal announced Tuesday. But they also achieved key changes in policing, including crisis intervention train Bill to restrict youth access to 'sexually explicit' public library books advances in Louisiana 05/23/2023 08:18pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) ��� Activists in Louisiana are voicing concerns over a bill advancing through the GOP-controlled Legislature to restrict children and teens' access to public library books deemed ���sexually explicit,��� saying the proposal could be used to target LGBTQ+ content. Around the cou Try These Ways Your Parents Saved Money 05/23/2023 08:00pm • If your parents were frugal when you were young, you may have rolled your eyes at their money-saving methods and yearned for a more extravagant lifestyle. 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In fact, Judge Paul DeSantis plans to announce 2024 bid Wednesday on Twitter Spaces with Elon Musk, sources tell AP 05/23/2023 06:11pm • Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, long seen as Donald Trump's leading rival for the Republican nomination, plans to launch his 2024 presidential campaign on Wednesday in an online conversation with Twitter CEO Elon Musk, according to two people with knowledge of the decision. DeSantis, an outspoken cult Appeals court upholds admissions policy at elite Virginia high school 05/23/2023 04:52pm • A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of a new admissions policy at an elite public high school in Virginia that critics say discriminates against highly qualified Asian Americans. The 2-1 ruling from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond overturns a rul 4-year-old child is 'OK' after being dropped from high border wall in San Diego 05/23/2023 04:37pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) ��� A 4-year-old child was dropped into the United States from a high border wall with Mexico in a surveillance video that captures a routine ��� and highly risky ��� occurrence. ���Remarkably, the child is ok!��� Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz tweeted in his caption to the agency's o Business Highlights: Amazon workers plan walkout over layoffs; UPS strike looms 05/23/2023 04:34pm • ___ Car seats and baby formula are regulated. Is social media next? The U.S. surgeon general is warning there is not enough evidence to show that social media is safe for young people. Dr. Vivek Murthy is calling on tech companies, parents and caregivers to take ���immediate action to protect kids n Virginia Daybook 05/23/2023 04:31pm • Associated Press Virginia Daybook for Tuesday, May. 23. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. To see your Daybooks and events for Virginia and other Sta Toddler shot by stray bullet at Utah day care while playing outside 05/23/2023 03:59pm • SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) ��� A 2-year-old boy shot in the head by a stray bullet while playing outside at day care in Utah is in stable condition, the facility's owner and authorities said Tuesday. Spanish Fork police believe the bullet came from a pellet or air gun shot from a farming field across t