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Slovak court acquits businessman in retrial over 2018 murder of journalist 05/19/2023 11:29am • PRAGUE (AP) ��� A court in Slovakia has acquitted for a second time a businessman accused of masterminding the 2018 slaying of an investigative journalist and his fianc��e. The Specialized Criminal Court in Pezinok, near the capital, Bratislava, which handles Slovakia���s most serious cases, ruled Katie Taylor���s impact on women's boxing hits home for young Irish fighters 05/19/2023 11:12am • DUBLIN (AP) ��� Kaci Rock was an elementary school student when she laced up the gloves at Bray Boxing Club. Problem was, there weren't many other girls. Katie Taylor trained there, though. ���There was nothing really for girls at that time. I���d have to fight boys when I was younger. I know Katie Player of the Week: West Springfield's Teresa Hines 05/19/2023 05:15am • Each week, WTOP is picking one student athlete to be featured on air and online as our Player of the Week. This week's WTOP Player of the Week is Teresa Hines of West Springfield High School in Virginia. Tess is a precision rifle athlete at West Springfield High School and on a travel rifle team TikTok content creators file lawsuit against Montana over first-in-nation law banning app 05/18/2023 11:46pm • HELENA, Mont. (AP) ��� Five TikTok content creators have filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn Montana's first-in-the-nation ban on the video sharing app, arguing the law is an unconstitutional violation of free speech rights. The Montana residents also argued in the complaint, filed in federal court 7 Best Energy Dividend Stocks to Buy Now 05/18/2023 08:00pm • When it comes to energy investing, many investors approach the sector with an eye on short-term gains based on the latest trends in oil or gas prices. However, not every energy stock has to be a swing trade based on commodity prices. There are a number of stocks out there that offer reasonably consi 20 Best STEM Careers 05/18/2023 08:00pm • Explore the top STEM-related careers.If you're looking for lucrative work opportunities with plenty of growth potential, consider a career in science, technology, engineering or math. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, STEM careers had median wages and career growth rates in 2021 that FDA advisers back RSV vaccine for pregnant women that protects their newborns 05/18/2023 05:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A first-of-its-kind RSV vaccine for pregnant women guards their newborns against the scary respiratory virus -��� and federal health advisers on Thursday backed Pfizer's shot despite some lingering questions. RSV fills hospitals with wheezing babies each fall and winter, and the Police: Louisville man planned bank shootings, placed phone in pocket to livestream 05/18/2023 05:18pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) ��� The man who killed five co-workers at a Kentucky bank last month had made plans for the shooting and placed his phone in a front shirt pocket to livestream the killings, according to police records recently released. The shooter, 25-year-old Connor Sturgeon, had also attempt Check your artificial intelligence 'bossware' tools for bias, says U.S. agency head 05/18/2023 05:06pm • The head of the U.S. agency charged with enforcing civil rights in the workplace says artificial intelligence-driven ���bossware��� tools that closely track the whereabouts, keystrokes and productivity of workers can also run afoul of discrimination laws. Charlotte Burrows, chair of the Equal Emplo How a Loudoun Co. school helps seniors prep for life after high school 05/18/2023 04:51pm • A few years ago, Douglas Fulton, who was principal of Freedom High School in Loudoun County, Virginia, at the time, was concerned about some senior students who seemingly didn���t have a plan for life after graduation. His focus was on two students in particular, who counselor Colleen Hurley said Federal appeals court nominee withdraws in rare judicial defeat for Biden 05/18/2023 03:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� In a rare judicial defeat for President Joe Biden, Michael Delaney is withdrawing his nomination for the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, according to a letter he sent to the White House on Thursday. "At this time, I believe it is appropriate for me to withdraw my Trans girl is told not to wear dress to Mississippi graduation, lawsuit says 05/18/2023 03:51pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) ��� A Mississippi school district is refusing to let a transgender girl wear a dress and heeled shoes with her graduation cap and gown for high school graduation this weekend, her family says in a federal lawsuit against the district. The lawsuit filed Thursday demands that the H Kansas governor vetoes part of school funding bill, setting up likely legal battle with GOP 05/18/2023 02:58pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) ��� Kansas' Democratic governor on Thursday vetoed parts of the Republican-backed $6 billion funding plan for the state's K-12 schools, setting up a likely legal battle that will test her office's powers. Gov. Laura Kelly, who won reelection in the conservative state in November, i Former Auburn AD Jacobs retiring after nearly 4 decades in college athletics 05/18/2023 02:08pm • GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) ��� Jay Jacobs��� first job was at a funeral home owned by his grandparents in Lafayette, Alabama. At age 12, Jacobs mowed the lawn, trimmed hedges, picked weeds and occasionally rode along on ambulance calls. He even helped out at burials. ���Last man to let you down,��� Jaco Bill to force schools to inform inquiring parents about transgender children fails in New Hampshire 05/18/2023 01:42pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) ��� A bill that would have required school officials to disclose to inquiring parents that their child is using a different name or being referred to as being a different gender was defeated Thursday in the New Hampshire House. The bill had passed the GOP-dominated Senate in March