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Montana says 1st-in-nation TikTok ban protects people. TikTok says it violates their rights 05/18/2023 12:36pm • HELENA, Mont. (AP) ��� Montana became the first state in the U.S. to enact a complete ban on TikTok on Wednesday when Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a measure that's more sweeping than any other state's attempts to curtail the social media app, which is owned by a Chinese tech company. The m Sam Zell, billionaire real estate investor, dies 05/18/2023 11:52am • Sam Zell, a Chicago real estate magnate who earned a multibillion-dollar fortune and a reputation as "the grave dancer" for his ability to revive moribund properties died on Thursday. He was 81. Zell died at home due to complications from a recent illness, according to Equity Group Investments, a c Arena Stage play 'Exclusion' is a Hollywood satire of a shocking moment in Asian American history 05/18/2023 11:46am • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkNx3iTk_GM&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwtop.com%2F&feature=emb_imp_woyt May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in the United States, and the D.C. theater community fittingly tackles a shocking moment in American history but d ABC News crew spends year in Uvalde, documents journey of survivors, families of shooting victims 05/18/2023 11:22am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� After most mass shootings that capture the public's attention, national news organizations will send reporters for a few days, a week maybe, before moving on. There's always another community, another tragedy. ABC News tried something different after 19 elementary school students a Anti-migration operation on French African island of Mayotte stirs tensions, exposes inequalities 05/18/2023 10:43am • CHIRONGUI, Mayotte (AP) ��� Facing a migration quagmire on the French island territory of Mayotte, off Africa���s east coast, France���s government has mobilized 2,000 troops and police to carry out mass expulsions, destroy slums and eradicate violent gangs. But the operation has raised concerns of Pick a college bank account as carefully as your college 05/18/2023 09:14am • Attending college can get pricey, so you���ll want to avoid costs from other places ��� like your bank account. More than 668,000 students paid nearly $15.5 million in bank account costs in a year, an average of almost $26 per person, according to a 2022 report by the Consumer Financial Protection B Lit ready to rock Let's Go Music Festival in Annapolis 05/18/2023 04:40am • Hear our full chat on my podcast ���Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley.��� The Let's Go Music Festival returns to Annapolis, Maryland on June 2 trough June 4 with Live and Collective Soul. WTOP caught up with Jeremy Popoff, guitarist of the band Lit, which rocks day two with 311 and Col 8-year-old migrant girl dies in U.S. Border Patrol custody, officials say 05/17/2023 10:41pm • ▶ Watch Video: 8-year-old migrant girl dies in U.S. border custody Washington — An 8-year-old migrant girl from Panama with a heart condition died in federal U.S. custody on Wednesday after crossing the southern border with her family, officials said. T $2 billion budget bump: Oregon GOP walkout stalls two-year funding plan amid rosy revenue forecast 05/17/2023 08:00pm • SALEM, Ore. (AP) ��� Oregon's latest state revenue forecast far exceeded expectations Wednesday, giving lawmakers more money for a two-year budget that's due in June, but a walkout by Senate Republicans has jeopardized the process and they show no signs of planning to return to the chamber. Senate D Best Self-Care Tips From Experts 05/17/2023 08:00pm • With an IV drip in her arm while recording a podcast, Gwyneth Paltrow selfishly didn't think about how she was simultaneously promoting an unsafe, unrealistic practice and setting a poor example for her fans. Conversely, Amy Porterfield, author of New York Times best seller "Two Weeks Notice," poste Artificial Intelligence Stocks: The 10 Best AI Companies 05/17/2023 08:00pm • Virtually every industry could be disrupted by artificial intelligence, automation and robotics. In recent months, the world has gotten a firsthand look at the remarkable advances in AI technology, including expanded public access to OpenAI's DALL-E 2 AI image and art generator and the public launch Parents hope to keep Tennessee school shooter's 'dangerous and harmful' writings secret 05/17/2023 06:58pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� A group of Tennessee parents whose children attend The Covenant School, where a deadly shooting in March took the lives of three 9-year-olds and three adults, filed a motion Wednesday seeking to keep the shooter's writings from being released to the public. ���The Parents s Plebes no more! Naval Academy students complete famed 'Herndon Climb' 05/17/2023 06:48pm • It started and ended with the shot of a cannon. After all the grease was wiped away, the class of 2026 at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, were plebes no more���now midshipmen and women. It was 21 feet to glory for the annual Herndon Climb, where first-year students are tasked with Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky signals focus on family values in closely watched fall race 05/17/2023 06:38pm • VERSAILLES, Ky. (AP) ��� As Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear prepares for what could be the most hotly contested election of the year, the first-term Democrat insisted on Wednesday that he would not cede so-called family values issues to his Republican opponent. In his first sit-down interview since Tuesd Keysight Technologies, Target rise; Kyndryl, The Container Store fall 05/17/2023 04:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Target Corp., up $4.05 to $160.96. The retailer beat Wall Street's first-quarter profit and revenue forecasts. Keysight Technologies Inc., up $11.14 to $157.66. The maker of electronic measurement technology rep