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What to know about the mass shooting at a Texas mall 05/10/2023 07:22pm • ALLEN, Texas (AP) ��� It took four minutes for a neo-Nazi with an arsenal of firearms to kill eight people and wound seven others at a Dallas-area shopping center before a police officer ended the rampage, likely saving untold lives. The massacre Saturday sent hundreds of shoppers at the Allen Premi As Mexicans observe Mother's Day, parents of disappeared demand answers 05/10/2023 06:53pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� The last time Sonia Cruz saw her 14-year-old son, it was just a few days after Christmas. He walked out onto the street at 8 p.m. in their small town in northern Mexico going to meet his girlfriend, but he was dragged into a black truck that sped away. Five months later, Jose Lu A skin patch to treat peanut allergies? Study in toddlers shows promise 05/10/2023 06:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� An experimental skin patch is showing promise to treat toddlers who are highly allergic to peanuts ��� training their bodies to handle an accidental bite. Peanut allergy is one of the most common and dangerous food allergies. Parents of allergic tots are constantly on guard again Mommy blogger Heather Armstrong, known as Dooce to fans, dead at 47 05/10/2023 05:53pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The pioneering mommy blogger Heather Armstrong, who laid bare her struggles as a parent and her battles with depression and alcoholism on her site Dooce.com and on social media, has died at 47. Armstrong's boyfriend, Pete Ashdown, told The Associated Press that he found her Tuesday Judge who presided over Parkland school shooting trial announces resignation 05/10/2023 05:10pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) ��� The Florida judge who gained a national profile while presiding over the Parkland school shooting trial announced Wednesday that she is resigning June 30 to pursue unspecified career opportunities. Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer rose in prominence when she oversaw th Group documents hundreds of cases where cars are stolen with kids inside 05/10/2023 04:44pm • There have been hundreds of instances nationwide over the past couple of years involving vehicles that were stolen with children inside, according to the nonprofit child safety organization "Kids and Car Safety." The group said there have been 79 children left in vehicles that were stolen so Business Highlights: Walt Disney; Inflation 05/10/2023 04:38pm • ___ Disney posts higher second-quarter earnings, revenue thanks to strong theme parks business Ongoing strength at its theme parks and an improving streaming business propelled The Walt Disney Co. to higher profits and revenue in its fiscal second quarter. For the three months ended April 1, Disney Massachusetts' high court upholds $37M judgment for woman who smoked Marlboro Lights, got cancer 05/10/2023 02:38pm • The highest court in Massachusetts has upheld a nearly $37 million judgment for a woman who said she developed cancer after switching to Marlboro Light cigarettes because she thought they were less dangerous than the Marlboro Red cigarettes she had previously smoked. The Supreme Judicial Court's una Mom of Virginia boy who shot teacher takes responsibility 05/10/2023 02:03pm • Four months after a 6-year-old Virginia boy shot and wounded his teacher as she taught class, an attorney for the boy���s mother said it still is not clear how the boy got the gun. Police have said Deja Taylor legally purchased the gun used in the Jan. 6 shooting and Taylor���s attorney, James El Defying the state, Kansas City would be a sanctuary for people seeking gender-affirming health care 05/10/2023 01:27pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ��� Officials in Missouri's largest city are moving to declare it a sanctuary for people seeking or providing gender-affirming care, defying state officials who are intent on banning it for minors and restricting it for adults. A Kansas City Council committee approved such a re USAID chief pledges US support to Serbia, Kosovo in talks 05/10/2023 12:13pm • BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ��� The United States��� top international development official, Samantha Power, on Wednesday pledged U.S. support to Serbia and Kosovo as the two former wartime enemies work to stabilize relations at a time of heightened tensions. ���It will take political courage to find a du Robert De Niro, at 79, becomes a father for the 7th time 05/10/2023 11:38am • Robert De Niro has welcomed another child. The 79-year-old is now the father of seven. A representative for De Niro confirmed the birth to The Associated Press on Tuesday. No other details, including the identity of the mother, were released. At a film premiere Tuesday night, De Niro told The Associ 1st babies born in Britain using DNA from 3 people 05/10/2023 10:53am • LONDON (AP) ��� Britain's fertility regulator on Wednesday confirmed the births of the U.K.'s first babies created using an experimental technique combining DNA from three people, an effort to prevent the children from inheriting rare genetic diseases. The Human Fertilization and Embryology Authori Md. school system races to battle fentanyl epidemic facing teens 05/10/2023 04:55am • This article is part of the WTOP series, "Facing Down Fentanyl: Teens Confront Drug Danger." The fentanyl epidemic has created new challenges for school systems across the country. Students are overdosing ��� sometimes on school grounds ��� in higher numbers, and school systems are racing to r Casey Schmitt homers in debut, Giants beat Nationals 4-1 05/10/2023 01:47am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Casey Schmitt homered for his first career hit in his major league debut and the San Francisco Giants beat the Washington Nationals 4-1 on Tuesday night. ���It was just so much emotion,��� Schmitt said. ���Just everything kind of bundled into one. It was surreal.��� The 24-yea