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Chinese woman appeals in fight for right to freeze her eggs 05/09/2023 06:48am • BEIJING (AP) ��� An unmarried Chinese woman on Tuesday began her final appeal of a hospital's denial of access to freeze her eggs five years ago in a landmark case of female reproductive rights in the country. Teresa Xu's case has drawn broad coverage in China, including by some state media outlets HEI: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 05/09/2023 06:06am • HONOLULU (AP) ��� HONOLULU (AP) ��� Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. (HE) on Tuesday reported net income of $55.2 million in its first quarter. The Honolulu-based company said it had net income of 50 cents per share. The the parent of Hawaii's largest electricity generator posted revenue of $928.2 The small blue pills behind a surge in children���s fentanyl-related hospital visits in the DC area 05/09/2023 04:39am • This article is part of the WTOP series, "Facing Down Fentanyl: Teens Confront Drug Danger." Doctors at the D.C. area���s top children���s hospital say they���re seeing a dramatic rise in the number of children coming to hospitals to be treated for fentanyl overdoses or seeking help beating a FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried seeks dismissal of indictment 05/08/2023 11:52pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried sought a dismissal of criminal charges against him in a court filing late Monday, saying prosecutors have improperly made federal crimes out of civil and regulatory issues that resulted from an industrywide collapse of cryptocurrency markets dubbed the Thousands march in silence in Serbia after mass shootings 05/08/2023 09:31pm • BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ��� Thousands marched in silence on Monday in Serbia in a major outpouring of grief and anger against the populist government and how it reacted after two mass shootings last week that left 17 people dead and 21 wounded, many of them children. The gatherings in Belgrade and the AP wins public service, photo Pulitzers for Ukraine coverage 05/08/2023 09:02pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The Associated Press won two Pulitzer Prizes on Monday for its coverage of the war in Ukraine, earning recognition for its breaking news photography of the Russian invasion, as well as the prestigious public service award for its startling ��� and exclusive ��� dispatches from the 10 Strategies to Maximize Social Security 05/08/2023 08:00pm • Your Social Security payment amount is determined by how much you earn while working and when you elect to start receiving payments. Married individuals are additionally eligible for spousal and survivor's payments. But there are many strategies you can use to increase how much you will receive in r Track and Manage Subscriptions With These 9 Apps 05/08/2023 08:00pm • Subscriptions are available today for everything from multivitamins to movies, and their cost can quickly add up. While consumers estimate they spend $86 per month on subscriptions, average monthly spending is actually $219, according to a 2022 study from C+R Research. What's more, people tend to pu Police search for suspect in school shooting near Las Vegas 05/08/2023 07:12pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� Authorities were searching Monday afternoon for the person who shot and injured an adult at a middle school in suburban Las Vegas. Law enforcement officials said during an afternoon news briefing that they had not identified a suspect but consider it an isolated incident with no f Comedian Hannah Gadsby returns with a stand-up 'love letter' 05/08/2023 06:57pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Hannah Gadsby's new Netflix special illustrates a different side of the comedian that fans may not expect ��� a happier one. ���It���s a lighter show,��� Gadsby tells The Associated Press ahead of ���Something Special��� airing on Tuesday. ���It���s more positive. It���s expressin North Dakota governor outlaws pronoun policies in schools 05/08/2023 06:06pm • North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum has signed a bill that prohibits public schools and government entities from requiring teachers and employees to refer to transgender people by the pronouns they use, the governor's office announced Monday. The new law also requires teachers to tell a parent Illinois moves toward gender inclusivity as others move away 05/08/2023 05:17pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Illinois bills that would update existing laws to be more gender inclusive and add protections for LGBTQ marriages are ready for action by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who said he will sign them. The trio of state bills passed last week are meant to move the state in the ���opposite directio Business Highlights: Debt ceiling; Teacher pay 05/08/2023 04:45pm • ___ Debt options abound, but can Biden, McCarthy strike a deal? WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The White House and Congress could strike a deal to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for budget cuts. Or they could agree to a stopgap measure to keep paying the nation���s bills while negotiations continue. They c Grace Bumbry, 1st Black singer at Bayreuth, dies at 86 05/08/2023 04:38pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Grace Bumbry, a pioneering mezzo-soprano who became the first Black singer to perform at Germany's Bayreuth Festival during a career of more than three decades on the world's top stages, has died. She was 86. Bumbry died Sunday at Evangelisches Krankenhaus, a hospital in Vienna, ac Summer Movie Guide: What to watch from May through Labor Day 05/08/2023 04:25pm • There is something for everyone at the movies this summer, both in theaters and streaming at home. In May, audiences can bid farewell to the Guardians of the Galaxy, go to Italy with Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Mary Steenburgen and Candice Bergen, or under the sea with Halle Bailey and Melissa McCarth