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North Carolina Republicans unveil new abortion restrictions 05/02/2023 11:46pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) ��� North Carolina Republican legislative leaders said on Tuesday there's agreement in the GOP-dominated legislature on backing a measure that would prohibit abortion in nearly all cases after roughly the first trimester of pregnancy. House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate leader P Close call at high speed: video shows officer evade crash 05/02/2023 10:08pm • FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) ��� A police officer remarkably escaped injury Monday when a car careened across a highway at 120 mph while he conducted a traffic stop. Dashcam video of the crash released Tuesday by Fairfax County Police shows a black BMW sedan driven by a teenager coming within inches of the off NBA MVP: 76ers' Embiid wins league's top individual honor 05/02/2023 09:04pm • Joel Embiid began the long process toward NBA MVP as a towering soccer prospect in Africa who never picked up a basketball until he was a teenager. Once he changed sports for good, Embiid became a generational ��� albeit often-injured ��� talent. And, the affable center quickly became the face of Low Cost Ideas for Celebrating Mom this Year 05/02/2023 08:00pm • For Mother's Day, which falls on May 14 this year, the challenge for many is finding a gift that's both thoughtful and on budget. It's likely that your mom doesn't want you going broke to get her a present, so you're doing both your mom and yourself a favor if you can hit that sweet spot of a Mother Exploring Pre-College Summer Programs for Teens 05/02/2023 08:00pm • As a high school student in Shreveport, Louisiana, Cherish Taylor was fascinated by forensics and looking for anything that might give her exposure to the field. After searching online, she came across a summer program through the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Taylor applied and was accepte McDonald's franchisee employed 10-year-olds, U.S. Labor Department says 05/02/2023 06:54pm • A McDonald's franchisee in Kentucky employed two 10-year-old children in violation of federal labor laws, the Department of Labor said Tuesday.Bauer Food, LLC, a Louisville-based operator of 10 McDonald's franchise locations across two states, employed the children, the DOL said in a news release.&n 2 fatal stabbings, 1 attempt rattle California college town 05/02/2023 06:47pm • DAVIS, Calif. (AP) ��� Residents of a Northern California university town are frightened and on edge after three people were stabbed within a week ��� two fatally ��� with the most recent attempt when a homeless woman reported being knifed several times through her tent. Davis Police Chief Darren Py South Carolina Democrats frustrated over no hate crime law 05/02/2023 06:10pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� Democrats in the South Carolina Senate turned debate about a bill to set guidelines for history curriculum on subjects like slavery and segregation into discussion about why the body can't take a vote on a hate crimes bill. South Carolina and Wyoming are the only states in th Lawyers of Virginia teacher shot by 1st grader criticize motion to dismiss $40 million lawsuit 05/02/2023 05:18pm • Lawyers for the Virginia teacher shot by a 6-year-old student earlier this year are criticizing a motion to dismiss her lawsuit against the Newport News school board and administrators.Abigail Zwerner was shot by the first grader on January 6 at Richneck Elementary School. She was hospitalized with Bank stocks continue to fall following First Republic demise 05/02/2023 04:52pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Regulators have barely written the epitaph for First Republic Bank, but investors on Wall Street have already moved onto speculating which bank might be the next to fail. Bank stocks fell sharply Tuesday, led downward by smaller banks with heavy exposure to uninsured deposits and Loneliness poses risks as deadly as smoking: surgeon general 05/02/2023 04:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Widespread loneliness in the U.S. poses health risks as deadly as smoking up to 15 cigarettes daily, costing the health industry billions of dollars annually, the U.S. surgeon general said Tuesday in declaring the latest public health epidemic. About half of U.S. adults say they� 'Godfather of AI' leaves Google, warns of tech's dangers 05/02/2023 01:59pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Sounding alarms about artificial intelligence has become a popular pastime in the ChatGPT era, taken up by high-profile figures as varied as industrialist Elon Musk, leftist intellectual Noam Chomsky and the 99-year-old retired statesman Henry Kissinger. But it���s the concerns o Ugandan lawmakers pass new version of tough anti-gay bill 05/02/2023 01:26pm • KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) ��� Ugandan lawmakers on Tuesday passed a new version of an anti-gay bill to remove a clause that appeared to criminalize identifying as LGBTQ. President Yoweri Museveni returned the bill last month to the national assembly, asking for changes that would differentiate between id Gunfire in parking lot at after-prom party injures 4 05/02/2023 12:04pm • PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) ��� Gunfire broke out in the parking lot of a venue where an after-prom party was being held in western Kentucky, injuring four young people, police said. No one has been arrested in the shooting, reported early Sunday at the W.C. Young Community Center in Paducah, local police sai Folk singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot dies at 84 05/02/2023 09:15am • TORONTO (AP) ��� Gordon Lightfoot, the folk singer-songwriter known for ���If You Could Read My Mind" and "Sundown��� and for songs that told tales of Canadian identity, died Monday. He was 84. Representative Victoria Lord said the musician died at a Toronto hospital. His cause of death was not imme